Short-term volunteering

The AWCRC is located at Campfornis Game Farm in Alldays, Limpopo province, South Africa.

Campfornis and surrounding area, is home to a variety of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and bird species, some of which are unique to the area. This offers students and researchers a wide variety of choice when deciding on a research topic.

Our focus is primarily on human-wildlife coexistence and possible mitigating solutions, but we welcome any other proposals depending on the feasibility and material available. The short-term projects listed below are based on a maximum 3 month stay.

Future projects are currently not running, but if you are interested in any of them, then please feel free to contact us.

General volunteering activities are ad-hoc activities and are scheduled when possible or seasonally suitable.

PRIMATES

• Diurnal primate research. For more detailed information contact Dr Leah Findlay l.j.findlay@durham.ac.uk

PREDATORS

• Predator presence on Campfornis Game Farm
• Predator diversity using tracking methods
• Predator detection
• Diet of specific predators

General volunteer activities:

• Carnivore population census with camera traps – servicing and image tagging
• Large carnivore ID kits

SMALL MAMMALS

• Small mammal diversity between two locations on Campfornis Game Farm

General volunteer activities:

• Elephant-shrew/ small mammal habituation

DASSIE (ROCK HYRAX)

• Habituation
• Population census

REPTILES/INVERTEBRATES (seasonal during summer months -September to March)

• Reptile diversity on Campfornis Game Farm

 

BIRDS (seasonal during summer months -September to March)

• Bird diversity on Campfornis Game Farm
• Raptor diversity on Campfornis Game Farm

HERBIVORES

• Herbivore diversity/behaviour on Campfornis Game Farm

General volunteer activities:

• Game counts

VEGETATION

• Vegetation diversity on Campfornis Game Farm
• Identify succulent species occurring on Campfornis Game Farm
• Highlight any endemic, protected or endangered species in order to establish a management plan for their conservation