Support for Grant on Climate Change, Forest Restoration and Blue Carbon

Details

Mission and objectives

Morobe Development Foundation Inc. is a leading Internationally recognised NGO based in Lae Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea who has the vision to help young people reach their full potential by utilizing their hidden talents in community development initiatives so they can realize their potential and become a role model in the community.
MDF was established to address a broader and more diverse range of objectives and work through the use of dance, music and drama, MDF’s primary aim is to ensure that women participate equally in decision making in any project undertaken, including projects related to Ending Violence against Women, and promoting Human Rights with a aim to support the Government and UN their Development Goals.
MDF, in collaboration with Online Volunteers engaged through the UNV’s Unified Volunteer Platform (UVP), has also undertaken various scientific research studies related to the environment – forest cover loss, land use land cover change, the influence of various parameters on surface waters, and coastal shoreline turtle habitat loss. These projects included the participation of various experts and researchers from diverse fields across various countries across the globe – ranging from marine biology, biodiversity conservation, PNG community management, remote sensing, and land use policy among various others.
MDF is managed by a management committee, which is made up of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, Secretary, the Treasurer, the Project Coordinator, Community Development Officer, and a male and female member of the foundation, and ensures that women participate equally in decision making.
We at MDF assert that we have the required skill sets, knowledge, established international network, and the necessary foundational work to undertake projects successfully.

Context

Morobe Development Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit organization based in Papua New Guinea and was established to promote sustainable community development initiatives and thereby address several exigent issues – ranging from environmental conservation to women’s rights – that are hindering the progress of the country. A few of our ongoing projects focus on applications of various state-of-the-art technologies (such as remote sensing and machine learning) for monitoring forest biomass, tracking land use, and land change patterns, evaluating climate change impacts, and conserving sea turtle habitats.
To continue our efforts, we are currently looking for three Online Volunteers with experience in grant/report/article writing, who can help us with manuscript writing related to the topic of “climate change, forest restoration, and blue carbon”.
Collaborating with Online Volunteers through this assignment will support MDF in acquiring grants to implement projects in areas of environmental conservation and sustainability (where MDF has undertaken several projects in the past couple of years) and the takeaways from these globally focused endeavors would be streamlined to serve the needs of PNG communities.
Some of our recent publications can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=p-SeWuYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Task description

We are looking for Online Volunteers who have experience in research with excellent writing skills. The task will include the following responsibilities:
– Review of literature for three projects related to climate change, forest restoration, and blue carbon (will be assigned based on interest and previous experience), and
– Manuscript writing
The Online Volunteers are expected to dedicate approximately 11-15 hours per week to carry out this assignment. Specifically, Online Volunteers will support us through the following tasks:
a) conduct a literature review
b) conduct remote sensing
c) conduct the analysis
d) writing and editing (the volunteers will be responsible for editing and writing a 4-page communication paper on the same topic).