Background
The project major objective is sustainable land and forest management in the North-eastern Armenia to secure continued flow of multiple ecosystem services (such as water provision, land slide control and carbon storage /sequestration) and to ensure conservation of critical wildlife habitats through the removal of the aforementioned barriers will ensure sustainable land and forest management to secure continued flow of multiple ecosystem services.
Responsibilities
- Conduct review analyses of existing biodiversity studies of north-eastern Armenian mountain forest ecosystems with the aim to learn the
current status quo of biodiversity, trace dynamics and expected transformations and outline possible indicators to monitor threats to
biodiversity and forest ecosystems;
- Updated review of current practices of forest management planning and the extent to which biodiversity information is integrated and is in use;
- Develop biodiversity protocol to ensure provision of guidance on conservation assessment tools and technologies to identify and prioritize
areas for biodiversity and species conservation, restoration and maintenance of ecosystems and habitats and assessing trade-offs between
different forest uses;
- Develop methodology that biodiversity highlights, indicators and possible monitoring system could be inserted in forest management plans of
North-Eastern Armenia forest ecosystems in the form of protocol/appendix.
Required Skills and Experience
- Advanced University Degree (MSc, MA or PhD) in biology, natural and/or environmental sciences.
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience at national or international level, including research in the subject area.
- 5 years of working experience in biodiversity related studies, resources identification and assessment.
- Experience of work in mountain regions and/or South Caucasus countries.
- English/Armenian. Knowledge of Russian is an asset.
Deadline: 9 September 2016
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