I wanted to get in touch with you regarding an upcoming presentation at your university. A scientist from Operation Wallacea will be coming to speak about biodiversity research programs taking place around the world and opportunities that you have to get involved. If you are hoping to get some hands on research experience for your CV, network with international academics, or just do your part to help save the environment and enjoy some really cool traveling, then be sure to come check it out. Even if field research isn’t for you, we hope that you will still come to hear a bit more about the state of our “wild places” around the world. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions at all and we hope to see you all there!
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Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity research and conservation management organization hosting scientific expeditions in Indonesia, Transylvania, South Africa, Madagascar, Peru, Guyana, Honduras, and Mexico. These research sites are run in remote locations with the help of university volunteers and academics from around the world. Students can join as Research Assistants (internship and credit options available) and receive training in different survey techniques such as mist-netting, SCUBA diving, GIS, camera-trapping, stereo-video transects of coral reefs, and much more. Students can also join as Thesis Students and collect data for a specific research project. Some of the research topics offered on site include marine ecology, agriculture, spatial ecology, genetics, herpetofauna, and environmental science. There is even a unique expedition for Pre-Med students looking to experience field medicine. Most importantly, all the research goes towards protecting valuable ecosystems by levering funding and monitoring the success of various conservation management strategies.

To learn more about these research opportunities and conservation management programs, please come to the presentation that is happening at your university on Tuesday, September 26th at 12:00pm in MCZ 100, Oceanography Seminar Room. If you are unable to make this meeting, please feel free to e-mail us at usa@opwall.com for more details. Hope to see you there!