UK & INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION EXPEDITIONS

Learn how biological data collected by volunteers is being used to help with wildlife conservation all over the world, and how you could get involved.

• Contribute to cutting edge research

• Work alongside and learn from conservationists in the field

• Professional fundraising support available

Want to hear about how volunteers are saving the natural world?

Our 2024 research assistant brochure is now available!
Click here to view our online version.

FIND OUT MORE

Click here to jump to our available talk dates and register for one of our webinars.

• Overseas expeditions

• Wildlife training field courses

• Complete your dissertation

• Online learning

VIRTUAL TALKS

2024 Expeditions/Field Courses

Expedition bookings are still open for our UK project based at Knepp in West Sussex. To watch our last presentation please see the recording here:

2025 Expeditions/Field Courses

To sign up for our launch presentation on Tuesday 10 September at 6pm please register here:

Bookings for 2025 are now live, by paying a deposit now you can get a headstart on fundraising. If you need additional help and support please don’t hesitate to email us expeditions@opwall.com

Careers in Conservation Talks 2023/24

A comprehensive guide on the various routes into a career in wildlife conservation and the different jobs available in the sector. Followed by a Q&A session with our fantastic panelists:

• Dr Ian Hendy – Senior Lecturer in Tropical Marine Ecology, Marine Restoration & Conservation, and Blue-carbon at the University of Portsmouth
• Charlotte Phillips – Nature Partnership Manager for the Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
• Jack Baddams – Ornithologist and co-host of the How Many Geese? podcast

View the recording of this talk here.

Can’t make the talk but have some questions?

Recordings of Previous Talks

• Careers in Conservation Talk –  January 2024

• Careers in Conservation Talk – for High School Students

• International Expeditions Talks – Ideal for Parents

We’ve been running award winning biodiversity research expeditions for the last 28 years, helping volunteers around the world gain valuable experience and get their hands dirty with real biodiversity research.

From tropical rainforests and European grasslands, to coral reefs and Mediterranean seagrass meadows, our network of over 200 researchers lead cutting edge projects that inform conservation management strategies and save species at risk of extinction.

By working alongside and helping our researchers, volunteers gain experience as research assistants. University students can also gather data for their independent research projects or thesis.

Our conservation volunteer’s work has:

• Described 72 species that are new to science

• Been published in nearly 650 academic papers in peer-review journals

• Been used to lobby governments to create 6 Protected Areas and National Parks all over the world

• Supported communities to establish income streams that work in harmony with the environment

INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

Check out this short video about Opwall and our projects. To see the extended version we put together click here.