English: • With a concentration on eco-restoration, this intern will to help focus on eco-restoration initiatives and increase community awareness and environmental sensitivity through the transfer of hands-on skills and relevant knowledge. Areas of potential work: - Extend education participants to all areas of the environment (habitat, various species of wildlife, botany, dry tropical forest...) - Assisting in the creation of natural trails to support the building of four ''eco-lodges'' - Expand upon past interns work to further develop the butterfly garden - Continue the past interns efforts to protect the Great Green Macaw - Design of organic gardens - Bird habitat protection - Controlling dry forest land invasion - Control of invasive plant species - Increasing the biodiversity of logged areas - Design signage that is both readable and educational i.e. Info and signage for the bird habitat protection (signage in the restoration areas to explain what is happening and why) - Assist in the restoration of the banado (marsh) outlining the dominant flora and fauna and explaining the ecosystem of the banado - Research potential areas for future eco-restoration within the Cerro Blanco Park - Survey the needs of the surrounding community in relation to restoration or educational outreach - Prepare a feasibility study for potential heritage tourism attractions in Ecuador such as Cerro Blanco - Assist in the sustainability of the work by working to identify potential ''local champions'' who will continue the work when the intern has left - Attempt at all times to integrate women into the projects and encourage them to identify their own roles Host Organization:
French: • With a concentration on eco-restoration, this intern will to help focus on eco-restoration initiatives and increase community awareness and environmental sensitivity through the transfer of hands-on skills and relevant knowledge. Areas of potential work: - Extend education participants to all areas of the environment (habitat, various species of wildlife, botany, dry tropical forest...) - Assisting in the creation of natural trails to support the building of four ''eco-lodges'' - Expand upon past interns work to further develop the butterfly garden - Continue the past interns efforts to protect the Great Green Macaw - Design of organic gardens - Bird habitat protection - Controlling dry forest land invasion - Control of invasive plant species - Increasing the biodiversity of logged areas - Design signage that is both readable and educational i.e. Info and signage for the bird habitat protection (signage in the restoration areas to explain what is happening and why) - Assist in the restoration of the banado (marsh) outlining the dominant flora and fauna and explaining the ecosystem of the banado - Research potential areas for future eco-restoration within the Cerro Blanco Park - Survey the needs of the surrounding community in relation to restoration or educational outreach - Prepare a feasibility study for potential heritage tourism attractions in Ecuador such as Cerro Blanco - Assist in the sustainability of the work by working to identify potential ''local champions'' who will continue the work when the intern has left - Attempt at all times to integrate women into the projects and encourage them to identify their own roles Organisation d'accueil :