Previous experience working in forest parks and reserves, botanical gardens or in environmental education centers would be helpful. Housing is provided at the reserve or in an apartment in Quito. Contact CFTC for a complete position description. Trail work involves planting display speciments along trails, clearing downed and encroaching vegetation, repairing stairs and hand rails, and maintaining runoff channles. Qualified applicants should possess an interest in and conservation of tropical montane forests, have experience in trail construction or maintenance, and be at ease living in simple conditions in rural areas.
Housing is provided at the reserve or in an apartment in Quito.
Contact CFTC for a complete position description. In particular, CFTC is seeking a student interested in identifying the orchids of the El Pahuma Orchid Reserve by making botanical collections for deposition in the National Herbarium and for identification by taxonomic experts. Students approved by CFTC to conduct their research at El Pahuma will be awarded a discounted rate for housing in the reserve's new information center. All other funding must come from sources sought by the student. Our projects would not be possible without their help.