Further Information
Volunteer Holiday with Pink River Dolphins in Brazil

Requirements

No previous experience is required, but volunteers must be able to work as part of a team, have a strong interest in wildlife and conservation, a sense of adventure and be prepared to enjoy basic living. Participants must be physically fit, agile and be willing to spend several hours at a time in small research boats during the surveys.

Mamirauá Reserve

Mamirauá is a Sustainable Development Reserve and a pioneer conservation unit in the Brazilian Amazon on the middle of the Solimões River. Mamirauá is special because it:

• is the largest protected area of flooded forest (“várzea”) in the Amazon, offering unique scenery and experiences
• has an abundance and variety of wildlife (the Solimões river is much richer than the Rio Negro)
• has endemic charismatic species like the white Uakari monkey
• is the first sustainable development reserve, where the communities actively participate in its management
• is a public conservation unit in Brazil, managed by an NGO through an agreement with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT/CNPq), the Institute for Environmental Protection of Amazonas (IPAAM), and international agencies like the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) among others
• is a large international research project, which assures that there is up-to-date information about the ecosystem and its species.