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Global Field Program

Join the Global Field Program to learn wetlands ecology, species reintroduction, and community-based conservation in Trinidad. Explore diverse ecosystems, including Nariva Swamp and Caroni Swamp National Park. Engage in hands-on research and educational opportunities led by Dr. Bernadette Plair. Experience tropical biodiversity at Asa Wright Nature Centre. Collaborate with local organizations for sea turtle conservation at Matura Beach. Apply by January 28 for a transformative educational experience.

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Global Field Program

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  1. Global Field Program

  2. The Global Field Program (GFP) • Master’s degree candidates • Scientists • Educators • Community leaders • and others come together at conservation hotspots

  3. Environmental Partnership • This program builds on the graduate courses and environmental partnerships of Earth Expeditions and the NSF funded Wild Research.

  4. Trinidad • Humans and their environments • Wetlands & coastal ecology • Establishing participatory conservation programs • Species reintroduction and ecosystem restoration • Community-based environmental education and action • Curricular development and educational leadership • Inquiry-based learning • Participatory education

  5. Bernadette-Project Leader • Dr. Bernadette Plair, a scientist with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Center for Conservation Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW), • Leading a collaborative effort to return blue-and-gold macaws to Trinidad • Where they had been wiped out because of illegal trapping for the pet trade and habitat loss from logging and agriculture.

  6. Trinidad’s Flag

  7. Blue-and-gold Macaw reintroduced by Bernadette in 1998

  8. Nariva Swamp • East Coast of Trinidad • Designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. • home to manatees, • red howler monkeys • white-fronted capuchin monkeys • three-toed and silky anteaters, and a wide variety of birds. • blue-and-gold macaws have been reintroduced to Trinidad.

  9. Butterfly Orchid

  10. Blue and Gold Macaw

  11. Caiman

  12. Nariva Swamp

  13. Anaconda Skeleton

  14. Red Howler Monkey

  15. Birdwatching Looking for the Macaws in Nariva Swamp

  16. Asa Wright Nature Centre • Tropical Research Facility • Located in mountains of the Northern Range of Trinidad. • Known worldwide as a birdwatcher's paradise, • 159 species of birds • oilbirds • oropendolas • Manakins • Orange-winged parrots • blue-crowned motmots • ornate hawk-eagles • channel-billed toucans. • This tropical research facility is also home to an ecologically rich diversity of flora and fauna.

  17. View of the veranda

  18. View from the Birdwatching Veranda

  19. Prince Charles and Camilla at Asa Wright

  20. Parlor Dining Room

  21. White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird

  22. Bananaquit

  23. Swimming Hole

  24. Education Summit

  25. Heliconia

  26. Food!

  27. Caroni Swamp National Park • Located on the Northwest Coast • tidal lagoon marshland • mangrove forests • tidal mudflats. • Trinidad's national bird, scarlet ibis • 19 other endangered bird species nest and roost here. • Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.

  28. Waterway in the Caroni Swamp

  29. Cook’s Tree Boa

  30. Grey Hawk Caroni Swamp

  31. Matura Beach • on the East Coast of Trinidad • one of the five most valuable nesting rookeries worldwide for the endangered leatherback sea turtle • Nature Seekers, Inc., a local community-based organization, is working to help save this endangered species

  32. Leatherback Hatchlings

  33. Turtle Nesting Event Data Sheet

  34. Plum MitanPresby School

  35. Bernadette’s Girls

  36. Maypole Dance

  37. Conservation Awareness

  38. A Different Frame Of Reference

  39. Environmental Projects

  40. Trini Boy’s Dream Ride!

  41. My research partner was a little crabby

  42. QUEST • Child-friendly way to conduct investigations using the scientific method • Inquiry method

  43. ADK • This year’s course was sponsored by our organization!

  44. Application Deadlines • Master's ProgramApplication Deadline Global Field Program (GFP) January 28

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