Consultant for Developing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction/Enhanced Removal Scenarios for Subnational REDD+ Planning Applications in Vietnam

‘Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries’ (REDD+) as a national programme cannot become operational on the ground without some level of subnational planning.  Indeed, it could be argued that programmatic REDD+ is primarily a means to incentivise better land and forest use planning for sustainably productive landscapes.  Such planning processes will require some form of analysis of what drives deforestation and forest degradation, and what constrains more extensive and effective sustainable management of forests and forest carbon stock conservation and enhancement (the ‘plus activities’ of REDD+).

Scenario planning is one comparative approach that can be used to assess the performance of alternative emission reduction strategies as defined by proposed PaMs.  In addition to projecting ER/ER profiles, assessing the (social, environmental and economic) costs and benefits of candidate PaMs can facilitate the alignment of key political incentives to support an informed decision making process. This approach will also quantify the potential opportunity costs of foregone land use options required to implement priority PaMs, particularly for local farmers and rural poor households.

SNV-Vietnam REDD+ programme is now seeking a team of international and national specialists to conduct an integrated scenario planning process for the two target locations of Lam Dong province and Ngoc Hien commune in Ca Mau province.  The ultimate output of this assignment will be a number of ER/ER scenarios (measured in tCO2e), where the various economic costs and benefits (i.e. in dollar terms) for each scenario are quantified and a preliminary assessment of the potential social and environmental benefits and risks for each scenario (through the proposed PIAM methodology) also assessed.

Details of the assignment see the attached ToR.

Indicative team composition:

    * International Team leader (70 days) – overall quality control and assurance of outputs methodological vision, team management and liaison with relevant SNV REDD+ projects
    * National GIS forester (50 days) – spatial analysis of scenarios and modelling of land use and forest cover change, quantifying ER/ER potential from different scenarios
   * National rural/agricultural economist or environmental scientist familiar with land use planning processes (50 days) – collecting and analysing environmental economic data for opportunity cost (and benefit) analysis of different land uses under different scenarios

Please send letters of interest, CVs, a four-page indicative methodological approach to the assignment, together with an indication of your expected fee rates, to Ms Vu Thi Kieu Phuc ([email protected]), copy to Ms Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh ([email protected]) by 14 February 2014.

International consultants are encouraged to introduce the national team members within his/her professional networks or apply as a team.  National consultants are encouraged to apply as individuals or on an organizational basis.