REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN (ILMP)... Tender

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Country : Botswana

Summary : REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN (ILMP) FOR KGALAGADI LANDSCAPE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS`

Deadline : 26 Jul 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34603561

Document Ref. No. : 57387

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
P.O. Box 54, Gaborone, Botswana Tel: (+267) 363 3700 Fax: (+267) 3956093
Botswana

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN (ILMP) FOR KGALAGADI LANDSCAPE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS`

Natural resources management in the Kalahari landscape is characterized by competition and conflict between conservation goals, economic development and livelihoods. Home to large herds of angulates and iconic predators, the landscape was dominated by low-density wildlife with hunter-gatherer livelihoods until borehole farming enabled cattle ranching a few decades ago. The consequent rangeland degradation and ecosystem fragmentation threatens wildlife and economic development.Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) meant to support wildlife-based economic activities and secure migratory corridors linking the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park The 2014 ban on hunting reduced benefits from CBNRM (which in the context of Botswana has largely beenbased on consumptive use (i.e. hunting) of wildlife, arguably reducing incentives for conservation (however, this situation could be reversed by the recent lifting of the ban; though details are yet to be availed). and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve continue to be lost to livestock encroachment, due to delayed gazettement. Wildlife is under additional threat frompoaching, wildlife poisoning and illegal wildlife trade (IWT). Stakeholders lack the planning tools, institutional coordination and operational capacities to balance competing needs and optimize environment, social and economic outcomes. In particular, there is weak coordination in tackling poaching, wildlife poisoning and IWT, weak capacities for improving rangelandmanagement in the communal lands and limited incentives for local communities to protect wildlife. The project will remove these barriers using the following strategies: Coordinating capacity for combating wildlife crime/trafficking and enforcement of wildlife policies and regulations at district, national and international levels (Component 1); Incentives and systemsforwildlife protection by communities increase financial returns from natural resources exploitation and reduce human wildlife conflicts, securing livel...

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