Volunteer vacancies in Honduras


HONDURAS / Iguana Research and Breeding Station

The Utila Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri) is a large, tree-dwelling black iguana. This rare endemic reptile lives in the mangroves and nests on the beaches of Utila, an island off the Caribbean north coast of Honduras.

For this reason since 1994, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society have worked jointly to preserve this endangered reptile who lives only on the Island of Utila, the Utila Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri). Several other organizations, such as Honduran NGOs, joined their efforts and in 1997 they founded the Iguana Research and Breeding Station (IRBS). In 2008, the IRBS was recognized by the Honduran Government as an NGO, under the name of the Bay Islands Foundation. This allowed it to become autonomous, and the IRBS has become one of the projects of the Foundation.

Because our project has been completely self-finaced from the beginning of 2007, your volunteering and your volo-fee is an active help in environmental protection!

The jobs for the volunteers are very varied: public relations, environmental education, animal care, gardening, station maintenance and ecological research, are a few examples.

For futher information visit our web page: www.utila-iguana.de

Applicants must be over 18 years old.

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