Earthwatch
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The Earthwatch Institute promotes the action and understanding necessary to sustain our environment. The institute supports scientific field research and education under the premise that conservation decisions should be based upon data. By paying to spend time working with conservation scientists people support the work financially and with manpower and gain first hand experience of conservation issues. Earthwatch advocates sustainable tourism and the shift to low-carbon or sustainable energy sources.
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Since 1971 the worldwide organisation has recruited over 81,000 volunteers in support of 2,800 field research projects in 118 countries. These volunteers have contributed over 10 million hours to essential field work. It supports over 140 research projects in 50 countries by providing funds and paying volunteers. It offers members of the public opportunities to work as volunteers alongside leading field scientists and researchers - no special skills are required (except scuba certification for diving projects). An arm of the Earthwatch Institute is the Corporate Environmental Responsibility Group (CERG). This is a platform for enhancing good practice amongst the business sector.
CERG members benefit from:
- Networking and shared learning with other companies committed to good environmental practice
- Stakeholder dialogue through report/policy feedback services
- Disseminating good practice through presentations at Earthwatch seminars
Earthwatch has offices in Maynard (US), Oxford (UK), Melbourne (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan).
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- http://www.earthwatch.org
- http://www.earthwatch.org.uk
- http://www.earthwatch.org/australia
- http://www.earthwatch.jp
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