Organization and History
Earthwatch headquarters are in Boston (Massachusetts), as well as offices in Oxford (England), Melbourne (Australia), Tokyo (Japan) and Hong Kong (China).
Since 1971, the worldwide organization has recruited more than 93,000 volunteers who have joined scientists in the field as research assistants, and between them have contributed more than 11 million hours of their time to frontline environmental research all over the world. Earthwatch supports more than 50 vital research expeditions in more than 28 counties.
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