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This project is collecting data on the impacts of climate change. Evidence of changes linked to global warming is building on science’s growing knowledge of species and ecosystem responses to biospheric pressures.
Research staff are members of Oxford University’s Department of Zoology (Wildlife Conservation Research Unit) and they work with a wealth of other experts from around the world to share knowledge, collaborate on findings and synthesize ideas, giving added value to everyone’s work. In Nova Scotia, they are members of the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute and work to apply practical solutions to the problems wildlife faces locally and regionally. Project data is supplied to Environment Canada’s Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network with a view to developing mammal Environment Management Plans. Results are also made accessible to the public.
There is an environmental policy for this expedition and sustainable practices are implemented wherever possible. These include addressing issues of resources, waste, water, energy, biodiversity, together with adhering to ‘leave no trace’ principles.
We are a not-for-profit international environmental organisation committed to conserving the diversity of life on earth and the world’s natural resources in order to meet the needs of current and future generations. On any one of our many projects around the world you are certainly not a tourist. You will be working as a field assistant helping world renowned scientists on real environmental projects, and learning about conservation issues. We give people the knowledge and the motivation to do something positive towards helping the environment, regardless of experience and background.
The data that you will help to collect will be used to inform conservation decision makers around the world. Since 1971 our research has led to:
- the discovery of 2000 new species
- the creation of new national parks, reserves and protected areas
- the collection of crucial data leading to better-informed conservation decisions.
- over 80,000 volunteers contributing over 10 million hours of fieldwork
We are aware that many people travel to their project by air and recognise the impact of this on the environment. In an effort to minimise this, we have teamed up with an organisation that offsets emissions from your flights by funding renewable energy, energy efficient and forest restoration projects around the world.
As an environmental organisation we recognise that our day-to-day operations have an impact on the local, regional and global environment. We have an environmental policy which outlines our commitment to continuous improvements in our environmental performance. We have developed an Environmental Management System based on the guidelines and standards set out in ISO14001 and the Global Reporting Initiative, in order to measure our performance against agreed targets to deliver our environmental policy. These include: paper usage, recycling, responsible travel, carbon offsetting, green energy providers and many more environmental and social principles that form a continuous thread throughout our whole operations.
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