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 UK Field Course Talks

Hear more about the field courses we offer at The Knepp Estate, Britain’s premier rewilding site!

2024 International Expedition Talks

We recently held our last International Expedition Talk for the 2024 Season, and our bookings for the international expeditions closed on March 31st 2024. Our Knepp projects will remain open for booking. If you’d like to hear more about the expeditions you can view the links below for more information about our projects. If you still want to sign up for an expedition and are only able to join us in 2024 then email us on expeditions@opwall.com and we can check with the site manager to see if booking an expedition is still possible.

We can also take general 2025 expedition bookings here. By paying a deposit now you can get a headstart on fundraising! We are working on our options for 2025 and by booking now you can have first choice on your favourite site, with your refundable deposit protected. 

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.