1. This summer I worked for the Jatun Sacha Foundation for my enrichment project (this was a partnership/research project). The foundation according to its website is “dedicated to the conservation, investigation and management of ecologically important habitats, environmental education and community development.quot;
I decided to work at the foundation to gain research experience, help with conservation, and improve my Spanish. Over two months I worked at three research stations all run by the foundation. I spent four weeks at the Galapagos station where I worked on reforestation of native and endemic plant species. Moving on I spent two weeks at the Bilsa research station where I helped a graduate student with her research on seed dispersal. Finally I spent the last two weeks doing more reforestation in the Amazon. I would rate my summer as a success. I improved my Spanish and helped with conservation, however I would have liked more research experience.<br />