Job Type: Unpaid
Salary Details: Sea Turtle Conservation Interns will need to cover basic food (three cooked meals that blend local Costa Rican cuisine with a variety of international dishes) and accommodation in our rainforest camp equipped with individual tents, which will cost $500/mo
Deadline: Jul 08, 2021
Required Experience: 0 – 1 years

See full internship details at https://www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-sea-turtle-conservation-internship-puerto-jimenez-latin-america/3687192300

During your internship you will:

  • Perform morning census on two beautiful beaches, recording turtle nesting activity, relocating nests to safer locations, maintaining our purpose-built hatchery, and helping to release turtle hatchlings into the ocean.
  • Join our Research Field Assistants on night-time beach patrols, giving you the opportunity to see turtles up-close as they come ashore to nest. Learn how to record valuable morphological data, perform health assessments, and place metal tags on the turtles, increasing our knowledge base of turtle nesting behaviours. These activities are critical to the conservation of Osa’s sea turtle populations.
  • Conduct beach clean-ups with the Sea Turtle team and volunteers from local community groups. During these beach cleans you will help to collect, classify, and weigh marine debris, to give us a greater understanding of where the pollution on our beaches is coming from. This information will then be used to address threats to our sea turtles on a greater scale.
  • Post on your social media account about the important work you do while being a part of Osa Conservation and engage with a network of like-minded conservationists. Social media is increasingly important in broadening the reach of conservation efforts, and is a great way to support and learn more about Osa Conservation’s different programs. You may also have opportunities to learn more about conservation-based fundraising through online activities and social media.
  • Other activities you can participate in could include: cleaning and checking equipment (vital for keeping our program running smoothly!), monitoring the nests in our hatchery that are close to hatching, painting sea turtle facts & conservation practices signs, and creating beautiful artwork with washed-up materials found on the beach to promote sustainability and responsibility. If there are any areas of sea turtle conservation work you are particularly interested in, or if you have particular skills that could benefit the turtles here, we would love to know about them!

You will be an integral part of the sea turtle team, but that’s not all! Two days a week you will join the team working on our Agroecological Farm or Botanic program to gain valuable experience and skills in innovative regenerative agricultural techniques and ecological forest restoration.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the Sea Turtle Conservation Internship, please send your CV and cover letter outlining your previous experience, the conservation areas you are passionate about, and why you would like to join the Osa Conservation Sea Turtle team, with the subject title “Sea Turtle Internship 2021” to the Sea Turtle Conservation program coordinator Barbara Selles <seaturtles@osaconservation.org>. Please also include links to your social media accounts. The deadline for intern applications is July 8th 2021.