Volunteers wanted for Pantanal/Cerrado Conservation Expedition
July 19 - 30, 2011
Team meets in Campo Grande, Brazil
Join Life Net biologists Drs. Dusti Becker and Tony Povilitis on a conservation expedition in two spectacular Brazilian ecosystems: the Pantanal and its surrounding Cerrado Highalnds. Our team will assist a multi-disciplinary team of scientists monitoring wildlife in two study areas. We will be helping scientists monitor White-lipped Peccary, studying forest understory dynamics in the Pantanal to investigate impacts of cattle on native plant communities, monitoring aquatic communities, and assisting with herpetology research.
Our volunteer work will start in the Taboco Cerrado Highlands working from a research station near Taboco Village a region with spectacular caves, waterfalls, orchids, and a diversity of native fruits and birds. Our second study area will be in the Pantanal, a vast wilderness area in the center of South America, famed for its abundant, diverse, and highly visible wildlife, like capybaras, marsh deer, caiman, jabiru storks, and hyacinth macaws. The Pantanal also has world’s highest concentrations of jaguar!
For more information about the project and the contribution required to cover volunteers contact: Dr. Dusti Becker, dbecker@lifenetnature.org.
For more info, contact:
Dr. Dusti Becker
dbecker@lifenetnature.org