Advice & Career Info
By Juan Pablo on 6/26/2008 | Keyword(s): advice and career info; jobsCareer Development and Job Sites
- Environmental Leadership Program (links to many different opportunities): http://www.elpnet.org/resources.php
- Society for Conservation Biology (links to a variety of open positions at hundreds of institutions, academic info as well): http://www.conbio.org/resources/?CFID=9223053&CFTOKEN=16668676
- TNC: http://www.nature.org/careers/
- WWF International Programs (navigate to get to job opportunities with different WWF country programs): http://www.wwf.org/
- WWF US (has some opportunities in other countries): http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/careers/
- Conservation International: http://www.conservation.org/discover/about_us/careers/Pages/default.aspx
- RARE: http://www.rareconservation.org/about/page.php?subsection=Jobs/Internships
- Center for Biological Diversity: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/about/jobs/index.html
- Conservation Biology Institute: http://www.consbio.org/cbi/jobs/jobs.htm
- Oceana: http://www.oceana.org/north-america/who-we-are/employment-opportunities/
- Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.wcs.org/careers
Peer-reviewed literature on training conservation practitioners and leaders
(note*: articles that cannot be downloaded from this page can be downloaded using the scientific journals link on the Resources for Current Interns page and finding the correct article.)
- Armstrong, M.J., A. R. Berkowitz, et al. 2007. Understanding why underrepresented students pursue ecology careers: a preliminary case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(8): 415-420. (note*: must download using Internet Explorer or, if using Firefox, Acrobat Reader must be specifically chosen to open document)
- Mendez, M., A. Gomez, et al. 2007. Availability of formal academic programs in Conservation Biology in Latin America. Conservation Biology. 21(6): 1399-1403.
- Graybill, J.K. S. Dooling, et al. 2006. A rough guide to interdisciplinarity: graduate student perspectives. Bioscience. 56(9):757-763.
- Dietz, J.M., R. Aviram, et al. 2004. Defining leadership in conservation: a view from the top. Conservation Biology. 18(1): 274-278. (note*: must download using Internet Explorer or, if using Firefox, Acrobat Reader must be specifically chosen to open document)
- Inouye, D.W. and C. Brewer. 2003. A case study of the Program in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology at the University of Maryland. Conservation Biology. 17(5): 1204-1208.
- Bonine, K., J. Reid, et al. 2003. Training and education for tropical conservation. Conservation Biology. 17(5): 1209-1218. (note*: must download using Internet Explorer or, if using Firefox, Acrobat Reader must be specifically chosen to open document)
- Berkson, J. and A.L. Harrison. 2001. An integrative capstone course for the conservation biology curriculum. Conservation Biology. 15(5): 1461-1463.
- Baker, B. 2000. Recruiting minorities to the biological sciences. Bioscience. 50(3): 191-195.
Comparison of major international conservation organizations
(note*: must download using Internet Explorer or, if using Firefox, Adobre Acrobat must be specifically chosen to open document)
How each approaches its work, including methods, scale, and funding. Prepared by TNC. Download it here.