Mitigation of Human Wildlife Conflicts in Tanzania II

The contractor shall provide comprehensive technical, organizational, and advisory services to support the implementation of the project "Mitigation of Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Tanzania" in the Ruvuma landscape. The assignment is intend to strengthen the holistic implementation of Tanzania"s National Human-Wildlife Conflict Management Strategy through coordinated action at national, district, and village levels. The contractor will contribute to improved governance, planning, and operational capacity for human-wildlife conflict management, with a strong emphasis on participatory approaches, gender sensitivity, and sustainability. A core task of the contractor will be to support land-use planning processes at district and village level. This includes facilitating the development of one district framework land-use plan and 15 village land-use plans, as well as the corresponding Community Action Plans. The contractor shall ensure that these planning processes integrate human-wildlife conflict considerations, local development priorities, gender-specific needs, climate-related risks, and relevant land-use aspects such as agriculture, grazing, settlement patterns, wildlife corridors, and protected areas. The contractor will organize and facilitate technical consultations, community meetings, field visits, mapping exercises, and validation workshops, and will support the formal approval and documentation of all planning outputs. The contractor shall provide capacity development and institutional support to key public actors responsible for human-wildlife conflict management. This includes technical advice for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and subordinate institutions, particularly on coordination mechanisms, strategy implementation, monitoring, and the use of data and spatial information for decision-making, especially on the land use planning aspects. The contractor is expected to contribute to the strengthening of intersectoral cooperation between wil