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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gerald Toth
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:32 PM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Summer Internship in Ecuador - Tropical Conservation,
Permaculture & Research

*NOTE: 1 position left

A few years ago, a few of us – ecology, economics, and business graduates –
founded a nonprofit organization called Third Millennium Alliance. We raised
some money and bought a lot of land in a critically-endangered rainforest
and established an ecological reserve. There was a small patch of
previously-degraded land right in the middle, where we have built an
innovative and surprisingly comfortable research station out of bamboo, by
hand. Immediately surrounding the house we are designing/growing/building a
living laboratory of sustainable resource management (i.e. permaculture).
Our goal is 100% food self-sufficiency within 10 years. So far, we’re maybe
20% of the way there. Likewise this is a testing ground for appropriate
technology, such as off-the-grid renewable energy, water treatment and
management, organic pesticide production, etc. We are also in need of
various biological research projects and inventories. 

The date range for the summer program is May 24 – July 22. Priorities for
the Summer Internship include:
•	Forest mammal inventory with photo trap cameras (on-going project)
•	GIS mapping of the reserve and/or wild cat survey area
•	Organic pesticide research and development (on-going)
•	Low-tech mushroom propagation system
•	Wild mushroom identification and photo inventory
•	Native bamboo propagation through the “chusquin” method

If you would like to learn more, please visit our Internship page on our
website, where you can download a PDF file which includes a detailed program
description, at: http://www.3malliance.org/index.php?id=320
After reading the PDF file, if you would like to apply, send an email to the
address listed in the program description. 

We hope you work with you!

Sincerely,

Bryan Criswell, Isabel Dávila, Jerry Toth Directors, Jama-Coaque Reserve
Third Millennium Alliance Jama, Ecuador www.3malliance.org