New Zealand Nature Program - Global Volunteer Network
Provider: Global Volunteer Network
Region: Wellington
Duration
Ongoing
Description
The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) offers volunteer service opportunities in community projects throughout the world.
This program is located in one of the most picturesque cities in the world. You will join a small team of volunteers working to preserve, monitor, and re-establish our natural environment here in the Wellington region and beyond. Prepare yourself to encounter the challenges of 'hands on' conservation and environmental restoration work in our native forests, wildlife reserves, rugged coastlines, and offshore islands.This program is located in one of the most picturesque cities in the world. You will join a small team of volunteers working to preserve, monitor, and re-establish our natural environment here in the Wellington region and beyond. Prepare yourself to encounter the challenges of 'hands on' conservation and environmental restoration work in our native forests, wildlife reserves, rugged coastlines, and offshore islands.
Volunteers form an integral part of our habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring and environmental/conservation research projects. The volunteer team is headquartered near to Wellington and our program area is based largely in the Greater Wellington region. However, several of our projects also provide the opportunities to work in other regions of New Zealand. The work that you will be involved with is typically a combination of direct habitat restoration (e.g. predator control, tree planting, invasive weed removal) and environmental/conservation research such as marine mammal monitoring and ecological projects.
Examples of projects we are currently involved with include:
Replanting native forests (on the mainland and also on off-shore islands)
Stream quality monitoring as part of a regional stream health project
Educational visits to Kapiti island - a key offshore sanctuary for New Zealand wildlife (weather permitting)
Restoring degraded dune ecosystems
Removing pest plants from several native ecosystems (e.g. dunes, forests)
Monitoring and control of introduced predators for the protection of native wildlife
New Zealand Fur Seal monitoring at several sites in the lower North Island
Working in Kiwi bird sanctuaries to help preserve this national icon
Trail construction and park maintenance within wildlife reserves
Trash and weed removal from harbour islands- involves kayaking to the islands (summer only)
Please note that some projects are seasonal.
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