Biosphere Expeditions in top ten

Biosphere Expeditions has made it into the top ten in a list of specialist international conservation and wildlife organisations just published in a new guide.

The recognition comes in the recently launched – ‘Bradt’s Wildlife & Conservation Volunteering, The Complete Guide’ – which for the first time scores companies across the world in nine categories including creditability, value for money, pre-departure information, and achievements.

“We are very pleased that at last there is an independent view on the quality of the ever-expanding numbers of organisations that are setting up in the wildlife and conservation volunteering arena. This guide gives people a great picture of the options that they have when they are looking for a holiday with a purpose and for the first time there is an analysis of the worth of each organisation so that you know where your money and time is really making a difference when you go away. We are thrilled to be in the top 10,” said Kathy Wilden who is joint founder and director of Biosphere Expeditions.

“It’s especially pleasing as this year is our tenth anniversary and will help spur us on to do even better, making sure we continue to do great work and provide highly enjoyable and rewarding experiences for our volunteers .

“It is also a tribute to the outstanding work our scientists and volunteers do on projects across the globe making a real difference over the last ten years.

“In fact our first expedition was to the Carpathian Mountains to study wolves and its results were instrumental in the implementation of a subsequent hunting ban in that area.

“Our current Snow Leopard project in the Altai mountains was voted one of the Top Ten Conservation Holidays in the recent BBC Wildlife Magazine.”

Current Biosphere Expeditions projects include: studying and protecting the unique coral reefs on the Musandam peninsula in Oman and the United Arab Emirates; studying whales, dolphins and turtles in the Azores; the challenge of climate change and conservation of lammergeier, capercaille and snow partridge in the Spanish Pyrenees; studying snow leopards of the Altai Republic in Central Asia; conservation of big cats in Namibia’s Caprivi Delta; studying jaguars, pumas and their prey in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest and safeguarding the world’s second largest coral reef system off the coast of Honduras.

For more information, log on to Biosphere-expeditions.org.