The selected candidate will be supporting the MACBLUE project in advising the PNG government and national stakeholder on strategies of the protection, management, use and rehabilitation of mangrove and seagrass ecosystems in coordination with the implementing partners.

3 March, 2023 - Papua New Guinea is home to the highest number of species and total cover of mangroves and seagrasses within the Pacific Island countries.  The Government of Papua New Guinea recognizes the importance of its blue carbon ecosystems for local communities and for supporting and conserving its rich biodiversity on land and at sea.

23 June 2023 - Seagrasses are valuable marine flowering plants that exclusively grow in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters of sheltered near-shore environments.

9 June, 2023 - Members of the Pacific Ocean Alliance (POA) gathered this morning for a mangrove seedling potting at the Lami Fisheries Station.

8 June, 2023 - Our oceans are a source of life, a means to habitation for our marine organisms and source of food and survival and means of transportation. This is the very reason it deserves the attention we are giving it today.

29 May, 2023 - MACBLUE Project Director Raphael Linzatti participated at a plenary session at the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI), the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome from May 9 to May 11.

1 March, 2023 - Seagrass is a vital part of the marine ecosystem due to their numerous functions that includes stabilizing the sea bottom, providing food and habitat for other marine organisms, maintaining water quality, and supporting local economies.

2 February, 2023 - Wetlands can store up to fifty times more carbon compared to rain forests

Currently the world’s mangroves store carbon equivalent to over 21 gigatons of CO2. Destruction of mangrove ecosystems releases this carbon back into the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change.

17 December , 2022 - Much of the talk these past two weeks at the CBD COP15 has centred around developing states concerned that there will be an unfair burden placed upon them to maintain their biodiversity.