NGO Support for Marine Conservation

Internship details

As a remote intern, you’ll contribute towards real-time marine protection efforts. Collaborate with career scientists, dedicated to the progression of marine conservation in one of Costa Rica’s most celebrated ecotourism destinations. Gain practical conservation experience, enhance your network, support local initiatives, raise awareness, and make a real difference to protect biodiverse environments and promote sustainability!

This is a remote internship you can conduct from home. Click here to view internships in Costa Rica that you can join in-person. Want to ensure you can intern in-person with the same Manuel Antonio NGO? Check out Sustainable Business & Tourism and Environmental Education.

Remote NGO Support for Marine Conservation internships are offered through a local Marine Conservation non profit organization. The primary goals of the organization are focused on protecting the local marine environment, involving the community and providing ongoing educational support in regard to these important themes. Interns are supported in their remote internship by experienced local conservationists which include qualified biologists, wildlife conservationists, and oceanographers.

Interns have broad scope to make a difference in the field of marine conservation, while also gaining insight into operations and sustainability principles. While every remote internship is different, day-to-day internship tasks can involve a range of activities related to content creation, research, development strategies, awareness campaigns, document translation (if you have Spanish language skills) and more.

If interested, there is an opportunity for interns to also incorporate tasks related to environmental education, such as workshops and presentation creation. Proactive interns with an interest in business and marketing strategy, corporate social responsibility, and passion for sustainable practice, have ample opportunity to expand their experience and skill sets.

In all cases, interns should expect that the initial phase of their remote internship will focus on gaining some introductory knowledge. You may start by gaining an understanding or overview of what you can build upon, develop, learn, and contribute. Ensure that you ask questions and provide feedback during the introductory period, so that your supervisor understands how you’re progressing. This will help them to better understand important details, such as how quickly you learn, what you find challenging, what you find interesting, etc.

Understand and expect that individual internship experiences vary. Therefore, if you’re at a more introductory level, you should reasonably expect a more introductory internship. Likewise, if you’re interning for a shorter duration, you will have a different experience from someone who is interning for a longer duration. Placement preferences are considered but always subject to availability.

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