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Make your trip meaningful. Explore 136 carefully selected projects worldwide. Specialists in eco-volunteering since 2009
🇨🇰 English is enough. Projects and communication with our partner organizations are mainly in English.
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Explore Our Selected Biodiversity Projects
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Partner organizations are carefully selected.
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Connecting you with organizations is completely free
A DIFFERENT WAY TO TRAVEL
Your gateway to conservation volunteering
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Travel with purpose, change the world!
Want to make a real difference for people and planet while travelling? Ready to act for a greener world? Whether in France or abroad, use your free time to commit to a cause close to your heart!
Responsible travel for the planet has a triple positive impact
Volunteer travel, citizen science and conservation
What if your next trip could make a real difference?
Eco-volunteering gives you the opportunity to travel while contributing to environmental and conservation projects around the world. Work alongside local organizations, researchers and conservationists to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and learn more about the natural world.
Learn while you travel. Get involved in citizen science.
Some of our projects involve citizen science, giving you the chance to contribute to real scientific research. You might help monitor wildlife, collect data, study marine ecosystems or take part in biodiversity surveys. You don’t need to be a scientist — just curiosity, enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved.
Travel with purpose
Our projects offer a different way to experience a destination. Rather than simply visiting, you become involved in a local project and contribute your time and skills to something meaningful. From wildlife conservation to marine protection and biodiversity research, every project offers a chance to learn, connect and make a positive contribution.
More than a holiday
These experiences can change the way you see the world. You’ll discover new environments, meet people who are passionate about conservation and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our planet. Whether you’re looking for a short volunteering experience or a longer conservation project, you can find opportunities to suit your interests, from wildlife and marine conservation to scientific research and biodiversity protection.
A more meaningful way to travel
Eco-volunteering is about combining travel, learning and action. It’s an opportunity to step outside the usual tourist experience, contribute to projects that matter and return home with new knowledge, memories and a different perspective on the world.
Building a more sustainable future
Tourism has an important role to play in creating a more sustainable future. By choosing responsible travel and supporting local conservation initiatives, travellers can contribute to the protection of nature, biodiversity and local communities. At Eco-volunteering, we believe travel can be more than a way to discover the world. It can also be a way to help protect it.
In June 2024, the UN’s tourism branch declared 2027 the International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism. According to the UN, tourism — and responsible, solidarity-driven travel in particular — has the potential to contribute, directly or indirectly, to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established in 2015.