[meetyeti] Volunteer required for work in Western Arunachal
- From: Ushma Shukla <ushma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: meetyeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:17:59 +0530
Hi
NCF's Eastern Himalaya program is looking for a volunteer to work with us
in Arunachal Pradesh in April- July 2014.
We are currently working on a project that looks at food resource
distribution of hornbills (which are the largest fruit-eating birds in this
landscape). Our work is based in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in West
Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, and parts of it is also carried out
in adjoining Pakke Wildlife sanctuary (where our main base camp is) in the
East Kameng district. Part of this work is mainly focused on the Rufous-
necked hornbill, a globally endangered species.
*At Eaglenest*, we camp mostly inside the forest using tents and other
basic amenities. Phone network is restricted and there is no internet
access. There is no electricity, but there are solar lamps. A typical work
day involves 6-7 hours of work through undulating terrain that is typical
of Arunachal. The base-camp *at Pakke* has electricity and phone network,
but access to internet is intermittent.
A part of the work also involves recording feeding behaviour of hornbills.
For this, we will be conducting feeding trials on captive hornbills in
zoos. Field work will also involve walking transects, fruit tree watches
and phenology monitoring.
*Terms of work*
1. Travel fare (up to 3rd AC trainfare) for one-way travel to Guwahati will
be provided to reach the field station. All travel costs for internal
transit within northeast (related to the project) will be covered.
2. Food and accommodation will be provided at the field station.
3. A moderate level of fitness is expected, given the tough terrain of
work.
4. We would like the participant to join us in field latest by the end of
March 2014 or by 1st week of April (preferably by 24th/25th of March).
If you are interested, please contact Ushma Shukla, Research Affiliate, NCF
(ushma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx).
Regards,
Ushma.
--Research Affiliate
Eastern Himalaya Program
Nature Conservation Foundation
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