Environmental Photographers and Movie Producers

The volunteer program at IPBio was an absolute joy to be part of. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful. The center is well equipped and all necessary utilities are found on site. The Vale do Ribeira region is breathtaking and offers plenty of activities when off work. Research and work here puts you in touch with nature and helps one form an understanding of the challenges we face in preserving the health our world for future generations. I highly recommend a volunteer experience at IPBio.

I spent three weeks at the biodiversity research center IPBio, which is located in the middle of the beautiful atlantic rainforest. My task as volunteer was, to take picturest (and also some videos) of the daily life and the projects of the other volunteers. For example the tree inventory, the bioluminescent mushroom project, bioaccoustic, tadpole project, gardening, reserve maintenance, bird ecology etc. Beside their volunteer projects I captured also the weekend activities. As the reserve is surrounded by amazing nature their are many nice things to do. We visited a lot of caves (the region is also called the cave capital of Brazil), waterfalls, went hiking, Boia Cross, BBQ,... I totally enjoyed every day I spend at IPBio and can highly recommend to come here! And if you have the possibility, stay longer than I did ;)

The six weeks I spent at IPBio were an absolute delight! I loved the immense diversity, of seeing different animals, trees, mushrooms and plants every single day. As a video producer and editor I was given a lot of freedom to think of video's I wanted to make for the website and youtube-channel. There was already an enormous amount of footage I could use, but nature itself invited me to add even more material to the archives. Working at IPBio felt like actually being part of preserving a bit of the beautiful and indispensable Atlantic forest and making people aware of the necessity of keeping this area as diverse as it is.