Conservation Projects
Venezuelan biodiversity is among the richest in the world, and it is important for us to preserve and sustain these resources.
Connect yourself through hands-on work to the Gran Sabana
If you enjoy the outdoors, we encourage you to try your hand at tropical conservation. Learn all about sustainable development and organic garden practices. We offer our database, books and our own experiences. Help us to grow trees, vegetable and medicinal plants and promote environmental conservation at the Aldeas de Paz foundations grounds. Conservation volunteers will help to sustain our small-scale projects, working with local grounds staff and possibly other volunteers.
Make a positive impact on the environment?
Carry out environmental conservation to protect the fragile savannah ecosystem by helping us with maintaining our tree nursery and organic farming project on the Aldeas de Paz foundations grounds. Conservation is a wonderful way to make friends, get some fresh air, exercise, and help preserve Venezuela's natural beauty. Our conservation projects put you to work in a stunning location while surrounded by monkeys, toucans, parrots, butterflies and many other incredible species.
Special Initiatives
Along with our ongoing projects, special inititives can be arranged according to your interest and knowledge. Twice every year, depending on how many volunteers we are able to mobilize, we clean natural beauty spots in the Gran Sabana national park and help preserve flora and fauna in this unique and fragile savannah ecosystem. There is also potential for work in indigenous communities.
Conservation Education in the Schools
Also, help passing on that passion for the environment to the young generation in public school based awareness programs. Help practice and teach hands on organic vegetable gardening, composting and green area maintenance in this school based teaching project side by side with children and adolescents. Please read about our Michelena Environment and Conservation Program for an overview of a past project in this area.
Possible Activities
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Year-round projects
- Footpath construction and maintenance in nearby tropical forest
- Nurturing plant seedlings and maintain tree nursery on foundations grounds
- Help maintaining Foundations grounds and its small organic fruit and vegetable gardens
- Photographing, recording and cataloguing as many as possible of the native species of flora and fauna
- Assisting to build an educational trail for schoolchildren
- Teaching or assisting in programs for environmental education and organic gardening in local schools
- Develop a comprehensive species list of the existing wildlife in the savannah park and biological reserve
- Occasional trash collection projects inside the La Gran Sabana national park
- Planting and maintaining young trees on our Community Center grounds
Seasonal projects
Rainfall-required (Apr-Oct)
Requirements
No previous experience or special skills are required, all that is necessary is enthusiasm, self-reliance, patience and an open mind.
Activities that require identification of species within the savannah park and bilogical reserve have the following minimum requirements: experience in plant identification; conversational spanish language skills; 2 Months minimum time commitment.
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