Video posterMeet a ranger: Kelvin Cal
A 2023 BAS staff profile introduces ranger Kelvin Cal from San Antonio, Toledo.
Belize Audubon Society
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Belong to the places you love
BAS membership supports conservation and connects members with protected areas and the Society’s work. The following benefits come from its membership page; contribution ranges are listed in its official application form. Amounts are Belize dollars (BZD). Confirm terms with BAS when joining.
Junior Protector · BZD $20–29
For members under 18: unlimited park entrance for the named member and a 5% gift-shop discount. No AGM voting rights.
Official membership form ↗Protector · BZD $30–74
Individual membership: unlimited park entrance for the named member, a 5% gift-shop discount and one AGM vote.
Read the document ↗Patron · BZD $75–349
Individual or family membership: unlimited free park entrance for the named member and three additional people, a 10% gift-shop discount and two AGM votes. BAS’s page describes eligibility for adults or family memberships.
Read the document ↗Guardian · BZD $350+
Unlimited free park entrance for the named member and four additional people, a 10% gift-shop discount and two AGM votes. BAS describes this category for adults or corporate-style memberships.
Read the document ↗Join, renew or add a donation
The official BAS form handles annual membership applications and renewals and offers an optional additional donation. Payment is arranged separately with BAS; submitting the form alone is not a payment or completed membership. It also offers communication and membership-card preferences.
Continue with BAS ↗Membership activities
Meet other people who care about Belize’s protected areas through member activities and nature experiences. Contact the membership team for the next gathering, participation arrangements and any member-only opportunities; a current event schedule has not been supplied.
Ask about upcoming activities →Bring your curiosity. Share your skills.
Volunteers helped build BAS: its published history of volunteering describes the first fifteen years as entirely volunteer-run. Internships and volunteering remain ways to contribute time, learning and practical skills.
Find a role that fits
The published application identifies office administration, environmental education, community outreach, protected-area management, and photography or writing as internship interests. Tell BAS your availability, experience and goals; a place is not guaranteed by downloading the form.
Application pack · September 2021 ↗Choose your setting
The volunteering guide welcomes Belizeans and international applicants, with selection and an office orientation before placement. Marine roles call for dive certification, sufficient diving experience and an interest in research. Terrestrial placements can involve rustic accommodation, strenuous fieldwork and challenging jungle conditions. Office-based placements are in Belize City. Discuss your skills and any accommodations you need with the team.
Read the document ↗Time, costs and academic placements
The published guide asks foreign volunteers for at least three months, with some placements requiring longer, and expects volunteers to cover personal expenses. Internships range from three weeks to six months and require affiliation with an established university or institution. Placement depends on qualifications and program needs. These are the 2021 guide’s terms; confirm the current arrangement before committing travel or study plans.
Read the document ↗Skills beyond the field
Conservation also needs teaching, tourism and marketing, community and small-business development, economics, finance and administration. The volunteer guide welcomes these backgrounds alongside protected-area management and biodiversity research. Tell the team what you can offer and what you hope to learn so that a placement can fit both your skills and the organization’s needs.
Read the document ↗Prepare your application
The September 2021 pack includes separate intern and volunteer applications, insurance information and a liability release. It asks for references and supporting documents. Confirm the current requirements and submission method with BAS before sending personal information.
Contact the volunteer team ↗Internship application checklist
For university applicants, the 2021 pack requests two professional references, a one-page personal statement, a CV showing relevant study and experience, a professor’s recommendation and a police record dated within one month before the placement starts. It also asks about availability, academic credit and program interests. Complete the appropriate application, insurance and release forms and confirm the submission arrangements with BAS; do not upload these personal documents to the demo.
Read the document ↗Learning with the field team
Intern Leila Dixon’s published account describes supportive staff and opportunities to experience different protected areas. Volunteer Maury Eldridge’s 2019–2020 account describes photography, shoreline litter collection and learning from ranger patrols at Half Moon Caye.
A wider conservation community
BAS’s volunteer page also records Francis Canto Jr.’s work encouraging young birders and Emma Doyle’s account of MPAConnect collaboration with GCFI and NOAA, supporting management at Blue Hole and Half Moon Caye since 2010.
Based on BAS’s published pages and reports, reviewed November 8, 2026. Historical projects and figures retain their dates. Original documents are available in the resource library. Browse the library →