Nature Conservation in the Wildlife Park in Springe

CODE: ijgd 15010

Work

The bison enclosure in Springe is one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Hanover region. The central task of the wildlife park is to ensure the continued existence of endangered animal species, such as the European bison, through breeding programmes. The falconers present the birds of prey of Europe in flight demonstrations with exciting and child-friendly explanations and describe the habits of eagles, falcons and owls. The forest education centre offers sustainable educational programmes for school classes of all ages. The offer ranges from workshops, animal observations, learning stations, exploratory tours, activity days and project weeks to holiday pass activities and children's birthday parties. Your group will support the staff at the education centre with various nature conservation tasks on the site. The main task is to remove fast-growing plants such as ivy and brambles that overgrow everything. This creates light and space for more plant diversity. You will help to replace a prickly and poisonous barberry hedge with a hornbeam hedge and remove ivy and brambles from a very old wall that surrounds the park and is a cultural monument. Climate change can already be clearly felt in the bison enclosure. To prevent the ground from drying out too much, ‘wood islands’ are created from dead branches under the large trees. The wildlife park team will also help you with this task. Your accommodation in Bredenbeck is approx. 15 km from the bison enclosure. You can reach your place of work by bus.

Location and leisure School Hostel with two large dormitories and two double rooms. Group room, large, well-equipped kitchen, workroom, table tennis, ball games, table football, piano and board games. Outdoor area with playground, campfire and barbecue area. You cook together. You will be provided with money for shopping. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any intolerances when registering.

At the weekend, you can enjoy the capital of Lower Saxony, Hanover, with its wide range of leisure activities.

Project hosted by The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.