Assist to Apply for a Protected Area in Papua New Guinea

Contract

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MDF mission and ambition is to support and develop the rural community as well as to address climate change and environmental degradation, and most importantly, preserve the existing and recognized protected area in Papua New Guinea. With that MDF is also pursuing the need to apply and create new protected area to preserve the flora and fauna which are yet to be discovered and the species which are under threat of extinction.

To do so, MDF intends to submit required proposals to PNG Biodiversity to register new protected area. To that end, MDF is seeking the support of Online Volunteers who have experiences working in establishing Protected Area or related to protecting biodiversity, local lives and livelihoods, to collaborate with MDF in providing advice/recommendation for the proposal of establishing new protected area in PNG.

MDF requires the contribution of two proactive Online Volunteers who have experience in working in a Protected Area (preferably with past experience working with the UN).

Specifically, the Online Volunteers will be asked to provide advice and recommendations on the proposal to establish new protected area in PNG by collaborating with MDF focal point, and assist MDF in addressing substantive questions and completing the required steps.

Further information related to registering the new protected area can be found here: https://pngbiodiversity.org/establishing-a-protected-area/

• Candidates must have experience and qualification in environmental conservation and climate change
• Can work with limited supervision producing quality results
• Able to meet the delaine set by MDF
• Able to work with people from different culture and background
• PhD students majoring in these field are encouraged to apply