James Chaplin

• Collaborate within a decentralised volunteer network to improve map coverage for NGOs, government agencies, and disaster relief organisations, tracing key features such as buildings, roads, rivers, and land use.
• Utilise satellite imagery (e.g., Esri World Imagery) to digitise features in under-mapped regions enhancing planning capabilities.

• Completed in-house Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions baseline assessments within country offices for data-driven and cross-functional implementation of emissions reduction strategies across projects in 2025.
• Led scoping research for new donors in overseas climate-related projects.
• Completed questionnaire analysis of the effects of future climate disasters on vulnerable communities in Afghanistan and Uganda, to inform project targets.

• Led the drafting and reporting of internal surveys on policy and international collaboration, collecting data from national representatives, to present past policies and inform future policies.
• Created genetic profiles of 111 key tree species to inform agroforestry practices and policy, and create website content.
• Completed research and analysis to create literature reviews for the publishing of opinion papers and summarising key research.

• Conducted tree inventories, and biodiversity and habitat surveys to inform green urban landscape planning, and Independently planned and carried out fieldwork using GPS data collection apps such as Mergin and Output.
• Performed Excel and QGIS analysis, and data management of map and attribute data, to provide data informed recommendations for biodiversity enhancement.
• Intermittently

• Completed literature reviews, policy research, and investigation of regenerative agricultural topics (such as circular economies, and floodplain and forest restoration) to produce fact sheets and reports for agricultural stakeholders.
• Led QGIS analysis including georeferencing and geocoding, and carbon footprint analysis for international travel.

• Evaluated program effectiveness using feedback from both participants and volunteers alike leading to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Worked alongside national volunteers supporting VSO’s Youth and Employment Projects funded by the UK’s Department for International Development.
• Project goal: Increase hiring and internship opportunities in key trades related to finance, and tourism as well as developing structured classroom exercises to provide exposure to the working environment to aid in poverty alleviation.

• Managed farmland, and coastal scrublands on a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest with open public access.
• Completed species surveys, livestock management, and led volunteer groups taking part in reserve management.

Leadership development, communication skills, conflict management and de-escalation, working under significant pressure, and operations planning.