DIARIO NATURA ANIMAL

Job Description: Three month summer internship rehabilitating rescued wildlife at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, a wildlife hospital and rehab center located in Boyce, VA.Interns will:1.Assist with care and feeding of injured and orphaned native wildlife.2.Learn captive diets, husbandry, and handling techniques for a variety of native mammals, birds, and reptiles.3.Learn threats to native wildlife in developed areas including those posed by humans, their pets, environmental toxins, and wildlife disease.4. Keep records on all patients and enter data.5. Assist with wildlife rescue and release.Qualifications: College student or graduate with an interest in wildlife rehabilitation and conservation, ...

This position is open within the framework of a Convention, signed in May 2011 between the four following partners: ACCOBAMS (Agreement for the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black and Mediterranean Seas), the Agency for Marine Protected Areas (France), the Regional Activity centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA, UNEP-MAP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Unit: Centre for Mediterranean CooperationLocation: Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, SpainReporting to: Marine Conservation Programme ManagerExpected start date: 01 January 2012Type of contract: Fixed-term (until 31 December 2013)Closing date: 25 December 2011 More detail: https://hrms. ...

La Unidad de Gestión del Agua de la Oficina para Mesoamérica y la Iniciativa Caribe (ORMA-IC) de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza – UICN tiene como propósito promover la gestión integrada de cuencas hidrográficas, a través de la generación de capacidades y conocimientos, y motivando la implementación de buenas prácticas que mejoren la calidad de los ecosistemas e insten a la gobernanza del agua.De esta forma, la Unidad ejecuta proyectos que buscan un equilibrio entre la conservación y el uso sostenible de los ecosistemas, tomando en cuenta las necesidades de las poblaciones y sus medios de vida. Uno de sus principales intereses es el de crear las condiciones sociales, ...

Job Description: We are seeking highly motivated and qualified individuals for participating in a study on visual and acoustic signals and social status in the Neotropical hummingbird long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris). This species forms leks (courtship assemblies) of 9-20 males, in which individuals interact using a variety of acoustic signals and visual displays (ww.youtube.com/watch?v=VeuzTytGwG8). The position will involve at least a 8 week period of full-time work during the spring-summer of 2012 (from Feb-Aug) at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Food and lodging but NO SALARY will be provided. Field assistant will be responsible for their own travel costs. The assistant ...