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Erin McCloskey

A native of Edmonton, Canada, Erin has a degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Alberta and has written and edited several books and magazines focused on science, nature and travel. In 2000 Erin moved to Italy to collaborate with Green Volunteers and now lives in Los Angeles where she represents Biosphere Expeditions; a UK-based Conservation Volunteering Organisation .

A keen traveler, Erin has written a travel guide to Argentina and worked with wildlife conservation projects in South America, Africa, and throughout the Mediterranean and North America. She has collaborated on a significant number of nature guides and other works for Lone Pine Publishing in Canada and involves herself with various wildlife conservation and environmental protection organizations.

Erin works as an independent editor and writer for different publishers and is co-editor of World Volunteers, Archaeovolunteers and Green Volunteers. The latter of the three which is now in its fifth edition with attached web resources is the definitive world guide to voluntary work in nature conservation.