How Can You Help

There’s always too much to do, and far too few resources to do it.

DONATIONS

Thank you so much for your generous donations over the years especially when we were so vulnerable to wildfires. We could not have managed without you.

With climate change, we now seem to yo-yo between drought and flood, with predominantly drought during the past 5 years.

As usual we are short of money and would very much welcome any donations. Inflation in Argentina has greatly increased and our running costs are double what they were 2 years ago.

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Help Required

There’s always too much to do, and far too few resources to do it. The Reserve is still a new project, but it’s already making a significant difference to the fates of a growing diversity of threatened species. If you can help, then there’s an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you here.We usually look for volunteers for spring and summer (Sept – March in Argentina).  We have build a cabana to house up to 4 people at a time and will be on the lookout for keen enthusiasts with some qualifications to help us with our projects.  Occasionally we take unqualified volunteers to help us with jobs around the reserve but I have to stress it is not a holiday. We have 2 projects that are either ongoing or we hope to start during 2023/4 and require volunteers to help us with the research

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  Study of the breeding habits of Alectrurus risora including monitoring of their nests. Due to covid, this project has been delayed, but we are ready to get goung again in the spring. We plan to ring the juveniles in the nest with coloured rings and also do some mist-netting of the adults.
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  Continue with our successful bat research at the reserve, in the rest of Corrientes and in Misiones or maybe further afield.
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  Study of the Endangered Sporophila iberaense (Ibera Seedeater). We have a grant to study this bird and work will start in the Argentine spring. We are grateful to the Mohamed bin Zayed Conservation fund for sponsoring this project

If you feel interested in our projects and would like to volunteer please contact us.

Please bear in mind that you will be expected to help out with whatever is needed at the time and that we do have more than our fair share of insects, including mosquitoes and Deer flies. The sun can be very fierce, even in September, and temperatures can be high. We would expect volunteers to stay for 3 weeks minimum. Anti-rabies vaccinations are essential if you wish to handle bats.

Below are some of our recent volunteers: Alex Roberts, Ed Marray, Cassie Horton, Abel Yunis, Sergio Ramirez, Arturo Roselli, Sebastian Navajo, Edith Villordo, James Crees, Alex Buxton, Florencia, Sebastian Santiago, Martin Oporto, Lucila Amato, Martin Rizzo, Melina, Valeria, Fede, Maria, Beatriz Luraschi,  Gustavo Casares, Molly Watson, Leo Georgadis, Melisa D’occhio, Victoria Brenn, Ernesto Villa, Ezequiel ‘Puma’ Lis, Mariano Aimar, Victoria Brennan, Lucas Preliasco, Cesar Dombrosky, Alicia Rodriguez, Thomas Molteni, Mia Luk, Monica Fernandez, Mateo Ramirez.

Recent Volunteers