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title: Karnataka Eco Volunteerism
tags: [projects, volunteerism]

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# Karnataka Eco Volunteerism

      Eco Volunteerism
  
 
Volunteer ecotourism is a  relatively new concepts in the travel and tourism sector. It is  rapidly gaining popularity. Volunteer ecotourism program  intend to provide meaningful travel and service experiences to volunteers while providing benefits to communities and environment in the form of environmental  work. However, many lack adequate onboarding process, meaningful engagement and evaluative measures that take multiple stakeholders’ viewpoints into consideration.


## Approach
* Create a pool of interesting projects 
* Create a network of mentors 
* Enable safe accomodation ;
* Enable virtual booking of projects and enrollment with mentors.
* Assign responsible and interesting work;
* Including adaptation preparation processes; 
* Improved communication of expectations and goals; 
* Inclusion of hosts in post-trip evaluation; 
* Improved documentation and long-term management of Volunteerism. 

The VE model provides a unique form of short-term volunteer labor, which might be suited for organizations with greater capacities to absorb and 
integrate volunteers on a short-term basis.
   
# Projects
## Potential Projects
Here’s a list of the different types of conservation volunteer vacations  :

* Coastline Conservation: Lead beach cleanups throughout the Coastal Karnataka. Do important research to help improve coastal preservation strategies.
* Jungle Conservation: Preserve the Agumbe rainforest in Karnataka.  
* Wildlife Conservation: Join Karnataka Forest Department in places like Bandipur, where you can volunteer to protect and conserve wildlife  Sustainable Farming: Help farmers around Forest in Karnataka develop a sustainable agriculture operation. Be part of tiger census, elephant census.
* Sustainable Development: Join Ecotourism Entrepuenership , where you can work with entrepreneurs who aim to make their communities more resilient to environmental and social change.
* Marine Conservation: A marine conservation expedition in Coastal Karnataka  with Fishermen.


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