Welcome to the Micronesia Conservation Trust.

The Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) supports biodiversity conservation and related sustainable development for the people of Micronesia in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of Palau (ROP), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the US Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

MCT Vision:

Our Micronesia: respecting and managing our land, air and sea, enhancing livelihoods, our quality of life and the environmental integrity of our islands.

MCT supports conservation across Micronesia by:

providing long-term, sustained funding through grant programs,
building the capacity of Micronesians and Micronesian organizations to design and manage conservation programs, and
providing a regional forum to bring people from government, private enterprise, and community and non-profit organizations together to collectively address the challenges of natural resource management in Micronesia.

Job Opening

Title: Conservation Program Manager (CMP)

Closing Date: November 11, 2013

Summary of Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Deputy Executive Director (DED), the CPM is responsible for the overall management of the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) Conservation Program from program development, financial and technical reporting, to resource mobilization, knowledge management and partnership development. This includes the effective management of the full MCT Conservation Grant portfolio, including advised funds, intermediary grant-making, in lieu fee program, invasive species network support and pass-through grants. Tasks include program strategy development, individual project concept design, technical support to MCT grantees and other partners, monitoring and evaluation - to ensure compliance with the overall approved MCT grant-making strategy and policies, Operations Manual, MCT standards, and advised fund agreements. The CPM will also supervise the Conservation Program staff, including making grant and project assignments and conducting performance evaluations. For more information about the opening, please click Here

2013 Open Call for Proposals

We do not have any open call for proposals available.

Current Project Highlights:

MCT Participates in US Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

The Micronesia Conservation Trust has applied and been accepted to participate in the US Compined Federal Campaign (CFC), targeting US Federal Employees. The CFC is the only authorized solicitation in the federal workforce on behalf of approved charities. For the past several months many of you have been contributing to our Combined Federal Campaign. We are very pleased to let you know that thus far we have raised over $5600 from your kind contributions. We are also very happy to inform you that, for every dollar you gave, an anonymous donor has generously provided a dollar in matching funds, bringing your total contributions to more than $11,200.

The Micronesia Challenge Young Champions Program

Our Micronesia's next generation of conservation leaders promote conservation and the Micronesia Challenge in their Jurisdictions (click to read more...)