Volunteer
Volunteering is a great example of positive work undertaken in exchange for a private, non-monetary benefit or experience. Some volunteers even contribute monetarily towards these experience as it becomes evident that many activities frequently cost money to implement. Every year, volunteers sign up in their millions around the world for activities and projects that ultimately grow human welfare and happiness.
There are a plethora of volunteering opportunities out there, but the majority tend to fall into four main categories; environmental, community, education, and humanitarian. Volunteers benefit in multiple ways from these experiences; through learning and developing new skills and knowledge, building self-worth and confidence, and through socializing, having fun, learning about new cultures, resume/CV development and making contacts for possible future employment.
Without volunteers it would be more difficult, more expensive, or indeed impossible to undertake many crucial projects and activities. This is certainly the case with Fauna Forever, which offers research and conservation focused volunteer experiences, as well as community-based and educational activities in and around the rainforest protected areas of Tambopata.
Volunteers provide a valuable service to our wildlife research and conservation work, by learning field research techniques and using these new skills to assist our research coordinators with data collection, data management, and data analysis tasks for periods of 10-21 days at a time.
Without the help of volunteers, this particular work would not have proceeded so well or have generated the required quantity of data to influence the health and wellbeing of wild nature in the Tambopata rainforest now and into the future.
Volunteer Programs Currently Offered by Fauna Forever
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Animal Welfare
Volunteer in the Peruvian Amazon with rescued rainforest animals. This position provides an opportunity to assist in the physical and psychological well-being of a number of fascinating neotropical animals which have either been rescued or are being rehabilitated. Some of the species at the centre include red howler monkey, red brocket deer, coati, night monkey, blue and yellow macaw, grison, brown capuchin and peccary. Animal welfare volunteers will live, work, learn and teach alongside a veterinarian and the Fauna Forever research and conservation team, located in the Amazon rainforest just outside the town of Puerto Maldonado.
Community Homestay
Volunteer in the Peruvian Amazon with a rainforest-based Community. This position provides an opportunity to live and work with the Baltimore community, situated on the banks of the Tambopata River about five hours by boat from the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado. Baltimore has been selected by Fauna Forever for the strong ideals which its people possess toward the sustainable use and preservation of the forest they own and manage. Fauna Forever has worked with this community for over a decade and has helped empower its families to build the knowledge and infrastructure required to run an increasingly successful ecotourism operation.
FF-TNR Bird Team
Volunteer with researchers in the Peruvian Amazon. This position provides a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from expert tropical biologists, conservationists, and park-rangers by closely assisting them with monitoring neotropical bird populations at multiple locations across the 1,478,942-hectare Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) – a fascinating, unspoiled, and wildlife-rich protected area located in the Peruvian Amazon. Based out of the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado, Fauna Forever volunteers live and work with wildlife monitoring teams on our flagship research and conservation initiatives. Join us today.
FF-TNR Creative
Volunteer in the Peruvian Amazon with creativity. This position provides an opportunity to work alongside and learn from expert tropical biologists, conservationists and park-rangers with the aim of compiling rainforest-themed creative pieces including, for example, photographs and videos, art or music, while visiting multiple locations across the 1,478,942 hectare Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) – a fascinating, unspoiled, wildlife-rich protected area located in the Peruvian Amazon. Based out of the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado, Fauna Forever volunteers live and work with wildlife monitoring teams on our flagship research and conservation initiatives.
FF-TNR Herpetofauna Team
Volunteer with researchers in the Peruvian Amazon. This position provides a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from expert tropical biologists, conservationists, and park-rangers by closely assisting them with monitoring Neotropical herpetofauna populations at multiple locations across the 1,478,942-hectare Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) – a fascinating, unspoiled, and wildlife-rich protected area located in the Peruvian Amazon. Based out of the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado, Fauna Forever volunteers live and work with wildlife monitoring teams on our flagship research and conservation initiatives. Join us today.
FF-TNR Mammal Team
Volunteer with researchers in the Peruvian Amazon. This position provides a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from expert tropical biologists, conservationists, and park-rangers by closely assisting them with monitoring Neotropical mammal populations at multiple locations across the 1,478,942-hectare Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) – a fascinating, unspoiled, and wildlife-rich protected area located in the Peruvian Amazon. Based out of the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado, Fauna Forever volunteers live and work with wildlife monitoring teams on our flagship research and conservation initiatives. Join us today.
FF-TNR Teams Assistance
Volunteer with researchers in the Peruvian Amazon. This position provides a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from expert tropical biologists, conservationists, and park-rangers by closely assisting them with monitoring Neotropical animal populations at multiple locations across the 1,478,942-hectare Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) – a fascinating, unspoiled, and wildlife-rich protected area located in the Peruvian Amazon. Based out of the jungle city of Puerto Maldonado, Fauna Forever volunteers live and work with wildlife monitoring teams on our flagship research and conservation initiatives. Join us today.
Tailored / Bespoke
Volunteer in the rainforest with Fauna Forever the way you want to. Choose a mix of our volunteer projects or create your own.
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