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Welcome to Conservation Career Compass, a product of the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance. You are accessing this platform as an opportunity seeker.
Conservation Career Compass serves as a tool for you to find sites to work, volunteer, intern, research and learn at. In addition to our opportunities database, there are also ample career resources at your disposal including career guidance blogs and Navigator Spotlight videos that highlight working professionals and their chosen careers.
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UH Mānoa's NREM Department
UH Mānoaʻs NREM Department site to advertise positions & opportunities.
ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve
ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu is Hawaii’s first Natural Area Reserve. It is the only NAR to contain land and marine components. Fragile anchialine ponds, unique assemblages of coral reef, numerous archeological sites, and lava fields from the last eruption of Haleakala are what make this reserve special.
ʻAimakapā Fishpond and Wetlands
‘Aimakapā is the largest natural pond and wetland system (~30 acres) on Hawai‘i Island’s Kona Coast and is located at the makai edge of the Honokōhau ahupua‘a in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park. ‘Aimakapā is a loko pu‘uone, a pond separated from the ocean by a sand berm.
808 Cleanups
808 Cleanups is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower communities in restoring their natural environments through decentralized beach, graffiti, hiking trail, and marine debris cleanups.
ʻĀina Ho'okupu O Kīlauea
Āina Hoʻokupu O Kīlauea’s (AHK’s) goal is to facilitate solutions to economic, social, and agricultural/food security challenges that the greater Kīlauea community faces.
Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests
The Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests is a nonprofit organization that supports place-based efforts that seek to protect and restore native tropical forests, including reducing or eliminating threats that degrade Hawaii’s bio-cultural heritage.
ʻAlae ʻula movement project
A collaborative research effort by USFWS, USGS, Tufts University, and grassroots conservation groups in Hawaii researching the movement behavior of the `Alae `ula on Oahu. Our research helps improve long-term conservation of this poorly understood and endangered piece of Hawaii’s natural heritage.
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy works on restoring habitat and protecting Palila on Mauna Kea, restoring habitat and translocating Kiwikiu on Haleakalā, constructing a predator-proof fence at Kīlauea Point NWR, successfully translocated Millerbirds from Nihoa to Laysan, and numerous smaller projects.
American Forests
American Forests is committed to creating healthy and resilient forests from cities to wilderness, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife. We advance our mission through innovation, place-based partnerships to plant and restore forests, and movement building.
Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
13.6 acre ethnobotanical garden in Captain Cook containing endangered, native, and canoe plants. The Garden works to conserve plants and cultural plant uses via education, community outreach, research, plant propagation, and restoration. Only federally qualified Community Forest in Hawaii.