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Earthwatch Institute

Earthwatch Institute (Europe) is a multi-national conservation organisation whose mission is to engage people all over the world in scientific field research and education to promote the knowledge and action required for a sustainable environment.

The Earthwatch Institute was founded in Boston in 1971. It has other affiliate offices in Australia and Japan.

Earthwatch gives research grants of more than £3 million and supports about 130 projects every year. Earthwatch recruits volunteers to share the costs of research projects and to help out as research assistants. Over the last thirty years, their field assistants have put in more than ten million man-hours of research worldwide. Earthwatch projects are split into 6 main research areas; endangered habitats, threatened species, climate change, human/wildlife conflict, sustainable resource management and earth science and cultural evolution.

The Earthwatch Institute welcomes proposals for long-term support. Around eighteen percent of their projects have been supported for more than 10 years.

To see more about the Eartwatch Institure, go to their website at www.earthwatch.org

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