{"id":98448,"date":"2019-03-19T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/amazon-conservation-volunteer\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:33:07","slug":"amazon-conservation-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/au\/amazon-conservation-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in The Life of an Amazon Conservation Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-98448\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-98448-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-98448-0\"><div id=\"pgc-98448-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-98448-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-98448-0-0-0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>Volunteering in the Peruvian Amazon!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preparing for your volunteer adventure can be both exciting and a little overwhelming. 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