Peter’s new Bradt Travel Guide – Wildlife & Conservation Volunteering: the complete guide - is not the usual destination guide but a critical look into the booming field of conservation volunteering, aimed at prospective volunteers or travel planners.

‘There are hundreds of volunteer organisations offering thousands of placements, all of which claim to be squeaky green and to be saving the planet, but there’s no literature that helps potential volunteers differentiate between effective projects and opportunists jumping on the green bandwagon,’ says Peter.

In writing the book, he draws on an ancient biology degree, teaching experience and years of research where he became conditioned to seek evidence rather than rhetoric. Not everyone wants the same experience from a volunteering project so the book identifies nine criteria and more than 50 independent parameters so readers can make their own personal choice.

The book also includes a review of current conservation issues, how to prepare for a trip, how fees vary and how to fundraise extra cash. Readers will also find a wealth of first-hand accounts of life as a conservation volunteer.
 

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