Eco Research Assistant in the Amazon Brazil

About IPBio: The Biodiversity Research Institute (IPBio) is a place where research meets conservation. IPBio is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that develops and supports projects in environmental education and scientific research on biodiversity, ecology as well as on the behavior of species of fauna and flora of Brazilian ecosystems.

Read the volunteer package: https://cutt.ly/IPBioAmazonPack21a

Watch our Volunteer Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/obbioadm/playlists

The Biodiversity Research Assistant role: the majority of these tasks are field activities so this is for volunteers who like to be outside and enjoy physical activity. Not all these projects occur at the same time as various projects are seasonal. Projects Include: Tree Inventory, Reforestation; Mushroom Inventory; Bird Inventory; Fish Inventory; Literature Research; Arthropod Inventory and more.

Life at IPBio:

Participants will stay at the Casa da Lagartixa, a shared guest house, situated 3km from Alter

do Chão which accommodates 8 people in two rooms so they are SHARED ROOMS and can

be mixed gender depending on the group. In each room, there is a king-sized bed, a bunk bed

and a single bed so a total of 4 people per room. Both rooms are air conditioned. The

property has three bathrooms and two with hot showers. Room distribution and bed

allocation is decided by IPBio for the most comfort for the whole group. The house is

equipped with a washing machine and has a fully equipped kitchen where participants can

cook. Moreover, there is a swimming pool at the house and an amazing poolside BBQ.

Participants are fully responsible for maintaining the house clean on a regular basis,

however, we do provide a cleaner once a week to clean public areas like bathrooms and will

provide fresh bed linen. However, it is the participant’s responsibility to purchase cleaning

materials such as toilet paper, dish soap and more as well as maintain and clean the house;

we take this very seriously. Participants generally work from 7.30am to 12:00 (due to the

heat in the Amazon passing this time becomes risky). Participants then generally have lunch

at the house and if needed (depending on project) we might need some time after lunch to

ID species or organize field footage. We also have one night activity per week.

Shops can be found in the town of Alter do Chão 3km away from the house, which you can

walk to or get a taxi, IPBio offers airport pick-up (not drop off, but we can help you book a

taxi), transport to research sites but social activities and shopping will be done by the

participants themselves.

Requirements: You must speak either English or Portuguese at an intermediate level. You must be over 18.