The Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon (ASA), a non-profit organization working in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon, is seeking voluntary interns to assist its international team of biologists and conservationists with various projects spanning biological research and monitoring and sustainable tropical agriculture. Interns are based at Finca Las Piedras, the ASA’s field site in Peru’s Madre de Dios Department.
THREE OPPORTUNITIES: 1. Introduction to Sustainability Internship (4 weeks) 2. Advanced Sustainability Internship (8 weeks) 3. Academic Quarter Internship (12 weeks) Our program offers participants an introduction to biological research and conservation in the tropics. Our teaching and learning approach is both academic and hands-on. Interns will participate directly in scientific research and applied conservation projects that span the Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon’s two focal areas: biological research and monitoring and sustainable tropical agriculture. With the help of academic faculty, interns will also navigate tropical biology and conservation science through lectures and weekly reading discussions covering articles drawn from the primary scientific literature. This is an excellent opportunity to explore an exciting variety of potential career paths in biology and conservation under the guidance of experts in those fields. Independent Research Project: As well as the activities listed above, participants in the Advanced Sustainability and Academic Quarter Internship Programs will have the added opportunity to develop an Independent Research Project on a topic of their choosing, under the supervision of our academic faculty. Topics may also be assigned in an area of our faculty’s academic expertise, including wildlife biology and ecology, entomology, botany, natural history, sustainable agriculture, and community engagement and development. This optional project will provide participants with a more thorough insight into the process of scientific discovery and conservation in the tropics. MORE INFORMATION & HOW TO APPLY: For more details about our Internship Programs in the Peruvian Amazon please visit our website (http://www.sustainableamazon.org<http://www.sustainableamazon.org/>). For general inquiries please contact us at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. We look forward to meeting you in Peru! Geoff Gallice, Ph.D. Director
