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2017 Autumn | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Climate Resiliency and Different Definitions of Success: How Costa Rica is Preparing for Climate Change

Student(s):

Alexandra Johnson

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Laura Exley

Partner(s):

  • Frontier Programs Costa Rica

Faculty advisor(s):

Kristi Straus, Program on the Environment, University of Washington

I was a Climate Change N.G.O. Intern with Frontier Programs in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. The organization engages in conservation research throughout the world, specifically in developing countries. The focus is on empowering individuals in their communities to join the field research and get involved to the point where Frontier is no longer needed there. My internship responsibilities included: engaging in field surveys, ranging from nighttime amphibians and reptiles surveys to forest primates surveys to morning turtle surveys along the beach, as well as collecting data on the abundance and behaviors of each species.