This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer qualified in the Philippines with experience in forest governance to contribute to ClientEarth’s new programme on Food, Ocean, and Land Use (FOLU) in Japan and Southeast Asia. The successful candidate will contribute to advancing our work on forest governance, particularly on social forestry, leveraging their expertise in community-based natural resources management and biodiversity protection in the Philippines.

Through this work, we aim to reduce deforestation and forest degradation by increasing engagements between government, civil society organisations (CSOs) and Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) through research, legal and policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and capacity enhancement. We support IPLCs in achieving sustainable livelihoods, whilst protecting natural ecosystems and biodiversity. We also engage with the ASEAN at regional level to strengthen forest governance.

Important dates to note:

Deadline to submit an initial application: 19th of October
If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of 3 additional questions.
The deadline to submit your answers to these questions is 22nd of October
If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.
Interviews will take place the week beginning 2nd November

Please also review the "Our Hiring Process" section at the bottom of this advert to learn more about the stages involved for this specific role.

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