📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Conservation campaigns and scientific monitoring tasks: Study of autochthon and exotic/invasive species, extraction of invasive species and allochthonous plants, developing of ecology scientific studies through monitoring of bird populations as well as other kind of fauna and flora.
Environmental education, ornithological tourism and public use: Guided tours in the reserve (schools, consumer groups and universities), provide ornithological information to visitors and support at the bird hide; organization of workshops, games and logistics to develop environmental education actions.
Public attention in the Visitor Centre and visitor management: from Wednesday to Sunday,attend the visitors; sell our products and give information.
Maintenance tasks on houses, visitor center and hide.
Organic vegetable garden and traditional rice cultivation and experimentation.
Some tasks are developed in aquatic ecosystems so you have to be willing to work outdoors in harsh conditions.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in the Home of the Volunteers located in the Riet Vell nature reserve. The house is a partially renovated old house that meets the basic requirements, with two bathrooms, one toilet, shared kitchen and dining room, all basic accessories, including washing machine, basic furniture, computer office, living room and four shared bedrooms. WiFi is free both at the house and the visitor Center. The volunteers live inside the Reserve, at 50 meters from the hide, surrounded by rice fields and nature and 700m away from the Eucaliptus beach.
🎒 Leisure activities
The work of the volunteers will have as their final objective their training as professionals linked to nature and the environment learning about monitoring and management techniques, as well as other basic skills needed in an natural, agricultural and rural environment. There will be different types of tasks available and volunteers will be able to choose which task best suits their skills and which ones they can
help them develop new skills. Part of the activities will be demonstrative, such as workshops and field trips with other
environmental management entities.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: A more scientific profile is preferably sought and / or related to the environment (because many of the tasks have a
scientific and conservation character). When this need is covered, the horizon opens in looking for people with other varied profiles with or without higher education, in order to have a multidisciplinary team because it refers to the interests and abilities of each volunteer. Also volunteers with good communication skill are welcome to work in our visitor center and to manage the Reserve social networks.
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.