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| Company: |
Volunteer Visions |
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| Job Title: |
Turtle Conservation |
| Job Category: |
Ecology/Conservation |
| Job Location: |
Costa Rica |
| Job Description: |
The turtle project on the Pacific coast like other coastal-marine resource conservation projects has been developed in response to the urgent necessity to protect the few natural nesting sites that do not hold any official category of protection from the Government.
The volunteer work in National Parks appears to solve the problems related to lack of personnel and budget cutbacks that the Ministry of Environment has to face everyday; therefore, the volunteers play a crucial role in the conservation efforts: without volunteers, these efforts would be lost.
The Buenavista initiative consists of four core objectives:
* :: Analyze and collect data on the nesting dynamics of the female sea turtles that arrive on the beach, in order to predict their nesting behavior for the following year.
* :: Protect and closely monitor nesting sites and to recover nests within known breeding grounds.
* :: To transfer the information generated to the local authorities and local communities in order to suggest a plan for regulating and protecting the beach and raising awareness of areas that need to be protected.
* :: Initiate fund raising events in order to generate funds and resources to construct a conservation station in Buenavista.
Your daily tasks will involve the following:
* :: Construction of the breeding grounds
* :: Beach signaling
* :: Patrol walks to protect nests, females and for data collection purposes (Biometry, marking, etc.)
* :: Transfer of nests and monitoring of the breeding grounds
* :: Registry of breeding ground information
* :: Liberation of newborn turtles
* :: Nest exhumation
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| Skills Required: |
The turtle conservation projects are designed to allow our volunteers to have hands-on experience in marine turtle conservation. No prior knowledge or experience in turtle conservation is necessary. Volunteers should enjoy manual work and working with wildlife and be prepared to work unusual hours as turtle nesting typically occurs during the night. |
| Language Requirements: |
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| Employment Type: |
Volunteer
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| Yearly Salary: |
Unspecified
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| Posting Date: |
Sep 11 2007 |
| Education level required: |
Unspecified
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| Experience (in years): |
No experience |
| Company: |
Volunteer Visions |
| Contact Name: |
Volunteer Visions |
| Contact Phone: |
330.871.4511 |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
No Preference |
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