Thesis/Research Opportunities
Asia | Africa | Australia/Oceania | Europe | North America/Caribbean | Central America | South America
Why not conduct your primary
research while you volunteer!
Ecoteer thesis
opportunities can range from conservation, tourism and even media!
PLEASE NOTE: The majority of these placements wont be able to
provide you with any equipment but they all do have computer facilities.
You will need
to double check what they can provide in way of equipment.
Asia
Volunteer in the
Real Jungle Book
Placement number: 0165
Location: India
The Resort has been
created by a passion for wildlife, nature and environment. We cater to nature
lovers all over the globe particularly to those who demand responsible tourism.
The Resort helps the local aboriginals by providing them with medical
assistance, education, training and employment.
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Rural
development
Placement number: 0184
Location: India
Mitraniketan is an
education based community engaged in rural development activities since its
inception in the year 1956. We promote protection better environment activities
and water/soil conservation in our campus as well as in project villages.
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Save the Dolphins of
Bali
Placement number: 0193
Location: Indonesia
This is a unique
facility based on the tropical Island of Bali, concerned with scientific
research and conservation education projects. Our volunteers will combine
activity holidays with real scientific data collection on various aspects of
tropical biology. .
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Research Palm oil or Ecotourism
impacts
Placement number:
0001
Location: Malaysia
Research opportunities are vast and include, ecotourism,
tourist impacts, sustainable energy, deforestation, Palm Oil plantations, primate (esp. orang utan and Proboscis) conservation, EIAs,
etc
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Research our wild tigers and
elephants!
Placement number:
0054
Location: Nepal
We offer research opportunities in
the areas of wildlife conservation, ecotourism, tourist impacts
etc
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NGO in Sri
Lanka
Placement number: 0195
Location: Sri Lanka
Our project is
one of the oldest multi-ethnic organisation lunched in 1958. We work for
peace through development. We mainly work for peace democracy and human
rights. It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country while
accepting the peoples rights to peace and aims at alleviating poverty through
promoting entrepreneurship.
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Africa
Ecotourism in
Cameroon
Placement number: 0196
Location: Cameroon
Our NGO aims at
developing/promoting sustainable ecotourism in Korup National Park and its
peripheral. She also work towards the improvement of the livelihood of the local
people living in and around Korup National Park by empowering them with
alternative income generative activities like snail, fish and cane rat farming
respectively as well as Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) domestication.
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Help with group in
Ghana
Placement number: 0186
Location: Ghana
We deal solely
with one small village in the Central Region of Ghana and have two different
schemes,
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Corps in Kenya
Placement number: 0171
Location: Kenya
Ours is a Long and
Medium Term Volunteer (LMTV) project. This is where we provide volunteers from
across the world with an opportunity to work with community based organization
(CBOs) and NGO, whose focus is on issues that address poverty, youth, gender
empowerment as well as other development issues.
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Community help in
the Sahara
Placement number: 0172
Location: Morocco
Our ecolodge is a
traditional earth building with 18 rooms, situated in a village in the High
Atlas, a 4 hour drive from Marrakech. Camp d¹Atta and Camp des Roses are 2
traditionnally built eco-camps with 10 Saharan tents and 7 ³caidal² tents
respectively.
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Research sustainable agriculture or reforestation
Placement number: 0069
Location:
Mozambique.
We would like
volunteers to formally research the recovery of our savannah and forest and sustainable agricultural practices.
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Research
ecotourism and tourist impacts
Placement number:
0059
Location: Namibia
Research
topics include:- Conservation of wildlife Ecotourism in Namibia Sustainable
development Effects of tourists on local habitats (foot impacts, horse riding,
tyre impacts etc)
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Research top Predators
Placement number:
0020
Location: South Africa
We welcome research into predator
monitoring. But we also judge all proposals on there own merits!
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Australia/Oceania
Study our local
fauna and flora on land or sea
Placement number: 0027
Location: Australia
Study
our local flora and fauna, land and sea! or research into sustainable practices. We also provide a perfect study of good ecotourism practice.
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Bat Research
Placement number: 0061
Location:
Atherton, Australia
Volunteer
with the bat hospital in the rainforests of northern
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Australian Retreat
Placement
number: 0166
Location: Australia
At the Retreat we try to blend a level of self sufficiency
with our exotic orchards and vegetable garden. We are bordered by a 150
megalitre lake and native timbers that we have enhanced over the years. Our
Ecoteers can swim, canoe, fish or keep an eye open for the platypus. We operate
a wholesale fruit tree nursery, and orchards with the inclusion of a small Bed
and Breakfast
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Europe
Vulture monitoring
Placement number:
0055
Location: Croatia or Israel
Conduct your research
on the vultures of Croatia or Israel.
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Save the Turtles of Europe!
Placement number:
0167
Location: Greece
The project protects and conserves the loggerhead
(Carretta-carretta) turtle on Zakynthos, Greece. We monitor nests, tag laying
females, take tourist out on our turtle friendly catamaran trips to spot and
learn about turtles.
