Word: earthwatch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gray-breasted wood wrens, flew into the nets, he patiently untangled them and, with sweat pouring down his face and into his glasses, carried them down a steep path to a work station below. There he and his wife Helen or one of their three teammates on an Earthwatch expedition recorded the birds' size, type and condition, took blood samples and made sure they were banded before setting them free. At dusk Lee closed the nets and took his turn cooking dinner or cleaning up. Then he collapsed, exhausted, in a tent. "I wouldn't trade it for anything...
...even though she was on one of the most rigorous of the more than 140 Earthwatch research projects this year. The Earthwatch Institute, based in Watertown, Mass., is a pioneer in enlisting volunteer workers to assist scientists on projects from deserts to ocean floors. This year 720 volunteer teams will go to international and U.S. sites, compared with just four when Earthwatch was launched in 1971. While more than 2,000 scientific papers have resulted from Earthwatch expeditions, volunteers for the most part are required only to have physical endurance and willing hands. Supervised by ecologist Dustin Becker, the Peacheys...
Suddenly ecotourism is the new global orthodoxy--a panacea to save threatened environments, address poverty and salve the conscience of well-heeled travelers, as well as satisfy a growing thirst for closer contact with nature. Groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature, Earthwatch and Discovery Initiatives now share the jungle and savannah with more conventional operators. Major travel companies, hotels and airlines have jumped on the bandwagon with scores of environmentally friendly initiatives. "Consumers are currently very sensitive to the environment, and you've got to take that into account," says Jacques Maillot, CEO of Nouvelles Frontieres, France...
Frank V. Paladino, professor and chair of the department of biology at Indiana Purdue University, said that Earthwatch has been invaluable in his research of Costa Rican sea turtles, which he has studied for the past 20 years...
...What Earthwatch has let me do is keep a crew of students in Costa Rica for five consecutive years," Paladino said...