Writing and Editing Documents related to Biodiversity Conservation Project

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MDF's objectives are aligned with the UN Global Goals - to foster climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives, focusing on nature/ecosystem-based solutions.

With our projects, we intend to: • Support sustainable development activities that deliver conservation outcomes and climate benefits and contribute to the economic well-being of the people of PNG including customary landowners - while lessening the dependence on activities that degrade the environment; • Increase knowledge and understanding of biodiversity and climate issues by raising public awareness, promoting environmental education, and supporting field-based research; • Build the capacity of local stakeholders to manage and implement biodiversity, climate, and economic development projects carried out in harmony with conservation objectives; and • Support the country’s efforts to meet its national, regional, and global conservation and climate commitments.

Our projects are ongoing. Currently, we are preparing several documents/reports, for which we need the support of online volunteers with experience in writing and editing.

The online volunteers will do the following tasks: 1) use materials/documents about the projects and based on that, fill in the reports 2) edit the report - double-check information (if needed), make editorial changes, check grammar, clean out formatting etc.

Detailed tasks: - Use current documents to fill in reports - Rewrite text to make it easier for readers to understand - Whenever possible, verify and cross-check facts cited in documents/reports - Read content and correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors - Work and communicate with other volunteers and the MDF team

The selected Online Volunteers are expected to provide the following supports: - reviewing, editing and structuring an existing proposal on biodiversity conservation in collaboration with the contact person from the Foundation. - provide technical advice and recommendation to build a proposal before submission to the donor agency. - researching keywords to complete the proposal and to arrange references in APA format by using the automated Mendeley software available online.

Skills required: - Strong writing, storytelling, - Proofreading, - Researching for missing information research, - Language skills - gramma, and vocabulary, - Detail-orientation, - Communication

Candidates should have professional experience with writing (either academic writing or report writing).