Procurement Summary
Country : Paraguay
Summary : National Consultancy for the hiring of 3 (three) technicians / as botanist / dendrologist for technical assistance to the National Forest Inventory (IFN) of the National Forest Monitoring System (SNMB) "
Deadline : 26 Jun 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 24301218
Document Ref. No. : 47339
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Mcal. López esq. Saraví
Edificio Naciones Unidas - Asunción
Teléfono: (595 21) 611 980
Fax: (595 21) 611 981
Paraguay
Tender Details
National Consultancy for the hiring of 3 (three) technicians / as botanist / dendrologist for technical assistance to the National Forest Inventory (IFN) of the National Forest Monitoring System (SNMB) "
BACKGROUND In Paraguay, deforestation has been associated with the expansion of agricultural sectors and population factors. These two factors have been changed over time. In terms of agriculture in the decade of the 60s, the largest existing crop was cotton while for the current decade is soy. Agricultural production is stronglyand influenced by the vagaries of the international market, which sets the production guidelines. Although this process of expansion of the agricultural frontier has been constant in the last forty years, it is from the decade of the 90s that the process has intensified dramatically. This is evident when analyzing agricultural production data, which show an increase in the cultivated area of approximately 1, 700, 000 hectares in the period 1991-2008. The National Development Plan (PND 2030) of Paraguay, contemplates harmonizing economic growth with better environmental performance and with a focus on the improvement of the quality of life of the population. In this context and considering that the limitedn the emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) of the forestry sector andof land use change is relevant to the mitigation of climate change, the country has seen relevant action to contribute to the limitation of these emissions. Thus, in 2008, Paraguay was selected as one of the 9 pilot countries of the UN-REDD Program and in 2010He organized part of the member countries of the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF). With the implementation of the UN-REDD National Joint Program (NCP), from 2011 to 2016, the country voluntarily initiates its "Preparation Phase" for REDD. To access financing as one of the FCPF participating countries, in 2010 the countryHe requested that the implementation of a REDD preparation grant be executed through UNDP, as the Implementing Agency of the FCPF. The country is executing the FCPF grant to complete REDD preparation, through Project 92546, also known as "Forests for Sustainable Growth". The Project will be executed t...
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