Top 8 Climate Action & Conservation Volunteering Projects Abroad for 2026
The TOP 8 conservation volunteer projects that YOU can join on your next travels and be a part of the solutions that are trying to prevent climate change.
November 8th 2025
Wildlife conservation and community volunteer projects and internships worldwide
Blog : Conservation
Top 10 Wildlife & Environmental Conservation Internships & Volunteer Programmes for 2026
We have compiled a list that represents the 13 best environmental conservation volunteer projects to join in 2024. These volunteer abroad project have all received great feedback about their work towards the preservation of wildlife, forests and marine environments.
November 6th 2025
A Guide to COP29: What Should It Achieve?
June marked the 12th month of global temperatures reaching 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This summer was also the hottest on record globally and for Europe and has led to more extreme weather events. Scientists have found that Typhoon Gaemi – which hit South East Asia in late July with winds reaching 145 mph affecting millions […]
October 31st 2024
Climate Tipping Points: Passing the Point of No Return
While climate records are being broken every year, the impacts of climate change are only just beginning. July saw an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 426 ppm – over 50% higher than pre-industrial levels. This is the direct result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and this persistent warming is driving the climate towards new states. […]
September 30th 2024
How WorkingAbroad Got Me a Job in Conservation
As many reading this will know, getting into the wildlife conservation sector in any shape or form is incredibly difficult! Like many, I had a long and sometimes frustrating journey to arrive where I am today, working in Marine Conservation full-time at Natural England. Getting here took me a lot of personal hard work and […]
April 13th 2024
World Wildlife Day 2024: Conservation Through a Digital Lens
Human activities have decimated the pristine wildlife. A 2022 study showed there has been nearly a 70% decline in wildlife populations since 1970. Another, study found that humans and their livestock now account for 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth. This means that all the wild mammals – every whale, bear, elephant, badger, deer, […]
March 2nd 2024
And at Last I See the Lights…Peru Week 6
It’s the end of my third week here in deepest darkest Peru. I think I’ve sweated more in the last 3 weeks than I have in the rest of my life combined. I have more insect bites than I can count. I’ve drank so much water that I think I must be close to transforming […]
December 10th 2023
A Special Place Where They Go To Eat Special Dirt: Peru Week 1
After deliberating between re-downloading Instagram and embracing BeReal, I’ve chosen instead to write an informal blog to document my adventures in South America. Over the upcoming ten weeks, I’ll be living in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest at the remote Amazon Ecology and Wildlife Rehabilitation Programme research station. During this time, I will be involved in […]
November 5th 2023
What’s in a Name and Does it Matter for Conservation?
It’s clear that scientific names matter to conservation. Not only do they help us to organise and store our data, but they can determine the conservation status of a species and dictate the level of importance we assign it. The IUCN Red list, for example, is a comprehensive list of organisms threatened with extinction. Organised […]
September 25th 2023