A professional in Social and / or Natural Sciences Tender - 30402048

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Country: Costa Rica

Summary: A professional in Social and / or Natural Sciences

Deadline: 21 Feb 2019

Posting Date: 06 Feb 2019

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 30402048

Document Ref. No.: 53149

Competition: ICB

Financier: United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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TO OBTAIN DETAILS ABOUT THIS CONSULTING, ACTIVITIES, REQUIREMENTS AND HOW TO APPLY; PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE TDRs ADJUNTOS.TERMINOS OF REFERENCE Professional in Social Sciences and / or natural UNDP Costa Rica will hire a (a) junior professional in the area of social sciences for the planning and execution of the various activities established to meetwith the results and products established in the Project Conserving biodiversity through sustainable management in production landscapes in Costa Rica. The professional must support the activities with all partners, counterparts, consultants and technical assistance contracted in relation to the execution of the project. Ref: Professional in Sciences social and / or natural BACKGROUND In Costa Rica, approximately 27% of its territory forms a solid network of protected areas that harbor diversity of ecosystems and richness in biodiversity. However, the expansion of the agricultural frontier, road infrastructure and urban development threaten natural ecosystems because the State has not managed tocontrol negative impacts on biodiversity due to the absence of systematic landscape monitoring; This is despite the fact that the country has developed a solid legal framework. Consequently, the Costa Rican landscapes that are outside the network of protected areas are fragmented, and the few blocks that exist are threatened. The rapid expansion of culturesCommercial agricultural assets have gone hand in hand with the explosive expansion of urban areas, which by 2010 covered 2, 052 km2. In the last 20 years, Costa Rica has gone from being predominantly a rural society to being an urban society. Urban areas now constitute the second greatest threat to Costa Rica's biodiversity, as forest covere eliminates to give rise to residential areas. The absence of up-to-date regulatory plans, the expansion of unsustainable agricultural practices, especially livestock and cash crops, uncontrolled urban growth, inter-institutional and intra-institu...

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