| Overview : With the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles on October 10, 2010, Sint Maarten emerged as a new self-governing country within the Dutch Kingdom. In that regard, the Government of Sint Maarten has embarked on building and national development in cooperation with UNDP under a program to produce a National Development Plan and build capacity to manage and measure the country’s socio-economic development. A pillar to guide the medium to long term development of Sint Maarten is the country’s MDG report produced in January 2011. The report identifies challenges for Sint Maarten, notably in dealing with issues relating to poverty and the environment. In order to address those challenges and accelerate achievement of MDG Goal 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) and Goal 7 (ensuring environmental sustainability) Sint Maarten applied the MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF). As a result of the MAF exercise, a country action plan was produced identifying four interventions and prioritized solutions to rapidly tackle the most pressing issues relating to poverty and the environment on Sint Maarten. In regard to the interventions relating to the environment, the country action plan identifies and gives priority to the need to undertake a terrestrial biological inventory of the flora and fauna of Sint Maarten. Objective of the Consultancy The last biological inventory was undertaken in 1996, one year after hurricane Louis. Since then, Sint Maarten has considerably developed which has caused significant stress on the terrestrial flora and fauna. The island also struggles with a notable presence of invasive species. The objective of the consultancy is to undertake a general terrestrial biological inventory of native flora and fauna on Sint Maarten with an inventory of terrestrial invasive species. This will be achieved by producing a database of the references concerning terrestrial natural resources complemented with verified and established field observations in order to provide up to date documentation of the biological diversity and conservation values of terrestrial species. The inventory of invasive species is to be obtained from field observations. The knowledge obtained from a general biological inventory and invasive species inventory will assist in policy making and in the establishment of a terrestrial protected nature park as an agreed deliverable in the MAF country action plan as the best means of affording protection for terrestrial species and ecosystems. The consultancy is open to any interested institute/organization/firm or individual consultants. If an organization or firm should tender, preference will be given to a professional heading the consultancy with a support team consisting of Masters or Ph.D. students. Deadline for Submitting Requests for Clarification: July 28, 2016 | 
