Ecotourism Jobs in Ecuador Volunteer work at Piedra Blanca

At Piedra Blanca, you have many chances to be a volunteer.
Jobs about ecotourism in Ecuador work conclude many fields:
Biology, somehting about Biodiversity, Ecology, teaching English, Architecture, Education, Chemistry, Tourism Marketing and Project Management and so on.

But the top priorities are that: you have to speak Spanish and have the comprehension of what ecotourism is, how it functions and the ecotourism project.


Recently, there has been pro-active volunteers getting experience from the ecotourism jobs at Piedra Blanca. Most of them specialize in tourism, sustainable development and project management.


In regard to the part of education, they provided the trip to Ecuador for volunteers.
What volunteers do is to teach English to local guides and school children in Ecuador. At present, there are still many schools in rural villiages needing helps, and they will be joyful to receive your application. Most schools over there has one permanet teacher and some twenty children(5-12age). The requisition for volunteers is that they should be at least 20 years old and speak spanish at thebasic level and stay at least two weeks. The price of accommodation is $10 per day, $3 is a contribution for conservation projects. If you are enthusiastic over such project or ask further question, sent the email to the applicant, volunteer@piedrablanca.org.

http://www.piedrablanca.org/volunteer-jobs.htm

http://www.piedrablanca.org/english-teachers.htm

Vocabulary:

1. applicant: the person is responsible to application of activities or meeting.

2. sustainability: In a broad sense, it is the capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans, it is the potential for long-term maintenance of wellbeing, which in turn depends on the wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of natural.

3. accommodation: lodging, place to live in.

4.ecotourism: ecological tourism, it is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and small scale. It helps educate travelers; provides funds for conservation; directly benefits the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and fosters respect for different cultures and for human rights. Ecotourism is very important so that future generations can experience the wonder environment we have today.

Ecotourism in Japan

Ecotourism, the travel and trend with contacts to nature, has been noted and advocated in Japan. It is one of the outgrowth that enable people to preserve their local cultural heritage and put emphasis on environment, even revitalize themselves.

In Japan, dolphin-and whale-watching tours are the most common activities involved with ecotourism. In general, it may be hard for us to approach dolphins nearer than 300 meters. Nevertheless, the desire to contact dolphins can be come true in the one of Japanese islands, called Tsuji, which is in Kumamoto Prefecture.

In 1993, the association in Yakushima in charge of some activities has found and there were approximately 6000 participants expecting to go here. The activities include canyoning(canyoneer), snorkeling and forest walks.

Another hand in Japan, Iriomote's main activity has been hoped to be changed by its local citzens: from sightseeing to ecotourism, for there have been more and more mangrove trees and other natural features. The oversea ecotourism in Japan is Belug-watching excursion to as Arctic Circle bay; each summer there will be about 3,000 white whales gather there.

Next, the Japanese ministry is dedicated to developing agriculture, forestry, fishing operations and the construction of sightseeing facilities. All of the above-mentioned items bring participants into nature, environments and travel, and the price is ideal: the travel ticket is low-priced.

However, the only flaw for Japan to develope ecotourism is it lack of mechanism, which is involved with environmental impacts. So far, national and local governments are attempting to improve...

http:web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj970918.html

1. canyoning: (it is known as canyoneering in the U.S) Canyoning is traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, and swimming.

2. snorkeling: it is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Using this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe under water attractions for extended periods of time with relatively little effort.

3. prefecture: it indicates the office seat territorial circumscription of a Prefect. The term prefecture is also used to refer to offices analogous to prefectures. In reference to Japanese system of administrative subdivisions, prefecture is used as the translation for todofuken. The system of local government in Japan consists of two classes: prefectures as the large-area local governing units, and municipalities as the basic local-level governing units.

4. beluga: it is an Arctic and sub-Arctic species of cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the Narwhal.