Cetaceans and marine fauna training Week

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(1 Bewertung)1

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Das Erlebnis

This program aims to provide participants the basic knowledge on various aspects of cetacean and marine macrofauna research and the most important coastal monitoring techniques. Participants will take part in various theoretical and practical activities to improve their familiarity with monitoring protocols of coastal environments, ID skills, and photo identification.

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Was Sie anbieten

20 Stunden Hilfe pro Woche

Tierpflege: Hilf bei der Betreuung und Pflege von Tieren.

Sozialarbeit: Hilfe bei Freiwilligenarbeit in lokalen Projekten und Gemeinschaften.

Zusätzliche Gebühr erforderlich

Betrag: € 550 Einmalig

Beschreibung: The extra fee is used to pay for the cost of equipment use, apartment expenses, training and supervision. Remind that the booking fee is not refundable.

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Was Sie bekommen

2 freie Tage pro Woche

Gemeinschaftszimmer: Du bekommst ein Bett in einem Gemeinschaftszimmer, was bedeutet, dass du dir den Raum mit anderen Reisenden teilst.

Nutze unsere ausgestattete Küche: Nutze gerne unsere Küche und bereite dein eigenes leckeres Essen zu.

Zertifikat: Erhalte ein Zertifikat nach Beenden deines Erlebnisses.

Grundlegender Internetzugang: Internet mit Grundgeschwindigkeit, damit du remote arbeiten kannst

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Anforderungen

Mittelstufe Englisch

Über 18 Jahre alt

Empfängt Einzelreisende, Paare und Partner von Freiwilligen

Reiseversicherung

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Was nicht inbegriffen ist

Flüge, Reiseversicherung, interne Transportmittel und Visum

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Programmdetails

This is a great opportunity to get involved in cetacean and sea turtles research and enjoy marine biodiversity while gaining fieldwork and lab experience, and helping support cetacean research and conservation. At the end of your course, you will have:
Learned different methods for studying marine mammals in the wild and gained practical experience in cetacean field research.
Have a deeper understanding of cetacean ecology, biology, behaviour and physiology.
Learn to recognise several cetacean and reptile species of the Mediterranean region.
Have a good understanding of standard procedures in fieldwork data collection and further possible analyses that can be developed.

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Aktivitäten & Schichten

Theory lessons will take place from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm. The daily schedule might change if good weather conditions will allow for fieldwork to be conducted. In this case, participants will be informed the day before.

Fieldwork (including boat-based surveys if possible) can be scheduled at any hour, it can start at sunrise or end at sunset.
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*Land-based survey to monitor bottlenose dolphins and other marine fauna
*Boat-based surveys on small boats (5-8 hours long) using binoculars

*REMEMBER these cannot be guaranteed as they are dependent on weather conditions. The project coordinator will decide daily if there are favourable sea-weather conditions for these activities to take place. If these activities will not be conducted due to unfavourable weather, they will be replaced by lectures on various aspects of the cetacean research.

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Regeln

Participants must be of good health. Boat-based surveys and the use of binoculars at sea might cause seasickness. Before fieldwork, a briefing about tasks and safety rules will be provided to the interns. *Personal Insurance is mandatory, insurance during field work is covered by the extra fee (see Extra Fee section) *
Suggested qualities: Be highly adaptable and flexible as fieldwork is weather-dependent and our plans can change several times in one day
Ability to stand several hours in the sun or cold weather on a 5m boat even with not ideal sea conditions
Strong motivation and interest in cetaceans and research.

In the accommodation smoking is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.