Take part in crucial conservation efforts by getting involved with turtle research in Phang Nga.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Six of the seven species of sea turtles are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List as threatened or endangered. The green sea turtle, specifically, is classified as endangered. This volunteer program in Thailand gives you a chance to contribute to conserving green sea turtles, as well as contributing to other ongoing conservation initiatives. These could for example entail being involved in biodiversity and camera trapping surveys, taking part in regular beach cleans, conducting bird and butterfly surveys or teaching environmental education classes.
In partnership with the Phang Nga Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre, CFRDC, and the Phang Nga Navy Base, we work to increase numbers of the endangered green sea turtle. As beaches used by mother sea turtles for nesting are still in recovery, hatchlings are raised in sea turtle conservation and research centres. At these local head-start centres, turtles are reared from hatchlings to a size where they will face less risk of predation upon release.
Here volunteers, assist by cleaning turtle tanks and turtles with scrubbing brushes, treating any wounds that turtles may have with antibacterial and antifungal medical ointments, assisting with collecting morphological data and conducting studies of which resources keep turtles engaged and learning, encouraging cognitive and social development, and, if they are lucky enough to be on the program during a release date, assist with releasing hundreds of young turtles back into the ocean.
Health & Hygiene:
The work we contribute to across the globe remains important and new measures allow our participants to continue to join our programs and continue impacting positively on their world and the communities we work with. Changes to our existing protocols have been made by our health and hygiene team to strengthen our health and hygiene protocols and ensure that international standard safeguards are in place to protect our participants, staff and host communities. Please inquire for more information on the protocols.
Example of a typical volunteer day:
06:30 - 10:00 Bird Survey
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at the Base
13:30 - 15:00 Interns Meeting / Data Entry
15:00 - 16:30 No Littering Signs Creation
17:00 - 18:00 Thai Lesson
18:00 Dinner at Base
It is important that you remain flexible as things are likely to change depending on the needs of our program partners and the current weather conditions.