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Introduction

Title:                                  Consultancy for Technical Specialist - Bioprospecting Governance coherence review

Contract type:                  Individual Contract (IC) 

Location:                          Georgetown, Guyana 

Estimated start date:      January 2026

Duration:                          two (2) months (45 working days)

The objective of this consultancy is to produce a concise but comprehensive legal and policy coherence assessment and prioritized reform roadmap for Guyana’s bioprospecting‑related regimes, aligned with the KMGBF and relevant CBD/ITPGRFA decisions, for use by policymakers and integration into the NBSAP update and EPA’s bioprospecting agenda.

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