Internships
Structured internships allow students and early-career conservationists to contribute to a defined area of the project under supervision. Depending on current priorities, this may involve a small research project, fieldwork, camera-trap image processing, data organisation, science communication, or education activities.
Interns may also receive guidance in project planning, scientific writing, presentations, and other professional skills relevant to their placement. Each internship is designed around a realistic scope, available supervision, and work that can be completed within the placement period.
Suitable for: Local university students and early-career conservationists who can commit to a structured placement and complete both field-based and desk-based work.
Research and student work
We consider student projects and research collaborations that align with current research questions, available data, permit conditions, and supervision capacity. Proposed work should have a clearly defined question, realistic scope, and identifiable contribution to the project or to wider knowledge of fishing cats, urban wildlife, or human-modified landscapes.
Suitable for: University students, academic researchers, research supervisors, and specialists offering relevant analytical or methodological expertise.
Partner photographers
We work with photographers, filmmakers, and visual storytellers who can document fishing cats, urban wetlands, fieldwork, and public engagement through ethical, low-disturbance practice.
Contributed images may be used, with full credit and agreed permissions, in the project website, publications, presentations, exhibitions, education materials, awareness programmes, and social media.
Suitable for: Photographers and filmmakers whose work demonstrates accurate natural history, responsible wildlife practice, and a clear interest in conservation communication.
Ethical wildlife experiences
We work with responsible travel partners, hotels, guides, schools, universities, and local groups to develop low-impact wetland walks and wildlife experiences. These activities focus on urban ecology, wetland biodiversity, and the research behind Colombo’s fishing cat population rather than promising wildlife sightings.
Experiences are planned around site permissions, suitable group sizes, trained interpretation, and practices that minimise disturbance while contributing to conservation funding.
Conservation partnerships and technical support
We work with government agencies, local authorities, conservation organisations, businesses, developers, and private landowners on ecological surveys, camera-trap monitoring, wildlife assessments, research design, habitat connectivity, and other conservation work.
Enquiries should identify the site or issue involved, the type of support required, the proposed timeframe, and how the resulting information will be used. We assess each request against our expertise, field capacity, and conservation priorities.
Volunteering
Volunteers may contribute to writing, illustration, social media, Sinhala and Tamil translation, event support, education, and other clearly defined tasks. Opportunities arise according to project needs and may be field-based, remote, or linked to a specific event or campaign.
Joining the volunteer register allows us to contact you when an opportunity matches your skills, interests, and availability.
