RSIS Environmental Project Madagascar
Dates: 11th – 25th July 2020
Price: Participation fee £1180 plus flights
Applications for this project close: 13th December 2019 (to allow us to book internal flights)
Location: Sainte Luce, Madagascar
About the project
This RSIS Environmental Project will take place in July 2020 and will see a team of 15 Round Square Students and Adults working with a local community in Sainte Luce, Madagascar. This environmental project will typically involve time conducting research in the forest, helping with ‘Conservation Club’, where local children learn the importance of conserving the environment, teaching basic English to the children, and also attending a series of evening talks from staff members. Research activities may include:
- Lemur transect which involves walking through a pre-determined fragment of forest and, once spotted, recording critical data such as the number and sex of the lemurs and observing their behaviour;
- Reptile transect;
- Tree nursery work;
- Botanical monitoring and habitat data; and
- Herpetology sweeps.