Overview : Background: Making a case for biodiversity conservation particularly for protected areas (PA), has been difficult given the dearth of information on the economic and monetary values of biological diversity. This gap has largely contributed to the limited understanding of the importance of PAs by various stakeholders and to the low priority that policy and decision makers have given to managing PAs. For biodiversity and many biological resources, the absence of apparent value combined with a poorly defined property rights create a problem of overexploitation and unregulated use (OECD, 2002). The Philippines is known to be among the 18 mega-diverse countries in the world. In fact, country has identified 117 terrestrial and 123 marine Key Biodiversity Areas harboring nationally and globally threatened species, providing ecosystem services to communities such as steady water supply, carbon stocks, resources for livelihoods including ecotourism. However, only 59 of the 117 terrestrial KBAs, covering 2.6 million ha., were legally established as protected areas based on the NIPAS Act. This represents only about 35% of the total extent of terrestrial KBAs. The remaining 58 terrestrial KBAs, covering 4.71 million ha., lack formal Government protection. The terrestrial PAs cover 13.6% of the total land area of the Philippines, which is approximately 30 Million hectares. Morever, the budget for PA system management, such as general planning, prioritization, national coordination, establishment of linkages, technical assistance, policy support, monitoring and evaluation, continuing development of tools and procedures, establishment and maintenance of a national database, advocacy, information and awareness campaigns, are assessed to be insufficient. The average annual operating budgets allocated to PAWB in support of these activities is about Php 900,000 or only about US$20,000. The regional offices have budgets to support local capacity building, and supporting the operations of the PAMBs. For the year 2008, the allocation for these minus the budget to support PA establishment was only Php 13,381,000 (US$ 280,000). Similarly, the PA system has not maximized funding streams by capitalizing on the economic value of PAs. The IPAF draws its income from fines, entrance fees, donations, concessions and leases (in multiple use zones), and taxes on permitted sales and exports of flora and fauna. Since its implementation in 1996, total IPAF collection amounted to PhP 143,204,045 (approximately US$2,983,418), as of 2008. This was generated from a total of 100 protected areas, with the top 15 PAs contributing as much as 89% of this amount. Given the funding levels and the number of PAs requiring support, there is obviously a huge funding gap in supporting the management of PAs in the Philippines. This gap is expected to increase as more PAs are declared, while the financing streams take time to be developed in these areas. Hence, this undertaking aims to provide an empirical basis on the importance of increasing investment to strengthen PA management, both terrestrial and marine PAs. This study hopes to calculate the economic and financial internal rate of return of investing to the management of Protected Areas. The results of which can be used as a business case to government and private sector to invest in PAs. Scope fo Work: Under the supervision of the MKBA and BIOFIN focal persons, , the Consultant will carry out the following tasks: Based on a review of internationally accepted good practices/methodologies and secondary data, and consultants’ recommendations, compute for the economic and financial internal rate of return of nationally and local-managed protected areas both terrestrial and marine. The data must be able to estimate the benefits and costs provided by the PAs including the following but not necessarily limited to: - Description and quantification with socio-economic distribution of economic values, benefits and costs/opportunity costs that are associated with the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
Identification, description and quantification with socio-economic distribution of main users, uses, beneficiaries and cost/opportunity cost-bearers of biodiversity and ecosystem services--special emphasis will be given to ensure adequate and appropriate description of indigenous users and uses; Identification and description of managers of and gainers and losers from biodiversity and ecosystem conservation; the scope and magnitude of these gains and losses; wherever possible, the monetary values (costs and benefits) of PAs, KBAs and ecosystem service costs and benefits; Identification and description of environmental, economic and policy needs, niches and opportunities to use economic, financial and social measures and instruments to strengthen management effectiveness, equitability, funding and conservation incentives.
Conduct of capability training for BMB Staff on Resource Valuation and EIRR and FIRR Computation; and Based on the findings, develop a business case for the privatization of PA management services.
Schedule of Payments: - First Tranche - 10% Upon submission of Inception Report;
Second Tranche – 20% Upon submission and acceptance of 1st draft of the EIRR and FIRR report; Third Tranche – 20% Upon submission and acceptance of Final Report of EIRR and FIRR of Selected Pas; Fourth Tranche – 20% Upon submission and acceptance of Draft business case for the privatization of PA management services; Fifth Tranche – 30% Upon submission and acceptance of Module of EIRR and FIRR for PAs (including conduct of a 3-day training).
Duration of Work: The expected duration of work is estimated to be 52 working days spread over 6 months. The target date for the start of work is August 15, 2016 and the completion date is February 14, 2017. Institutional Arrangement: The MKBA and BIOFIN Project Manager shall directly supervise the Consultant. At different points during the visit, the Consultant is expected to liaise/interact/collaborate/meet with the national MKBA and BIOFIN project team, DENR BMB and UNDP. As needed, the MKBA and BIOFIN project staff shall provide assistance to the Consultant in order for her/him to accomplish logistical and other requirements. Duty Station: The Contractor is not expected to report on a daily basis to the Project Management Office based in BMB in Quezon City but shall be available on an on-call basis. Corporate competences - Commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
- Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences.
Functional competences - Experience in working in the private sector, or in an outreach position relating with the government and private sector;
- Past experience and effective communication skills for dialoguing with senior level private sector executives;
- Strong initiative and desire to succeed, accountable and willingness to be pro-active in identifying suitable companies for BCtA membership and engaging in appropriate business opportunities;
- Experience and knowledge of the international development sector, e.g. through working at the UN in the private sector engagement and/or development field;
- Existing work experience in the Philippines and with the Philippines-based private sector organizations/companies, donor partners and UN agencies;
- Possess strong intellectual interest in economic development and the role of the private sector in driving poverty reduction; knowledge of private sector – development impact assessment;
- Past international work experience preferred;
- Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment & to deal with complex multi-stakeholder environment.
Education: Advanced degree (Masters or PHD), preferably in Business Management, Development Economics, Evironmental Economics or any other related fields.
Experience: Language: - Very good command of oral and written English.
Criteria for selection process: The offer will evaluated based on the Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications will be weighted a max. of 40%, Methodology will be weighted a max. of 30% and combined with the financial offer which will be weighted a max of 30%. Application requirements: - Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
- Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
Application requirements should be emailed to procurement.ph@undp.org and registry.ph@undp.org on or before 02 August 2016. |