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Wildlife and Conservation Volunteering: The Complete GuideAuthor: Peter Lynch1st edition • FEBRUARY 2009208 PAGES • 16 PAGES OF COLOUR PHOTOS • 1 MAPISBN: 978 1 84162 275 0
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Conservation is at the forefront of public concern, and the conservation-volunteering market is booming. But how does one choose between the thousands of volunteer projects on offer? Bradt’s Wildlife and Conservation Volunteering: The Complete Guide is the first book that properly dissects this exploding industry. Exhaustive analysis from first hand experience and volunteer and management interviews takes a detailed look at some of the most active conservation volunteer organisations. Summarised results rate each organisation on factors such as credibility, organisation, cost, environmental impact, life in the field, safety and short and long-term achievements.This detailed audit is supplemented with background information on conservation and environmental issues, planning, preparation and fundraising, and includes detailed interviews with volunteers during and after their travels. Whatever experience you’re seeking, this groundbreaking guide will help you to find a genuine eco-friendly, conservation-focused project.
• Conservation volunteering: its ethics, problems, pitfalls, benefits and outcomes • A comprehensive audit and objective assessment of each volunteering organisation showing the practical, scientific and conservation outcomes of each project • Organisation ’ratings’ in a series of categories provide at-a-glance comparison • Special focus on wildlife and environmental conservation volunteering
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Table of Contents1) Introduction 2) How to Use this Book 3) Chapter 1: What's the Problem and What Can We Do About It? 4) Chapter 2: Planning and Preparation 5) Chapter 3: Finances and Fundraising 6) Chapter 4: Where to Go and What to Do? 7) Chapter 5: Choosing an Organisation 8) Chapter 6: A-Z audit of 50 Volunteer Organisations 9) Chapter 7: What is Life Really Like as a Conservation Volunteer? 10) Appendix 1: What is BS8848:2007 11) Appendix 2: Further Information 12) Index 13) List of tables 
About the AuthorFreelance travel writer, Peter Lynch has been on several conservation volunteer expeditions ranging from Cape York in Australia to the Namibian desert. Search InsideA limited preview of this book is shown below (if you can't see the pages, click here to open the preview in a new page).
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