The project must have scientific value. We want to know if the research results can be applied to management and environmental protection issues. The project must have a strong educational component and there must be meaningful tasks for the volunteers who join us. We must be assured that the project can be operated safely for our volunteers and participants. And, lastly but just as important, we want the projects we sponsor to help support local communities economically.
River dolphins are vulnerable and endangered worldwide.
This is important information if we want to make certain that dolphin populations remain healthy throughout the Amazon. We operate many projects all over the world. Ten people work in our office headquarters here in San Francisco, and over sixty people work in the field. My graduate work was in integrative biology. I have worked exclusively for nonprofit educational organizations.