Volunteer and internship
opportunities
T
erra Peninsular offers a volunteer and internship program to strengthen professional expertise, knowledge and skills. According to
career and interests, volunteers and interns can join our environmental conservation work in any of our departments. A brief description of the best-suited careers for each department and its main
activities are detailed below:
Spanish Communication skills required.
Conservation
Department:
Social Awareness and Participation
Program:
Sociologists, psychologists, natural resources managers, biologists and anyone
interested in working with natural resources and people living near protected areas.
Activities: interviews, surveys, monitoring, participatory mapping, workshops,
Geographic Information System (GIS), etc.
Adaptive Habitat Management Program:
Biologists, oceanologists and related studies, people interested in monitoring protected areas.
Activities: biological monitoring, sampling, fieldwork, etc.
Land Protection Program:
Environmental studies undergraduates,
environmental lawyers, biologists, natural
resources managers and GIS specialists.
Activities: support in designing and
marking priority conservation areas, help
in land protection through legal tools for
effective conservation in priority areas, producing manuals, searching for information
and shaping strategies. Good writing skills
required.
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Administration
and Finances
Department:
Accountants and business administrators
Activities:reviewing and crea-
ting administrative procedures,
coordinating reception of suppliers, accounting records, etc.
Development and
Communications
Department:
Communication specialists, graphic designers,
marketing students
Activities: promotional material design, plan-
ning communication and marketing strategies,
etc.
Translators
Activities: translating different documents for
the website and promotional material, from Spanish into English, English into Spanish.