Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant's responsibilities will include:
Technical analysis of the transversality and contributions of the Environmental-Economic Accounting potential monitoring indicators to the implementation of the Brazilian NBSAP.
Preparation of meetings with government bodies (IBGE, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Finance and others) to present applications of the EEA and development of a working plan with the prioritization of the EEA to meet economic-environmental policy demands on Bioeconomy Strategy and Ecological Transformation Plan.
Supporting the formalization of an interministerial arrangement for the EEA of different government bodies.
Coordination and articulation of updating the National Economic Activities Classifications (CNAE) aligned with the EEA and the Sustainable Taxonomy agenda.
Technical and scientific support to the Public Policy Research Group (GPP/ESALQ/USP) for the development of the initiative "Bioeconomy Territories: multiple benefits of socio-biodiversity value chains in Brazilian Amazon protected areas".
Research on the practices and activities related to monitoring and facilitating sustainable use of timber and a deep dive into NTFPs in LAC. The scoping activity will cover the below items: • Define a framework for the chapter with a literature review, policy, regulatory, legal framework and socioeconomic data, about timber and NTFP value chains.
Conduct a literature review of all timber and NTFP WBDE related activities (recognizing that these activities may be done under different names in different countries / regions) to gather data and source relevant materials.
Identify relevant case studies and good practices from across the region to illustrate the state of the timber and NTFP WBDE in the region, including diversity in terms of geographic location, biomes, WBDE activities, policies and socio-economic context.
Provide an overview of the policy, regulatory and legal framework governing the use of timber and NTFP, incorporating insightful case studies from selected countries.
Identify country-specific gaps and opportunities pertaining to various types of use of timber and NTFP activities and practices, as relevant.
Obtain facts and statistics rooted in science and knowledge that can enable informed decision making on the use of timber and NTFP, monitoring progress, and that can provide guidance for the successful implementation of the use of timber and NTFP.
Identify the primary stakeholders engaged in activities related to the use of timber and NTFP, as well as any related terms, within the region.
Produce a regional scoping report summarizing findings from above.
Qualifications/special skills
An advanced university degree in Environmental Science, Social Science, Agricultural science or Public Administration, Economics or Environmental Economics, or a related field is required.
A first university degree with a combination of two (2) years professional and academic qualifications may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
A minimum of two (2) years of professional working experience in programme and project planning and implementation in the field of sustainable biodiversity value chains, bioeconomy and of economic instruments for biodiversity and ecosystems conservation is required.
Experience in stakeholder engagement at federal, state and/or municipal level is desirable.
Experience with valuation of ecosystem services, Payment for Ecosystem Services and biodiversity would be an added advantage.
An understanding of the Brazilian environmental, bioeconomy and economic political context, as well as the Brazilian environmental and economic institutional framework is desirable.