Workcamp im brasilianischen Regenwald
Wer Lust auf ein Abenteuer im brasilianischen Regenwald hat, kann sich ab sofort für das Workcamp LEG BRA01 unser italienischen Partnerorganisation Legambiente anmelden! Dieses Camp wird in Kooperation mit der brasilianischen Naturschutzorganisation First Flora durchgeführt:
LEG BRA01 - Reserva Natural Janaina - FirstFlora (Brasil) 16.08. - 31.08.2010 ENVI 12 vols
PROJECT: The Reserva Natural Janaina is about 300 km south of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil. It is a private area of virgin rain forest, protected according to the Brazilian federal laws through the efforts of FirstFlora, an enterprise for sustainable development that manages the area with some local NGOs and develops permacultural path and production especially of cocoa for the Fair Trade network.
WORK: The project will be focused on: working in the cocoa plantation, cataloguing cocoa trees, helping for reforestation with endemic species to expand the buffer areas of the reserve, Permaculture, fire monitoring and preventing hunt.
LOCATION: The Reserve is close to Itacare, a fishing tropical village as well as well-known touristic site. The town is surrounded by the forest and it extends along the sea characterized by beautiful waves and by the old port famous for cocoa shipping. Therefore, the area is called Costa do Cacao, whose capital Ilheus is the place where the novels of Jorge Amado are set.
ACCOMMODATION: The volunteers will be hosted in a spartan wooden house in hammock or tents for the ones who bring them.
LANGUAGE: English will be the official language of the work camp. Knowledge of Portuguese would be an advantage.
TERMINAL: Salvador de Bahia International airport.
SPECIAL REMARKS: The volunteer must be in excellent physical condition because of the humidity, temperature, and thermal gap.The night has a significant thermal excursion, 26° centigrades in January to 14° centigrades in August in case of rain. The baggage must be only a backpack easy to transport on shoulder and weight a total of no more than 15 kg.