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Adriana Ortiz
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Adriana Ortiz
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Fauna Forever (FF) is a not-for-profit organization based out of the
jungle city of Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon rainforests of Tambopata
in south-eastern Peru. The organization, which traces its origins back
to 1997, works to promote biodiversity conservation, the sustainable use
of tropical forest resources, and the continued flow of vital ecosystem
services from Peru’s wild nature - for the benefit of all. It leads and
supports pure and applied environmental and socio-economic research
projects, training workshops, volunteer and intern programs, and forest
conservation initiatives with the aim of benefiting State- and
private-led protected areas, local families and communities involved in
rational use of natural resources, tour guides, scientists,
policy-makers, and the public at large – by documenting our
understanding of the changing state of wild nature, the benefits and
impacts of human activities, and helping to spread knowledge about the
Amazon rainforest ecosystem.
Fauna Forever currently manages a long-term wildlife monitoring project
called Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT), specialising in mammals, birds,
amphibians, reptiles, insects, and trees; an animal welfare project
called Animal Welfare Forever, focussed on both domestic pets and some
captive wild species (kept by other organizations); an environmental
education and awareness initiative centred on schools in Puerto
Maldonado and surrounding villages; an ecosystem services project,
involving the economic valuation of intact forest; a mini-conservation
corridor project called Forest Corridors Forever; a series of workshops
focussing on (a) bird banding/ringing and handling techniques (Bird
Ringing Forever, in collaboration with CORBIDI), (b) wildlife
photography (Foto Forever, in collaboration with Untamed Photography),
and (c) statistical techniques. A lot of what we do helps various groups
improve their knowledge acquisition methods and encourages them to make
better land-use planning decisions to reduce impacts on the environment
and to maximise human wellbeing.
We are currently seeking volunteer field assistants and interns who wish
to join our Primate Team for 2012 or 2013. In addition, we offer the
opportunity for undergraduate- and masters-level students to undertake
their thesis field work in parallel, on topics related to our core aims.
For those volunteers who really want to get into tropical wildlife
research and conservation, we also offer a number of “mini-projects”
that can be undertaken by one or two people, with full supervision
provided by our field research coordinators.
We have an alliance with the Tambopata National Reserve, AIDER, and the
Bajuaja Sonene national Park. We are the monitoring force for the park
and as such can provide logistics and permits in the park and
surrounding zones.
Research Questions
Effect of forest structure and food resource availability on Neotropical
primate abundance, group structure, and behavior in the Tambopata
National Reserve, Amazonian Peru.
Qualifications/Experience:
Experience in fieldwork is a bonus, but not necessary as all participants receive full training in orientation week.
Salary/funding:
Logistical
costs of the research ‘expeditions’ have to be met by participants,
which is a tier-type pricing depending on the length of stay. Costs
include gasoline, lodge stay or campsite, boat hire and driver, cook,
food etc. in addition to equipment. Interns and research associates, if
they can come for roughly 3 months, offset more of the ‘cost’ and as
subsequently rates are reduced to approx $30 a day to join the core
monitoring team in the field. Students can also join us as volunteers
for a shorter period of time, the cost varies by date (and research
site) all the volunteer rates are on the website (see website for more
details www.faunaforever.org).
Contact
Information:
1.5 km Careterra Tambopata
Puerto Maldonado
Peru
Website:
E-mail Address:
