We had a one day camp only dedicated to the construction of mires. We worked with the environment ministers of Estonia. The restoration of mires is very important, indeed, mires are the most ancient landscapes in Estonia and irreplaceable ecosystems that provide habitats for various bird and plant species and regulate carbon storage…

We were on another island: Manija.  We had to clear an area with scythes, so toads named Natterjack (kõre) could have open landscapes and live here. We had a scientist whose speciality was these toads so it was really interesting to learn many things about them with her! This island was completely insane, the weather was changing e…

Our mission on this camp was to restore ponds to save a salamander species named  the great crested newt (harivesilik).  This camp was an international camp, I went alone at this camp and Maxime stayed in Tartu. Our accommodation place was next to Võru in this beautiful house! There were people from many countries: Belgium, Russia, …

We went on Muhu island, it was pretty crazy because before starting to work we were crossing in tractor to an another island because during the summer there's not much water and we can cross this way. For the job we had to cut down little trees to remove them before they get too big. The whole area is protected for birds called …

This camp was about the 'verev lemmalts' We had to remove this invasive plant from a specific area. When we arrived, we took a while to talk about it to be able to recognize it in the forest.  It was funny at first because we weren't succeeding to find any since they were many other plants that was looking almost the s…

Hi everybody! Today we'll talk about Estonian birds! The mission was to find any traces of their presence in the forest so on the first evening we learned everything about them to be able to find them in the forest. After that they gave us an area on a map and the next day we went into the area and explore it as much as possible…

Aloha! My name is MELISSE Léa. I'm 19 and I'm on a volunteer mission that last 4 months in Estonia in partnership with ELF (Estonian Fund for Nature). I have been lucky to be able to join the European Corps of Solidarity thanks to a French company called IPEICC. I chose to join this project, because I wanted to do something …

Hei! Mina olen Kirke ja võtan mõneks ajaks üle selle blogi siin, et jagada Teiega oma talguseiklusi. (Foto: Ülo Veldre) Räägiksin kõigepealt veidikene endast. Ma olen ELFi vabatahtlik aastast 2017 ning 2019 aastast olen talgutel kaasa löönud peamiselt saeministrina, kuid on tulnud ette ka talgujuhi ja talgulise ametit. Ning hetk…

Communicating Nature as an Intern – Why did I choose ELF? I decided to have my communications’ assistant internship in ELF because of the values that ELF carries in itself are similar to what I believe in. Luckily ELF also thought I would fit in and here I am! I am a student in the University of Tartu and I study semiotics major and…