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Latvian Fund for Nature (LFN) offers internships to students of natural or agricultural sciences who are interested in working with grazing management, herd management and pasture management in the field. You will have an opportunity to participate in the GrassLIFE2 project, which deals with the restoration and management of EU priority grassland habitats. One of the grassland restorations tools used in the project is mobile grazing herds of Galloway cattle that are transported over the country to ensure the grazing of the most valuable habitats not owned or managed by farmers. At the start of the internship, interns will be provided with initial training in herd management and then assigned to carry out independent field work under the...
16.01.2024
Latvian Fund for Nature (LFN) offers two internship positions for natural sciences Bachelor students interested in working with grassland habitat inventories, monitoring and management. Interns will have an opportunity to participate in the LFN projects dealing with EU grassland habitats (WoodMeadowLIFE, LIFE MarshMeadows, GrassLIFE2 and urbanLIFEcircles). Interns will be provided with the initial training in plant identification upon starting the internship and afterwards tasked with independent work under the supervision of an experienced grassland habitat expert. The work will involve intensive fieldwork, working outdoors in various weather conditions. Expected fieldworks: • preparation of vegetation descriptions;• mapping and marking...
08.11.2023
Internship at Latvian Fund for Nature: Expert assistant in grassland ecological restoration monitoring and evaluation for Master's students Duration: 3 months Period: May 20 to August 20, 2024 (if Master Thesis is planned: May 1 to August 1) Commitment: 4 - 5 days per week (~ 35-40 hours) Field of studies: Natural sciences / Environmental sciences / Geography Level of studies: Master (in exceptional cases – Bachelor) Skills required: • Good English skills• Drivers licence (EU category B) and driving experience, as the project areas are outside Riga• Knowledge in plant species determination (in exceptional cases only basic knowledge possible)• Knowledge of ecology of semi-natural grassland ecosystems• Research skills• Basic Computer...
01.11.2023
In the summer of 2023 five students from different parts of the world undertook internship as grassland habitat expert assistants in grassland habitat inventory and management at the Latvian Fund for Nature. We publish some internship stories. Alexander Stehr from Germany I am very satisfied with my choice to conduct the internship at the Latvian Fund for Nature. I am the only student in my semester to conduct an internship abroad, and I am glad I did. The internship was a real outdoor-internship as we just had two days of office work. On the other working days, we were working outdoors. For me this was perfect, although the office days were nice as well, because we as interns could work jointly in our flat. On our working days in field,...
31.10.2023
The schoolchildren of the Bilska elementary school in “Lejzemnieki” farm
On October 7 and 13, Latvian Fund for Nature organized the restoration events for wooded meadows. It took place near the Estonian border, in “Lejzemnieki” farm of Valka parish, Valka county, with an excursion to the "Marsi" farm, for schoolchildren to learn more about wooded meadows. The schoolchildren of the 3rd grade of the Valkas Jānis Cimze gymnasium and the 1st-5th grade of the Bilska elementary school, led by their teachers, arrived at "Lejzemnieki" already in the morning - on October 7 and 13, respectively. Under the leadership of ornithologists Imants Jakovļevs, Agnis Bušs and their assistant Juris, kids nailed board to the board until starling cages the size of a small boudoir were created with roofs with a metal cover that could...
18.10.2022
Latvian Fund for Nature offers four internship positions in the spring/summer of 2023 for natural sciences Bachelor students interested in working with grassland habitat inventories, monitoring and management. Interns will have an opportunity to participate in the WoodMeadowLIFE, LIFE MarshMeadows and other projects dealing with EU grassland habitats. Interns will be provided with the initial training in plant identification upon starting the internship and afterwards tasked with independent work under the supervision of an experienced grassland habitat expert. The work will involve intensive fieldwork, working outdoors in various weather conditions (preparation of vegetation descriptions; soil sampling; mapping and marking of trees,...
29.09.2022
Latvian Fund for Nature offers a unique internship in the spring/summer of 2023 for natural sciences Bachelor student interested in working with grassland habitat inventories and management in urban grasslands. You will have an opportunity to participate in the project urbanLIFEcircles, which is an international Estonian - Latvian - Denmark project dealing with biodiversity-oriented change in urban nature management. Interns will be provided with the initial training in plant identification upon starting the internship and afterward tasked with independent work under the supervision of an experienced grassland habitat expert. The work will involve intensive field work, working outdoors in various weather conditions, and participation in...
29.09.2022
Latvijas Dabas fonds šī gada Ainavu tūres turpināja 7. maijā, Rīgā Juglas pusē. Šī ainavu tūre veltīta fonda Gada dzīvotnei – PILSĒTAI, kurā tika atklāta dabas daudzveidība, kas slēpjas urbānajā vidē. Ainavu tūres dalībnieki pārgājienā iepazina kultūras un industriālo mantojumu – veco dzelzceļa tiltu, ko kādreiz izmantoja kūdras pārvadāšanai, baudīja skatu uz Ķīšezeru un Jaunciema dabas liegumu, apskatīja Hirša villu, tekstilrūpnīcas “Rīgas audums” teritoriju, ūdenstorni, uzzinot, kā daba pārņem vietas, kurās apsaimniekošana pārtraukta, pilsētas pļavas Juglas promenādes nogāzē, Strazdmuižas parku, Juglas ezeru un kanālu, Liepu aleju un Bonaventuras muižu. Arī pilsētā ir bagāta fauna. Pie dzelzceļa tilta ziedēja ošlapu kļava (invazīva suga...
06.06.2022
Latvian Fund for Nature offers a unique internship position for natural sciences Bachelor student interested in working with grassland habitat inventories and management. You will have an opportunity to participate in the project GrassLIFE, which is a nation-wide grassland restoration project, dealing with EU priority grassland habitats. Interns will be provided with the initial training in plant identification upon starting the internship and afterwards tasked with independent work under a supervision of an experienced grassland habitat expert. The main scope will be to participate in the monitoring and evaluation of semi-natural grassland restoration success in project GrassLIFE. The work will involve extensive fieldwork, working...
14.09.2021
Latvian Fund for Nature offers a unique internship position for natural sciences Bachelor student interested in working with grassland habitat inventories and management in urban grasslands. You will have an opportunity to participate in the project GrassLIFE, which is a nation-wide grassland restoration project, dealing with EU priority grassland habitats. Interns will be provided with the initial training in plant identification upon starting the internship and afterwards tasked with independent work under a supervision of an experienced grassland habitat expert. The work will involve extensive fieldwork, working outdoors in various weather conditions and participation in practical management and restoration activities in the field (...
14.09.2021