Eco Volunteer for Responsible Ecotourism and Wildlife Conservation in Thailand and Laos.

Community-Based and Responsible Eco Tourism for overseas eco volunteers and eco tourists.

Responsible ecotourism is a means to help the local community, national parks and villages to preserve and prosper from a living nature.

Responsible eco tourism avoids damage to the environment caused by mass tourism. It is eco tourism that involves the local population, offering an alternative source of income.

OpenmindProjects supports responsible eco tourism and works with the DNP, the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department in Thailand, which suggests what national parks need ecotourism volunteers most.

OpenmindProjects supports community based eco tourism and works with local villages. For more information, go to our Volunteer Package, Eco Projects
and visit www.thailandwildelephanttrekking.com and www.trekkingcentrallaos.com

What the Eco Volunteer Overseas can do in Eco Tourism Projects in Thailand and Laos.

Overseas eco volunteers teach English and train local guides, rangers, host families and children.

Eco Volunteers design and draft English eco tourism brochures and pamphlets and improve eco tourism services.

IT volunteers design national park and eco tourism websites.

Eco volunteers may be able to go jungle and mountain trekking with guides.

A qualified wildlife and eco volunteer may participate in wildlife surveys or go scuba diving depending on current work and the eco volunteer’s qualifications.

The eco volunteer overseas may help develop local, village eco tourism projects by developing local resources such as accommodation, transport, trekking, guide services and food.

The eco volunteer overseas engages the local community, discusses and explains the advantages of community-based and responsible eco tourism to the local community and therefore the importance of protecting nature and wildlife.

The eco volunteer may participate in the wildlife conservation education offered to schools and students by national parks.

Online volunteers translate national park information into English and proof read material.

Where the Eco Volunteer Overseas can go in OpenmindProjects Ecotourism Projects in Thailand or Laos

Overseas eco volunteers can go to projects in national parks and villages in Thailand and Laos.

Overseas eco volunteers can go to projects in jungles, mountains, wild elephant trekking or by the sea, on an island in Thailand or Laos.

Eco Tourists welcome! Eco tourists are also welcome to our eco tourism and wildlife conservation projects. We can arrange for special tours, programs for the eco tourist who does not have the time to volunteer for a longer period of time.

Some Eco and Wildlife Conservation Projects in Thailand and Laos that OpenmindProjects supports and where the overseas eco volunteer is welcome.

Tai-Muang Marine National Park and Marine Research Center
In South Thailand. The Tai Muang Beach is the last beach in Thailand where the highly endangered giant leatherback turtles come to lay their eggs. Eco volunteers plan work with the local staff, depending on season.

Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary and Kham Pia Village,
By the Mekong River in Thailand. An eco tourism project combining culture, home stay, mountains, and wild elephant trekking. Phou Khao Khouai in Laos
Visit www.trekkingcentrallaos.com, created by Openmind Projects volunteers. Eco volunteers and eco tourists trek with rangers and may get a chance to stay overnight in an elephant watch tower.

Kui Buri National Park
An elephant protection and local eco tourism park in Thailand bordering Burma. One of the best places to see wild elephants in Thailand!

Kaeng Krachan National Park
Only 3 hours from Bangkok and yet Thailand’s a remaining habitat for many endangered species like tigers, crocodiles, and tapirs. Amazing forests and mountains on the Thailand/Burma border

Other National Parks in Thailand.
OpenmindProjects is Cooperates with DNP(Department of National park) and some with WWF Thailand.



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