Solidaridad Tor: Mapping Climate Change and Biodiversity Protection Practices and Indicators for Inclusion in the Tanzania Vss Framework Jobs
Solidaridad Tor: Mapping Climate Change and Biodiversity Protection Practices and Indicators for Inclusion in the Tanzania Vss Framework Jobs
ContextThe demand for increasing commodity production while conserving critical ecosystems and addressing the climate change menace has become a critical National and Global agenda in the recent past.
This is mainly because of the increasing global consumption that has resulted in unsustainable land-use practices, that includes excessive use of chemicals, poor waste management, deforestation amongst other negative practices This practices are also a major reason for continued water and land degradation, a process that affects critical biodiversity and livelihoods across the region.
Objective
The objective of this assignment is to develop a profile of biodiversity threats and climate vulnerabilities related to Coffee, Horticulture and Tea production and develop a set of best practices and indicators required for integration in the VSS framework.
Identification of best practices and solutions will need to cascade along the whole commodity supply chain from production to processing.
This should include practices derived from existing good practices, potential practices and strategies laid out within policy frameworks on climate change and biodiversity protection.The assignment covers the project areas of the “To certification and beyond: Market access for sustainable coffee, horticulture and tea from Tanzania project.
Major outcomes of the assignment would be:
Scoping analysis outlining the current status of climate change vulnerability and biodiversity trends related to tea, horticulture and coffee in the target area.
Profile of climate and biodiversity responsive best practices across the 3 commodities.
A validated framework, with practices, indicators, tools and guidance, to quantify and verify environmental impacts on any of the 3-targeted commodities.
Approach
This study will need to meet the below criteria;
Be able to profile significant climate vulnerabilities and biodiversity trends and threats within the target commodity production landscapes. This should entail (i) The current climate risks and Green house emissions associated with the target commodities ii) The status and trends on land use, water and soil biodiversity in the target production landscapes.
Identify interventions that support Climate change, and biodiversity goals simultaneously across the 3 commodities generated from best practices, literature and policy frameworks.
Embed the best practices into a standards framework, with indicators tools and guidance, to quantify and verify contributions to the climate change adaptation, mitigation and biodiversity protection goals. The standard framework should be able to ensure real time quantification of environmental impacts on any of the 3-targeted commodities.
Profile key actors and identify/propose governance frameworks that exist/needed for implementation of the environmental component of the developed framework.
Hold a multi-stakeholder meeting to validate the
developed measures, practices and indicators for inclusion in the Tanzania VSS framework.
The consultant will be required to address these questions among others:
What are the key climate risks affecting the target commodities?
What is the GHG emission and sequestration potential for the target commodities?
What is the contribution of identified commodity supply chain actions to land-use change, soil and water degradation? (What are the impacts of commodity supply chain actions on biodiversity)?
How does climate change contribute to unsustainable actions across the commodities?
Required expertise and qualifications
To be eligible to apply for this role the consultant must have:
● Proven experience in undertaking such commodity based work linked to standards development.
● Strong analytical skills to identify current trends, gaps and opportunities related to biodiversity and climate change.
● Proven experience working on development of best practices across target commodities.
● Good understanding of climate and biodiversity/environmental policies in Tanzania and globally.
● Knowledge of the Tanzania commodity (tea, Coffee, Horticulture) ecosystem(including actors and actions) would be an added advantage.
● Ability to communicate findings in an accessible way for technical and non-technical readers, including presentation of data in visually appealing ways & well-structured rigorous summaries of findings.
● A team with mixed professionals on commodities, conservation and climate analytics and standards development.
● Flexible and adaptable approach to the assignment to respond to new information and gather quality information in a short time period
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted no later than 28th October 2020. Applications should include the following:
A 2-3 paged motivation letter addressing understanding of this TOR including how the candidate’s previous experience matches the consultancy objectives as well as their interest for the position.
It should also indicate the candidate’s availability and consultancy rates.
Provide an activity-based budget.
Financial proposals should be developed in Euro and upon contract signing and all payments will be made in Euro.
1 updated CV for the consultant. The CV should illustrate relevant work experience and qualifications;
Electronic copies of reports of 2 previous consultancies for similar assignments conducting gender analysis, gender audits or gender assessments specifically in the field of gender studies
A link to previous publications in the field of gender studies.
Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Note
We highly encourage applications from *companies/business entities/firms**
Please send applications to procurement.eca@solidaridadnetwork.org with the Subject line:
ToR-Gender Analysis for the; To Certification and Beyond: “Market access for sustainable coffee, horticulture and tea from Tanzania” Project
Note
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
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