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Whether you´re a long-standing volunteer, or new to Earthwatch, you may like to know that Earthwatch has just been rated among the top volunteering organisations in Bradt's Wildlife & Conservation Volunteering, the Complete Guide. We hope you enjoy reading about this, and catching up on all our other latest news from the field.

And if you haven´t yet booked your place at our March lecture, Forests and Climate Change, please call today as tickets are going fast. We hope to see you there!

 

Best wishes,

 

 

Jane Nijssen

 

Jane Nijssen,
Editor

Contents

Latest news

Expedition of the month:
Birds, Biodiversity and Biking in Provence

Field diary

Research focus:
Crocodiles of the Zambezi

Take Action

FUN(d)raising

Visions of Earthwatch

 Latest News

icapExpedition Special Offer
 Find out how you can get a five per cent disount, plus a further £100 off the cost of your Earthwatch expedition.		 Forthcoming events
Join us at the Royal Geographical Society on 26 March for our lecture about Forests and Climate Change, or come along to our Expedition Open Day on 18 April.
TextEnter the Nature Writer of the Year Award and let your creative instincts run wild
Earthwatch and BBC Wildlife invite you to test your writing talents in the 2009 competition.

TextFinding inspiration among wildlife and woods

If you are a UK-based teacher of geography, science, or citizenship, why not apply for the Earthwatch Educator Expeditions 2009?
An evening with Kate Humble
Television presenter and Earthwatch ambassador Kate Humble talks about her travels in Africa at the Royal Geographical Society.		 TextEarthwatch ambassador completes Vendée Globe
Brian Thompson becomes seventh British sailor to finish round-the-world yacht race.
Join Climate Change in Tropical RainforestsJoin Climate Change in Tropical Rainforests
Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire

Field diary...(find out what it's really like)

I learned a great deal about climate change in these two memorable weeks, and what communities and businesses can do to help.

Climate champion Alexandra Liptrot recalls her experiences in July 2008 at the Earthwatch Regional Climate Centre in Wytham Woods.
Volunteers can join the Earthwatch expedition Crocodiles of the Zambezi

In profile:

Susannah Calderan from the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust talks about her work with Earthwatch volunteers.

Read more.
Susannah Calderan

 Take action


  Simon Laman of Earthwatch
  encourages you to be a part
  of WWF's Earth Hour 2009,
  and shows you how saving
  energy is as easy as
  changing a light bulb.
  Read more...
A young Bateleur eagle

Photo credits (from top): Andrew Fairbairn, Carly Seller, Rowan Byrne, Performance PR, JP Michel, Alexandra Liptrot, Oscar Baldomero, Andrew Fairbairn, Chris Wood, Alexandra Bowers.