KFWG ICE CALL FOR POLICY BRIEFS AND PETITIONS EXPERT

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EXTENSION CALL FOR POLICY BRIEFS & PETITIONS EXPERT: FOREST & BIODIVERSITY

The Institute for Culture and Ecology (ICE) commissioned research to assess Kenya’s Forest Policy Environment. The study aimed to gather and document information on several aspects of forest utilization, management, and governance to determine the policy gaps and overlaps and their impact on the successful protection of public forest ecosystems and suggest policy recommendations to address the identified gaps.

In anticipation of the Forest Conservation and Management Act (FCMA) 2016 review, the Kenya Forest Working Group (KFWG) with support from ICE is calling for an expert(s) to pick up policy issues and petitions that will be used to lobby for changes in the upcoming Forest Conservation and Management Act (2016) review.

The expert will work with KFWG members to facilitate and develop policy briefs and petitions touching on two policy issues that featured strongly in the report, namely:

1.   Specific forests especially protected as Biodiversity and Water Catchment areas 2.Overlapping Policy Mandates on Forest Landscapes

The expert(s) will be expected to support this process by consolidating the views of members around the above two issues and presenting them in a policy brief and petition format.  These will be used to lobby for changes in the FCMA 2016 review.

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE EXPERTS (S) 

Background on the Research

ICE, with support from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, commissioned a survey with the aim of gathering and documenting information on several aspects of forest utilization, management and governance, with the following objectives:

  • To determine the impacts the Shamba System had on biodiversity and water
  • To establish successes and challenges of the Plantation Establishment and Livelihoods Improvement Scheme (PELIS) and suggest policy recommendations to address these challenges.
  • To establish Community Forest Association (CFA) perceptions on the Participatory Forest Management Plan (PFMP) development and implementation process
  • To assess the policy gaps and overlaps and the impact they have on the successful protection of public forest ecosystems and suggest policy recommendations to address the gaps and overlaps.
  • To establish management challenges facing the three types of forests identified by the Constitution of Kenya (public, community, and private forests) and suggest policy recommendations to address the challenges.

 

Key Policy Issues

From the research conducted, two key policy issues were distilled as follows:

  1. Biodiversity monitoring and recording for indigenous forests.

The policy challenge is to preserve indigenous forest biodiversity while delivering water catchment services. How can we minimize plantation stands while increasing indigenous sections in water catchment areas to increase water supply? How can we reduce the plantations around Kenya’s main water towers?

  1. Overlapping mandates on forests (Water Act, Forest Management Act, Wildlife Act).

The policy issue here is how to get all forest stakeholders (KWS, KFS, water bodies, etc.) to work together to protect trees, wildlife, and water. This way, conservation efforts will be better coordinated and resources will be better utilized, all of which will lead to improved conservation outcomes.

Responsibilities

The expert will be expected to deliver on the following components:

  • Review the report and distill key policy issues
  • Develop a policy brief and petitions per policy issue that will be used to lobby for changes within the FCMA 2016 Review
  • Present policy brief and petitions to KFWG forum members and stakeholders

 

Deliverables

The policy brief and petitions expert is expected to deliver on the following:

  • 2 policy briefs and petitions based on the research findings: The brief should be logically structured, and contain evidence-based findings, conclusions, lessons, and recommendations.
  • The policy briefs and petitions should respond in detail to the key focus areas described above.
  • The policy briefs and petitions should include a set of specific recommendations formulated to lobby for changes in the FCMA 2016 Review

 

Timeline

The policy brief and petitions expert will be expected to work for three weeks to deliver the policy briefs and petitions.

Application Instruction

Please share your Expression of Interest and CV to facilitate this process by emailing KFGW@eawildlife.org  with a copy to info@icekenya.org   by Friday, July 19th, 2024. 

 

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