Grécia

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Data de início: 01-02-2013

Data de fim: 31-07-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 6 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 31-12-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete host major nesting areas for the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean and have been monitored by ARCHELON, an environmental NGO for over 25 years. In Athens, ARCHELON also runs the only Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Greece.

Volunteers are invited to work on the island of Zakynthos where the first National Marine Park for sea turtles in the Mediterranean was established in 1999, where they will assist the Management Agency of the NMPZ (National Marine Park of Zakynthos) in its task to implement protection measures for the preservation of the sea turtles. In Peloponnesus (Kyparissia Bay, Koroni and Lakonikos Bay), volunteers will protect nests against predation from foxes and other mammals, and assist in the running of the established Nature Information Centre of Agiannaki (Kyparissia Bay). On the island of Crete (Chania, Rethymno and Messara), participants will work for the implementation of a Management Plan for the nesting areas.

At the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in the daily treatment of sea turtles that usually bear injuries as a result of their accidental capture in fishing gear and help in raising of public awareness among the public as well as in the maintenance of the Centre's facilities.

Perfil: - over 18 years of age,
- able to communicate in English (the projects are English speaking) and carry a health insurance policy
- prepared to share a communal life,
- living and working in both populated and secluded areas, often as members of small teams and usually under harsh conditions.

. Volunteers stay on either designated camp areas, restricted to ARCHELON volunteers, with outdoor basic sanitary and cooking facilities (cold water showers, gas or electric stoves and fridges, cooking pots and pans, cutlery, crockery) or organised camps.

. It is absolutely necessary to bring along camping gear (e.g. sleeping bag, tent, torch, alarm clock), warm and comfortable clothes, waterproofs (especially for May and September/ October), plus decent clothes for working with the public

Tarefas: Duties will be allocated by the Project Leader in cooperation with the Rehabilitation Field Leader, usually in accordance with a weekly schedule. More specifically:

Rescue Network: activities include response to live sea turtle strandings throughout Greece, collection of injured sea turtles from the airport, train or bus station, or Piraeus port.
Understandably these activities are not part of the daily routine, but take priority whenever they do occur.

Sea turtle Rehabilitation: duties include the preparation and administration of food (usually fish) to the turtles, daily treatment of the animals as determined by the vet (administering medication, cleaning wounds) as well as taking biometric data and making behaviour observations.

Public Awareness: activities include the running of the Rescue CentreaAAA€AAA™s exhibition area and providing information to visitors, conducting presentations to organized groups and assisting in public events organized by ARCHELON to promote the Rescue Centre (e.g. publicized sea turtle releases, participation in exhibitions, etc).

Maintenance: activities include basic maintenance duties like painting of the wagons, operation of the water supply systems as well as cleaning the facilities and equipment.

Data entry: Detailed information is kept on each sea turtle case admitted to the Rescue Centre. All data collected is entered in databases so that they can be subsequently used for the compilation of statistical reports.

Volunteers may be asked to assist by carrying out data entry on the computer. Although volunteers are involved in all aspects of the work, final duties are allocated taking into account each personaAAA€AAA™s particular skills and talents.

Volunteers who show special talents have the opportunity to make use of them if they so wish. For example volunteers with artistic talents may also help by creating labels and paintings that can be used in ARCHELON publications.

Horário: Volunteers are entitled to 3 days off during a 28 day period

Documentação: CV e carta de motivação em inglês