PERU / CREES
Are you looking to start a career in conservation research? Do you want to get involved with local community projects? Are you passionate about sustainability and helping to protect the rainforest?
Become the next crees intern! crees is excited to introduce a new 6-month internship programme designed to help recent graduates, gap year students, and career breakers develop specific career skills in conservation research, community development, and non-profit project management, all while supporting the crees foundation’s projects in the heart of the Amazon!
This is a skills-based placement taught over 6 months and compromising both core and vocation-specific activities, with the ultimate goal of ensuring a sustainable ecosystem to preserve the long-term potential of species diversity and indigenous life in the Amazon rainforest. By joining our internship programme you will become a member of a dynamic team of like-minded individuals working together towards a sustainable future for the Amazon.
Projects may be based around geography, environmental sciences, agriculture practices, zoology, animal behaviour, ecology, and conservation biology;
• Collect and monitor species and habitats found at the Manu Learning Centre
• Study endangered species such as the Blue Headed Macaw and the Jaguar
• Explore how humans impact on biodiversity and crucial conservation issues
• Track mammals via camera traps and forest transects (we recorded 7 individual Jaguars last year alone!)
• Hike daily to find and identify species nesting and feeding sites
• Monitor and register trail biodiversity (jaguars, tapirs, deer, birds and monkeys)
• Process and upload data that is used by international conservation projects to determine wider conservation strategies
• Contribute to data that helps ensure these species remain protected and inform government decisions
You will develop advanced analytical skills, practical skills used in measuring and protecting biodiversity, GIS fundamentals, and biological surveying and research methods. The scientific work undertaken by crees is done in collaboration with University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, University of Aberdeen, and the University Oregon.
For more information please contact Alex at alexw@crees-manu.org, 020 7851 2932.
Expires: Jan 1, 2014
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