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Title | Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Intern / Volunteer |
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Organisation: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) Post: Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Intern / Volunteer Location: BGCI Descanso House, 199 Kew Road, Richmond Surrey, TW9 3BW Hours: Minimum of 3 days per week Duration: Minimum 3 months
About BGCI BGCI is an international conservation charity that aims to conserve threatened plants, the continued existence of which is intrinsically linked to global issues including poverty, human well-being and climate change. BGCI has over 700 members and associates mostly botanic gardens, arboreta and plant conservation organisations in 118 countries; we have offices in the USA, China and Russia. BGCI works with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). The GSPC is an internationally agreed plan for plant conservation with 16 targets to be achieved by 2020. BGCI is looking for a research assistant with an interest in botany / plant conservation / biodiversity to assist us with carrying out a review of global plant conservation activities and to contribute to a high-level report on the status of the world’s plant diversity.
Duties will include
Skills and experience required
This role would suit a person with a conservation or botanical background wanting to gain experience in an international conservation organisation and enhance their portfolio. It would suite a recent graduate, someone returning to work or someone wanting to change career.
Apply by sending a covering letter and a CV to Catherine Thums at catherine.thums@bgci.org by Monday 10 March 2014
BGCI will reimburse travel costs from within the Greater London area (zones 1-6) and a lunch allowance of £3 a day.
Start date to be confirmed
For more information please visit http://www.bgci.org/ourwork/gspc?sec=policy&id=gspc
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