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Help Turtles
Placement number: 0188
Location: Greece
Since 1983 our
primary objective has been to protect the sea turtles in Greece through
monitoring and research, developing and implementing management
plans, raising public awareness and rehabilitating sick and injured
turtles. We are a member of the European Union for Coastal
Conservation (EUCC), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and a partner to
UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan.
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North America/Caribbean
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Central America
Help us compile a botanical and bird list enabling us to name the
farm a reserve!
Placement number: 0030
Location:
Belize.
We need a complete inventory of our farm to enable us to name
and protect the farm as a reserve! We also accept most studies based upon
butterflies and flora.
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Research reintroduction of Scarlet Macaws
Placement number:
0037
Location: Costa Rica.
Come here and
you can research reintroduction programes of the Scarlet Macaw. We also
are a good example of ecotourism and conservation working together!
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Research Station
- sustainable tourism or conservation
Placement number:
0072
Location: Costa Rica
We encourage students who want to conduct their own research for their studies! Topics could include conservation, ecotourism and sustainable practices.
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Research the weather or conservation
Placement number: 0111
Location: Costa Rica
Any relevant area of study is accepted, below are a few examples:
Preservation/conservation,
Reforestation,
Sustainable Community Development,
Ecotourism and sustainable development,
Insect Collection,
Aquatic environments & Weather indications
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Help Turtles and the
Community
Placement
Number:0159 
Location: Costa Rica
There are
three possible projects here one helping to nesting leatherback, hawksbill and
green turtles, help identify and record new species for the newly named park and
help design and build nature trails through the lush tropical forests.
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Research Iguanas
Placement number:
0055
Location: Honduras
Helps us to conduct research into the
protection of the Iguana.
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South America
Research our
efforts to conserve the interior Atlantic Rainforest
Placement number:
0014
Location: Argentina
Our Research Station pretends to be an area for
development of investigation projects in situ from the most varied biological
specialties with the objective to conserve the Interior Atlantic
Rainforest.
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Study Sand Dune Lizards
Placement number:
0146
Location: Argentina
This project is a long term monitoring study on
the ecology and conservation status on sand dunes lizards (Liolaemus
multimaculatus). This is a vulnerable and endemic species whit relictual
distribution on patches dunes sectors. The research includes studies on
population ecology (population densities, population structure, mortality and
habitat use), autoecology (Home Range) and fluctuating assimetry.
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Research tourism and
community spin-offs
Placement number: 0089
Location: Bolivia.
Perfect if you want to study tourism and
community benefits!
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Research our
conservation efforts
Placement number: 0031
Location: Brazil.
We specialise in
exclusive ecotourism and pride ourselves on the benefits we have provided the
local environment. We would like people to research and conduct animal census's and EIAs so we can monitor our progress!
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Conduct your research in the Amazon Jungle
Placement number: 0081
Location: Brazil.
We have research
opportunities in an arrary of flora and fauna studies and sustainable tourism
.
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Research the other side of Ecuador
Placement
number: 0070
Location: Ecuador.
Conduct your research at this
agro-ecolodge on the coast of Ecuador. Located right across the sea, this
magnificent and innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of bamboo; it has a
private and large beach and it is surrounded by magnificent flower and organic
vegetable gardens as well as small bamboo forests.
Research the Shiwiars
Placement number:
0077
Location: Ecuador.
Help us to provide a better service. We
welcome research conducted on ecotourism, sustainable living and community
involvement. Also fauna and flora studies.
Research community
development and conservation projects
Placement number: 0088
Location: Ecuador
Research are efforts in conserving the rainforest and raising the standard of living of its people.
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Research in
Biological Reserve
Placement number: 0112
Location: Ecuador
Help us in our
quest to help the local wildlife in this cloud forest reserve. We also
need help to protect the Andean Bear.
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Volunteer in Sacred Valley of Cotundo
Placement
number: 0170
Location: Ecuador.
Since being an ecolodge, we have looked
for ways to contribute to the conservation of nature and culture ot the region.
We have designed a Volunteering program which mainly aims at reforesting with
native plant species and teaching English to children and teenagers of Cotundo
for them to have better job opportunities in the tourism
sector.
Research
ecotourism and conservation
Placement number:
0048
Location: Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of native species, Ecotourism in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local communities, Habitat protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or Sustainable development.
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Research ecotourism and conservation
Placement number: 0049
Location:
Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of native species, Ecotourism in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local communities, Habitat protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or Sustainable development.
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Research ecotourism and conservation
Placement number: 0050
Location:
Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of native species, Ecotourism in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local communities, Habitat protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or Sustainable development.
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Conduct research
into trail use and wildlife observations
Placement number:
0058
Location: Peru.
The main research areas include trail use and wildlife observations
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Animal
Behavourial studies
Placement number:0105
Location:
Venezuela
We offer research opportunities into animal behavour. Other
types of studies will be accepted.
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Various projects near
Angel Falls
Placement number: 0187
Location: Venezuela
All our projects
are located in the Gran Sabana in the south-east of Venezuela, between the
Orinoco and Amazon river basin. The highland area includes the huge National
Park Canaima with its famous table-top mountains, Angel Falls and innumerable
rivers that flow on jasper river-beds.
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