Statia Conservation Project, St. Eustatius, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean

Programme Overview

Join the St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation and help to conserve their three parks – the Marine Park, the Boven National Park and the Quill National Park. Acquire new skills and knowledge about conservation, local flora and fauna of Statia and take part in trail work and tropical gardening.

Projects involve:

• Trail building in the Quill and Boven National Parks (all year round)
• Maintaining the Botanical Garden (all year round)
• Helping with night turtle patrols during nesting season only (March to October, and subject to turtle activity)
• Outside of turtle season, may assist with in-water turtle surveys.
• Species monitoring
• Environmental Education

Dates and Durations:

You can join for 4 week up to 12 weeks all year round and we have places all throughout 2013 and 2014 available.

Individuals, groups and students doing research all welcome.

Cost for camping in botanical garden, gas, water, materials for trail project, project tshirt, training and orientation and airport pickup starts from £690 for 4 weeks. Volunteers receive a 300 USD monthly food allowance.

Some of above photos kindly provided by ex-volunteer Mat Wicks and Hannah Madden, National Park Ranger