Creating Glideways

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Description

K2W works across the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala corridor to restore and reconnect native habitats, engaging landholders, communities and partners to protect biodiversity through collaborative landscape-scale initiatives.  The aim of this project is to protect wildlife and restore habitat for the endangered Southern Greater Glider.  Volunteers will take part in citizen science, tree planting, and community conservation activities across the Wombeyan Valley and Taralga region, NSW.

Theme

How landscape conservation in the Abercrombie Valley works and why it matters. This will be introduced by local Landcare organisers and members of the K2W Link partnership. Ecologists and citizen science trainers will supervise and support volunteers throughout the program.

Work description

Volunteers will join a local conservation team to help protect the endangered Southern Greater Glider. Activities include tree planting to restore glider habitat, spotlight surveys for glider monitoring, installation and checking of nest boxes, eDNA sampling of waterbodies, and setting up acoustic and camera traps. Volunteers will also support community engagement events, assist with citizen science activities, and help local schools learn about wildlife conservation.

Requirements

The work is generally outdoors and moderately physical, so participants should be comfortable working on uneven ground and in variable weather conditions. The site is fairly remote so volunteers need to be comfortable having periods of time without internet or shops.

Accommodation and food

The accommodation will be basic but includes sleeping areas, basic kitchen and living spaces, showers. Internet access will be very limited. If you are used to city living, the site may seem quite isolated. The nearest shop is 7km away and the only transport is the school bus once a day. Bring your medication and other requirements with you as a trip to the shops will need to be specially arranged.

About the organisation

International Volunteers for Peace (IVP) is the Australian branch for Service Civil International (SCI), one of the world’s largest Global Volunteering Networks with Branches in 44 countries and 106 Partners and Contacts in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. More than 5000 volunteers participate in hundreds of volunteer projects each year. IVP involved Projects are initiated and organised by community groups, and are designed to be of tangible benefit to the local community. They enhance local initiatives and do not replace paid labour. Our projects historically have been described as ‘work camps’. Using this model, we bring together people of diverse race, ideology, nationality and age who live together while working on a community project. We offer short-term, and medium to long-term projects.