Job Type: volunteer position Opportunity location: Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Africa
Closing date (if specified): September 2009 Start date: 20 October 2009; 6 mo commitment preferred. I am seeking one more volunteer to assist with data collection on nesting ecology of sea turtles on southern beaches of Bioko Island. Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program (BBPP) engages field assistants for periods of 6 months, usually beginning in October, in advance of the Island’s November through March dry season. Field assistants are expected to devote at least 40 hrs/week to the project. Field assistants work under the supervision of Dr. Honarvar (BBPP Research Coordinator). They are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the field research during their stay on Bioko Island, and may explore additional opportunities to participate in educational outreach projects with local school children as well as training exercises with local wildlife patrols. Typical activities include counting and PIT-tagging nesting leatherback and green sea turtles on the southern beaches; gathering reproductive output data on the leatherback turtles; walking forest transects counting monkey groups and other wildlife. This is an unpaid (volunteer) position. However, BBPP will provide housing (tents), food and local transportation. You are expected to provide international transportation to and from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, medical and medical evacuation insurance, and appropriate immunizations (yellow fever) and medications (anti-malarial medications). Qualifications: Field assistants are expected to be at least 21 years old. Other desirable qualifications include: • Spanish language ability: Spanish is the national language of Equatorial Guinea, although many local people also speak some French, but less English. • Experience in remote locations in developing countries and experience camping and hiking in wilderness areas. • Physical fitness and a positive attitude towards physically exhausting work in a sometimes hot and humid climate. For more information please visit our web site www.bioko.org and/or email: Shaya Honarvar, [[email protected]]
