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Mission and objectives
UNDP’s Global Programme on Nature for Development brings together three different initiatives under one program – the Equator Initiative, the National Biodiversity Initiative, and the Global Forest Initiative – in order to identify, foster, showcase and celebrate nature-based solutions that help achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at local, national and international levels. The work of the Global Programme on Nature for Development contributes to UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017 by charting sustainable development pathways through the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems; and by promoting inclusive and effective democratic governance in the area of natural resources.
Context
Learning for Nature is the premier e-learning platform by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It offers an extensive portfolio of e-learning offerings to promote best practices in conservation and sustainable development and develop the capacity of biodiversity policymakers, practitioners, and local and Indigenous communities. The Ecosystem Restoration MOOC will be offered by the The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in English, French, and Spanish. This twelve-week course compiles research from leading institutions engaged in ecosystem restoration and experts in the field to raise awareness and build ecosystem restoration capacity. The course is geared to government representatives interested in creating a blueprint for ecosystem restoration at the national or subnational level, but is open to everyone.
Task description
UNDP is looking for two Online Volunteers to help translate video lectures in the micro-course "Using Spatial Data for Biodiversity" from English to Russian and Portuguese. Specifically, this task involves translating 6 short video lecture scripts from English to Portuguese, or English to Russian and adding the translated scripts as subtitles on Youtube. It will also involve translating supplementary resources (Word documents) for the course, and creating GIFs in either Russian or Portuguese. We will select one Online Volunteer per language to conduct the translation and subtitle. The online volunteers will be introduced to the work of the Learning for Nature and UN Biodiversity Lab teams at UNDP and will collaborate with other volunteers on the team.