Overview : Ethiopian Biodiversity resource has high global and national significance for the ecosystem service. As far as national significance is concerned, Ethiopia’s economy and the wellbeing of its people is highly dependent on biodiversity, particularly for the provision of food, fuelwood and construction materials. Furthermore, about 70% of the human population and 90% of the livestock population are dependent on herbal medicine and some 49,000 tons of medicinal plants per annum are gathered from the wild for their primary health care. The biodiversity sector, however, is constrained by multifaceted and interlocked challenges such as Lack of capacity and decision support tools to check adverse development and its impacts on biodiversity, Lack of a coherent incentive framework to curtail habitat loss and lack of biodiversity investment framework. Sufficient assessments have been undertaken as to what strategic constraints are there in the environmental sector in general and that of biodiversity in particular, and opportunities to leverage toward environmental resources conservation and development. The country has prompted its commitment in its Climate Resilient Green economy strategy and the Growth and Transformation Plan to bring a paradigm shift on enhancing resilience the natural capital UNDP Ethiopia Country Office is seeking a qualified National Consultant to undertake the study of the economic contribution of Ethiopia’s Biodiversity and Ecosystems to the national economy. Application Instructions: Proposals should be submitted at the following address or email no later than 3 July 2019 at 05:30 PM in the Afternoon (UTC+03:00 Addis Ababa/Nairobi Time Zone). Contact Person : | STAFF GM | Name of Office: | UNDP Ethiopia United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ECA Compound, Old Bld. 6th floor Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | P.O. Box: | 5580 | Telephone | +251 11 5 44-47-61 | Fax | +251 11 5 51-45-99 / +251 11 5 51-51-47 | Via our secured mail address: | procurement.et@undp.org |
The application of those who fulfill the minimum qualification criteria will be evaluated. |