Gottgens

AQUATIC ECOLOGY OF THE TROPICS

EEES 4980-004/6980-004 (Spring 2007 - 3 cr.)

Examples of Career Opportunities in Tropical Freshwater Ecology

The Nature Conservancy
Since 1951, TNC has been working with communities, businesses and private individuals to protect more than 98 million acres around the world.  Their mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.  TNC has a worldwide network of offices.

 

136 Advertised jobs including:

  1. Associate Director Resources (South America Region)
  2. Camp Maintenance Manager (Asia-Pacific region)
  3. Conservation Program Coordinator (Meso-American and Caribbean Region)
  4. Conservation Specialist (Meso-American and Caribbean Region)
  5. Costa Rica Program Manager (Meso-American and Caribbean Region)
  6. Osa Site Program Executive Assistant, Caribbean Division (based in the Costa Rica)
  7. Science Coordinator - Northern Tropical Andes Conservation Program (South America Region)

United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
UNEP is the environmental authority of the United Nations.  Some of the advertised jobs:

  1. Seven different Program Officer positions (based in New York, Geneva, Vienna, Montreal, and other cities)
  2. UNEP internships  (based in Nairobi, Kenya)

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Since its inception in 1961, WWF has worked to conserve nature and ecological processes.  It has done this through a combination of action on the ground, national and international advocacy work to establish appropriate policies, and international campaigns to highlight and demonstrate solutions to crucial environmental problems.   Over the long course of its 44-year history, WWF has contributed significantly to the development and impact of the world conservation movement and to sustainable development in a period of great pressure on the world’s natural resources.

Some of the jobs advertised recently:

  1. Manager, Conservation Education Program (based in Washington, D.C.)
  2. Marine Conservation Biologist (based in Washington, D.C.)
  3. Sr. Administrative Assistant, Endangered Spaces Southern U.S and Caribbean Region (based in Florida)
  4. Sr. Program Officer, Toxics (Africa Region; based in Washington, D.C.)
Conservation International
CI applies innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the hotspots, major tropical wilderness areas and key marine ecosystems. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., CI works in more than 30 countries on four continents.

Some advertised career opportunities:

  1. Grants Manager for Latin America, Finance Department
  2. Manager, Program Development
  3. Sr Tech Advisor - Oceanographic and Large Scale Marine (Global Marine Division)
  4. Science Development Manager (Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
     

and many more…. 

Peace Corps (‘Redefine your World’)

Rockefeller Foundation 

World Bank
Sierra Club
Dozens of universities and four-year colleges looking for bilingual instructors.