Asociacion ANAI is a Costa Rican nonprofit organizationthat has pioneered some of the world’s most successful and highly participatorycommunity-based conservation and development initiatives. ANAI’sBiomonitoring Program has worked for several decades to understand and protectthe high biodiversity found in freshwater ecosystems in Costa Rica and otherparts of Central America. Thevolunteer opportunity is to learn more about tropical fish and stream ecologyin one of the world’s great biodiversity hot spots. The volunteer will learnfrom ANAI staff and trained parataxonomists from the Cabecar, Bribri, Naso andNgobe tribes, while participating in hands-on stream surveys and conductingenvironmental education in Spanish. Minimumrequirements are: Availabilityduring all or most of the period Feb. 15 – May 15.; Functionalcapability in Spanish.; Good healthand physical condition;Owninsurance;Ability towork long hours in a hot climate;Work wellboth in a group and independently. We provide:Lodging atour field station in Hone Creek, Talamanca and in our San Jose office;dormitory (nights of arrival and departure.);Essentialin-country transportation;Food andlodging on multi-day field trips;We don’t provide food, but there arecooking facilities at Hone Creek, and one can live fairly economically. To apply,write to: [email protected]. If you feel comfortablewriting in Spanish, you can also try emailing my colleagues MaribelMafla [email protected].
Interested but not sure? Feel free to find out more about the positionfrom a past volunteer: write to [email protected] Check outour website www.anaicr.org formore information. Thanks!
