The Ecosystem Services unit of Winrock International is seeking 4 short term consultants (one expert for: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and Central Africa) with expertise in and knowledge of existing forestry, reforestation, conservation, agroforestry, and carbon efforts in the respective region. A candidate with familiarity in the region’s terrestrial carbon projects is especially desired.
Consultant must be available now as all work must be finished by mid January 2008.

Main tasks of consultant:
Identify and summarize current forestry efforts in the region (includes carbon projects, major afforestation/reforestation efforts, major agroforestry efforts, conservation projects) Summarize forestry and conservation ‘lessons learned’ published material 
Investigate role government forestry sector has played in past in forestry and carbon project development
For more details and a statement of work, please send contact information and request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 26 November 2007. Please feel free to forward this announcement onto others.

This should be an interesting and exciting project. It is also a great opportunity become more actively engaged in the growing carbon market.
To learn more about the Ecosystem Services unit of Winrock International, go to our website: http://www.winrock.org/Ecosystems/
 
Thank you in advance for your interest.
 
Sincerely,
 
Ecosystem Services
Winrock International
1621 N. Kent Street, Ste. 1200
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. 703-525-9430 ext. 656
Fax.703-525-1744
www.winrock.org
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