Located within the Atlantic forest at Laguna Blanca, these populations are poorly studied and understood. The project aims to establish long term research into the behaviour, ecology, and genetics of this species. Presently the capuchins are not fully habituated or radio collared.
Volunteers will be expected to assist in all parts of the project. Duties will include trail cutting, trail marking, GPS work, map making, daily searches for the monkeys, and collection of basic data. Volunteers will be expected to work five to six days a week and between 6 and 10 hours a day.
This position will provide an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in living and working at a field research site as well as in the study of wild primates.

Laguna Blanca is home to some of the most beautiful butterflies and moths in the world. We are building a collection of all of the species found here to demonstrate to the world how special and biodiverse the reserve is.
You can help us by walking through the habitats of Laguna Blanca by day with a butterfly net and a camera, or staying close to our 150W light bulb by night to catch the moths attracted to it. Or you could grow caterpillars into adults to help us understand the lifecycles of these understudied creatures. We will also train you in how to prepare your specimens for the collection. With so many still to be found you might be the one to discover a new species for Paraguay, or even for science!

Laguna Blanca is home to many species of reptiles and amphibians endemic to the cerrado and transitional region where the reserve lies. This means that Laguna Blanca is one of the only places where you can see and study these brightly coloured creatures. In 2011, we found 10 species of reptiles and amphibians which were previously unknown in Paraguay.
You can help us to look for more undiscovered species by getting involved with our herpetological survey project. Help check our 100 pitfall traps located all over the reserve to see what’s fallen in, and help with active searches for lizards and snakes. If you still have the energy, you can also go out frog hunting by torchlight around the lake at night and perhaps try out our new frog-call analysis equipment.

Thanks to funding awarded by Lush Charity Pot North America, we now have five brand new camera traps to play with. Come and help us set them up all around the reserve and share in the excitement as we check what has been posing in front of them. In the first month of this project we saw deer, armadillos, foxes, agoutis, opossums, seriemas, owls and vultures. Pick a good spot, and be the first to photograph elusive cats or the maned-wolf. Maybe you will prove the existence of the legendary Yellow Anaconda which is said to live in the lake.

Tourists to Laguna Blanca are always keen to see our small museum and know what we are up to. You can help by making sure our museum and databases are kept in good order and up-to-date, showing some of the more interesting specimens to tourists and help us to design and develop new educational materials, posters and displays. If you can speak Spanish, you can also help us with any community outreach which might be going on during your stay.

Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca has a trail system which allows visitors to see and experience the flora and fauna of each habitat on foot. These trails need constant maintenance to ensure the forest doesn’t take them back! You can help by walking the trails with a machete to make sure they stay clear, paint and construct signs to ensure tourists stay on track and build rest areas within the trails themselves.
If you like a challenge, we are also hoping to expand the trail system to include access to the harder to reach parts of the forest. If you don’t fancy swinging a machete in the heat, you can also help with our organic garden or recycling projects.