| Overview : The goal of this sub-project is to reduce and revert land degradation within the Georgetown watershed, St Vincent, by an integrated water, land, and ecosystems management approach. This is being pursued through several systematic outcomes: - Measurable stress reduction at project sites through appropriate sustainable water, land, and ecosystems management interventions that account for climate change
- Enhanced livelihood opportunities and socio-economic co-benefits for targeted communities from improved ecosystem services functioning through an increase in revenue generating ventures
- Increased consumptive use of riverine and near-shore marine fisheries (subsistence fishing - tri-tri, crayfish, mullets, macawk fish) as a result of improved ecosystem/watershed management
- Strengthened national and regional systems for monitoring of environmental status with respect to key international agreements
- Strengthened policy and legislation for the effective management of water, land and ecosystems resources that account for climate change
- Strengthened capacity of national and regional institutions and other stakeholders for water, land, and ecosystems management that take climate change into account
- Strengthened capacity of national and regional institutions and other stakeholders for water, land, and ecosystems management that take climate change into account
- Improved information access and enhanced engagement of practitioners and other stakeholders via targeted knowledge sharing networks
The GEF resources are being focused on slowing and reversing current trends in land degradation, caused by deforestation and unsustainable land management practices. Specifically, the project will address GEF 5 Strategic Objective 3 "to reduce pressures on natural resources from competing land uses in the wider landscape" with co-benefits in the biodiversity, sustainable forest management (SFM) and international waters focal areas. Interventions will seek to increase forest and tree cover and implement landscape approaches for terrestrial and marine protected area management within the R2R framework. Integrated programming is likely to trigger transformational changes in the agriculture and forest sectors. Against this background, the Project Execution Unit seeks the support of an Individual Consultant to carry out services in the role of a Water Management Expert. The Water Management Expert will be responsible for conducting a rapid water and land-related diagnostic analysis using a participatory approach. A rapid analysis will allow the Georgetown Watershed to be purposefully sampled through targeted sites. A participatory approach will enable local farmers and other community stakeholders the opportunity to contribute and partake in the assessment, thus providing a consistent ground for planning future developments in integrated water resources management and sustainable land management. Overall, these procedures for data collection are required to measure project indicators and establish a baseline. |
