URGENT: Consultant for ORGANIC FARMING AND AGROFORESTRY - FFI's Indonesia Programme

CONSULTANT TOR

ORGANIC FARMING AND AGROFORESTRY

PROJECT ACTIVITY : Long-Term Protection of the Maros-Pangkep Karst Landscape in South                                                                Sulawesi

REPORTING : Project Manager Maros-Pangkep

BACKGROUND :

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest-established international conservation organisation.  Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it.  We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation.  Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

Fauna & Flora International – Indonesia Programme (FFI-IP) established a formal country programme in Indonesia in 1996 with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Forestry. We have since built up an extensive network of partners ranging from forest-edge communities and civil society organizations to government and private business. People are at the center of our conservation initiatives. We are at the forefront of efforts to help communities map their customary forests and gain official recognition of their right to manage these areas. FFI’s innovative approach has catalyzed change through a number of flagships programmes in Indonesia, including the community ranger initiative which has transformed former combatants, wildlife poachers and loggers into champions of the environment. We are also pioneering sustainable financing mechanisms through reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiatives in Aceh and Kalimantan. Our work on surveying High Conservation Value Forest has also been critical in protecting key orang-utan habitat from conversion to palm oil plantations or other destructive activities. 

The Maros - Pangkep karst complex in South Sulawesi - Indonesia is a tropical karst region with the most diverse biodiversity globally. FFI-IP & LIPI has conducted a study in this area starting in 2016 with a preliminary assessment of getting 30 endemic karst cave invertebrates that could potentially be included in the IUCN red list (18 CR, 5 EN, 3 VU), as well as a large number of taxa and vertebrate species and other plants which is potentially endangered. Maros - Pangkep Karst or limestone area is only partially (± 40%) protected so that unprotected karst is currently threatened by damage from limestone mining operations operated by cement companies. Seeing this potential threat, protection through multi-stakeholder management initiatives such as the Essential Ecosystems (KEE) and Biosphere Reserves can prevent the destruction of karst areas outside protected areas in the long term.

FFI-IP will carry out projects in Maros Regency and Pangkajene-Kepulauan Regency (Pangkep), South Sulawesi, with the name of the activity "Long-Term Protection of the Maros-Pangkep Karst Landscape in South Sulawesi". This activity was funded by Halcyon Land & Sea with implementation time between October 2019 and October 2020.

The long-term project goal is effective karst biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in the Maros - Pangkep Biosphere Reserve. The immediate project aim is to protect the Karst landscape trough legal designation of the Maros - Pangkep KBA by the end of 2021 as critical ecosystem area (Kawasan Ekosistem Esensial/ KEE), as well as through international designation as UNESCO biosphere reserve, and to demonstrate responsible tourism and agricultural practices to reduce the threats to karst biodiversity

This project has three main objectives, namely:

1. Protect the Maros –Pangkep karst landscape through the designation of the Karst KBA as critical karst ecosystem (KEE) – IUCN category IV protected area. 

2. Designate the wider landscape as Biosphere Reserve gazettement (with the KEE as core zones) to provide a framework for integrated conservation and sustainable development.

3. Demonstrate responsible karst & cave tourism practices, and sustainable agricultural practices to improve local livelihoods, while protecting the karst and cave biodiversity.

To carry out the project, FFI-IP will involve one organic farming and agroforestry expert who will coordinate, prepare and implement survey activities, conduct meetings and coordinate stakeholder before, during and after the activities take place.

TASK :

As the background of the project presented, the task to the consultant is as follows:

• Together with the field team facilitating the preparation of a mentoring agenda, and developing community          work plans related to organic rice farming and agroforestry;

• Develop practices and oversee the certification process of organic farming and agroforestry practices;

• Together with the field team, coordinating and facilitating the entire agenda covering the preparation of the          ToR, preparing and conducting periodic monitoring to the team at the site level;

• Provide strengthening and capacity building for field teams and communities at the local level;

• If necessary, be willing to attend consultation meetings with relevant stakeholders in order to establish a              common vision for karst conservation held by FFI;

• Participate in outreach efforts at the local level to increase awareness about biodiversity and sustainable            agricultural practices;

• Together with the stakeholder involved, develop and create concise / simple guidelines for sustainable 

         agriculture management in karst area;

• Collecting documentation of photos and videos of activities.

 

Skills and Experience: 

1. Have experience of assisting organic agriculture and forest farming for at least 5 years;

2. Understand the mechanism of practice, the chain of production and marketing of organic agricultural products and agroforestry;

3. Strong skills and knowledge for the process of transforming knowledge of organic farming and agroforestry practices to the level of local communities; 

4. Understanding the basic needs in the fulfillment of national certification for organic agricultural products;

5. Have writing skills and make written reports also mastering the operation of Microsoft office software

6. Can speak English and local languages, preferably.

 

Output:

1. Report on the results of the implementation of development activities for organic sustainable agriculture and agroforestry models including organic farming certification preparation; 

2. Module on sustainable organic farming practices and agroforestry development in karst areas;

3. Design media content awareness of the importance and potential of biodiversity in the karst region in sustainable agriculture practices;

4. Report on the results of capacity building for counterparts and local partners; 

5. The documentation folder contains photos and videos of activities.

Time Schedule: July 2020 – February 2021 

How to apply

Interested applicants should send their CV/resume and Cover Letter to indonesia@fauna-flora.org

no later than 15 July 2020 with “ORGANIC FARMING AND AGROFORESTRY” as the subject of the email.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified