PLACEMENTS

● Placements in different areas: There are agencies and language schools that offer work placements in different countries. We recommend the British agency Kaplan Aspect. You can check the website of Kaplan Aspect if you are interested and ask them for information.

● Placements in organisations of nature conservation in the UK: There are volunteering and internships opportunities all the time in the branches that these organisations have all over the country.
There is a wide variety of posts in different areas (environmental education, publicity, administration, practical conservation, surveying, campaigning,…) and some take place in the office while others in reserves that belong to the organisations. Sometimes you can combine different work areas.

  They usually require a minimum compromise of 3-6 months, although it depends on the post and the organisation/branch where you are going to work. This is a unique opportunity to acquire professional experience in nature conservation. It is a must to have at least an upper-intermediate level of English for this kind of work.

  Check the organisations' websites to know about the opportunities available:

Wild Life Trust
Scottish Wildlife Trust
BTCV

  
  If you want to work in other organisations, in an internship as well as in a paid job, you can check the following websites where many posts are offered in the UK:

www.environmentjob.co.uk
www.charityjob.co.uk

● Environmental placements in Canada: There are many posibilities for volunteering and internships in organisations, nature reserves, wildlife rescue centres, botanical gardens, organic farms, ecovillages, etc. Next we offer links to the places where you can do these placements: Parks Canada (national parks), Duck Unlimited Canada (aquatic birds), Bird Studies Canada (migratory birds), O.W.L., Wild ARC and WRA (wildlife rescue centres), IWNCC (marine mammals rescue centre), Vancouver Aquarium, MarinaLand (aquarium in Niagara Falls), BC Wildlife Park and Ecomuseum (wildlife parks), Tofino Botanical Gardens, Providence Farm (horticultural therapy) and O.U.R. Ecovillage (natural building and permaculture).

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