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Amazon Riverboat Exploration

Earthwatch
On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Newton, MA
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    • Details

    Start Date:
    September 20, 2025
    End Date:
    December 19, 2025
    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime, evenings)
    Commitment Details:
    8 - 11 Days
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    20
    Cause Areas:
    Animals, Environment & Sustainability, International Relations
    Good For:
    Teens, Public Groups, Age 55+
    Age Requirement:
    15+
    Other Requirements:
    No special skills or experience needed!

    Description

    Amazon Riverboat Exploration

    As an Earthwatch volunteer, you’ll help the research staff survey animals, determine the size and composition of animal groups, determine distances to the animals, record information on datasheets, and weigh and measure animals. You’ll also visit community-based conservation plans in local indigenous villages.

    The overarching research questions are: What are the populations of aquatic, terrestrial, and arboreal species, and how do animal populations change from climate change, dredging and community conservation, and sustainable use? You will help survey a variety of species that include river dolphins, wading & aquatic birds, bats, fish, caimans, frogs, large felids, giant river otters, ungulates and large rodents, macaws, primates, and game birds. Population trends of these species will be correlated with water level data, which are categorized into normal, extreme drought, and intensive flood conditions.

    https://earthwatch.org/expeditions/amazon-riverboat-exploration

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    Aug 10 - Aug 17, 2025

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    As an Earthwatch volunteer, you’ll help the research staff survey animals, determine the size and composition of animal groups, determine distances to the animals, record information on datasheets, and weigh and measure animals. You’ll also visit community-based conservation plans in local indigenous villages.

    The overarching research questions are: What are the populations of aquatic, terrestrial, and arboreal species, and how do animal populations change from climate change, dredging and community conservation, and sustainable use? You will help survey a variety of species that include river dolphins, wading & aquatic birds, bats, fish, caimans, frogs, large felids, giant river otters, ungulates and large rodents, macaws, primates, and game birds. Population trends of these species will be correlated with water level data, which are categorized into normal, extreme drought, and intensive flood conditions.

    https://earthwatch.org/expeditions…

    Location

    On-site
    Amazon River, Newton, Massachusetts, US

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