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    Conservation volunteers: 

    can anyone make a difference?
    Diogo Veríssimo*, David Jones & Rebeca Chaverri

    Playa Norte Marine Turtle Monitoring and 
    Conservation Programme
    Introduction
    • Field research constraints: 
    • High costs / Low budgets
    • Qualified / Large workforce

    • The role of volunteers in conservation

    • On Playa Norte paying volunteers sustain 
    more than 90% of project running costs  –
    Equipment, staff wages, food, lodging
    Volunteer profile

    • Around 220 volunteers, since 2006

    • 70% of volunteers are female

    • Age range 18 to 55 years; 73% up to 25 years

    • 20 nationalities; 90% from EU, USA and Canada

    • Two thirds have no natural sciences 
    background
    Nest poaching 
    Nest poaching 
    Human pressures around 
    Playa Norte
    Paying volunteers  can provide 
    critical human and financial 
    resources for biodiversity 
    conservation in developing 
    countries
    Thanks
    Volunteers and staff
    Thanks

    Project partner With financial support from

    With institutional support from

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