Trinidad Summer 2010

Global Field Program

The Global Field Program (GFP)Masters degree candidatesScientistsEducators Community leaders and others come together at conservation hotspots

Environmental PartnershipThis program builds on the graduate courses and environmental partnerships of Earth Expeditions and the NSF funded Wild Research.

TrinidadHumans and their environmentsWetlands & coastal ecologyEstablishing participatory conservation programsSpecies reintroduction and ecosystem restorationCommunity-based environmental education and actionCurricular development and educational leadershipInquiry-based learningParticipatory education

Bernadette-Project LeaderDr. Bernadette Plair, a scientist with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Center for Conservation Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW),Leading a collaborative effort to return blue-and-gold macaws to TrinidadWhere they had been wiped out because of illegal trapping for the pet trade and habitat loss from logging and agriculture.

Trinidads Flag

Blue-and-gold Macaw reintroduced by Bernadette in 1998

Nariva Swamp

East Coast of Trinidad

Designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.home to manatees,red howler monkeyswhite-fronted capuchin monkeys three-toed and silky anteaters, and a wide variety of birds.

blue-and-gold macaws have been reintroduced to Trinidad.

Butterfly Orchid

Blue and Gold Macaw

Caiman

Nariva Swamp

Anaconda Skeleton

Red Howler Monkey

BirdwatchingLooking for the Macaws in Nariva Swamp

Asa Wright Nature Centre

Tropical Research FacilityLocated in mountains of the Northern Range of Trinidad.Known worldwide as a birdwatcher's paradise,159 species of birds oilbirdsoropendolasManakinsOrange-winged parrotsblue-crowned motmots ornate hawk-eagleschannel-billed toucans. This tropical research facility is also home to an ecologically rich diversity of flora and fauna.

View of the veranda

View from the Birdwatching Veranda

Prince Charles and Camilla at Asa Wright

ParlorDining Room

White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird

Bananaquit

Swimming Hole

Education Summit

Heliconia

Food!

Caroni Swamp National Park

Located on the Northwest Coasttidal lagoon marshland mangrove foreststidal mudflats. Trinidad's national bird, scarlet ibis19 other endangered bird species nest and roost here. Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.

Waterway in the Caroni Swamp

Cooks Tree Boa

Grey HawkCaroni Swamp

Matura Beach

on the East Coast of Trinidad one of the five most valuable nesting rookeries worldwide for the endangered leatherback sea turtle Nature Seekers, Inc., a local community-based organization, is working to help save this endangered species

Leatherback Hatchlings

Turtle Nesting Event Data Sheet

Plum Mitan Presby School

Bernadettes Girls

Maypole Dance

Conservation Awareness

A Different Frame Of Reference

Environmental Projects

Trini Boys Dream Ride!

My research partner was a little crabby

QUEST

Child-friendly way to conduct investigations using the scientific method

Inquiry methodADKThis years course was sponsored by our organization!

Application Deadlines

Master's Program Application Deadline Global Field Program (GFP) January 28