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Volunteer: Climate Change Mitigation, Agroforestry, And Forest Conservation in Ecuador
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- Work with farmers, foresters, park rangers, and/or environmental engineers experienced in forest conservation, agroforestry, agronomy, participatory community development, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable farming
- Learn about national and local efforts to mitigate climate change and support on-going projects to diversity local farms, implement environmental education programs, and make the region more resilient to climate change
- Accompany locals into chakras (agroforestry farms) and plant, weed, and harvest
- Keywords: field research, sustainable development, climate change, international development agriculture, forest conservation, community tourism, cacao industry, seed banks, indigenous rights, economic development, sustainable development, indigenous traditions.
- Also, the rainforest is a key consumer of carbon - one of the greenhouse gases - and about one-fifth of the freshwater that runs off of Earths surface is carried by the Amazon River.
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