Lowongan ZSL - CONSULTANT FOR FISH & BUTTERFLY SURVEY

The Zoological Society of London is an international wildlife conservation organization with a focus on science-based and pragmatic solutions. ZSL has been active in Indonesia for about 10 years, with a particular focus on the overlap between industrial development and biodiversity conservation. ZSL Indonesia is based in Bogor, West Java, with existing field projects in Jambi and South Sumatera. We are now looking for:

ZSL Indonesia is a highly diverse programme with projects involving climate change, public-private-people partnerships, sustainable landscape management, in addition to species conservation (namely the Sumatran tiger), protected area management, and combatting wildlife crime.

The UKCCU/NICFI Project works with the Government of South Sumatra, national and district level governments, communities and the private sector to facilitate and support the government, private sector and local communities, to establish and pilot the sustainable landscape management partnership approach in the Sembilang-Dangku landscape of South Sumatra. The proposed impact of this project is to achieve “Inclusive economic growth and community prosperity, biodiversity conservation, forest protection and restoration, and the ending of deforestation, peatland drainage and wildfires that contribute to land-based Greenhouse Gas emissions”.

We are now looking for:

CONSULTANT FOR FISH & BUTTERFLY SURVEY

Terms and Condition

Start Date:October 2019
Duration of Contract:5 Months
Work Area:Palembang, South Sumatera
Reporting to:Conservation Manager

Key Purpose of the Job 

The UKCCU/NICFI through KELOLA Sendang Project works with the Government of South Sumatra, national and district level governments, communities and the private sector to facilitate and support the government, private sector and local communities, to establish and pilot the sustainable landscape management partnership approach in the Sembilang-Dangku landscape of South Sumatra. The proposed impact of this project is to achieve “Inclusive economic growth and community prosperity, biodiversity conservation, forest protection and restoration, and the ending of deforestation, peatland drainage and wildfires that reduces land-based Greenhouse Gas emissions”.

In support of South Sumatra's green growth vision, the South Sumatra provincial government has developed a Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) for South Sumatra Province 2017-2021, in which one action plan for biodiversity conservation is through identification and inventory of species and their distribution. Research and publications on biodiversity in South Sumatra are still very limited in certain regions, so a list of species and their distribution is needed to provide an overview of the biodiversity in the South Sumatra region and subsequent management planning.

One form of support for the KELOLA Sendang project in conservation of biodiversity is through inventory and identification of biodiversity and its distribution, specifically in the Sembilang-Dangku landscape. In 2017, the KELOLA Sendang project initiated an inventory of animals, especially large mammals, through occupancy survey and camera trap installation in the Dangku landscape. In the end of 2018, the installation of camera traps to inventory large mammals in the Sembilang landscape has also begun to be implemented. In addition to inventorying large mammals, KELOLA Sendang project also aims to support the study of inventory of other flora and fauna, especially endemic species and priority species contained in South Sumatra BSAP as well as species that can be used as indicators of environmental quality/change (e.g. fish, butterflies, dragonflies, and other small organisms), along with their distribution in the Sembilang-Dangku landscape. All biodiversity data collected during the project will be integrated into one biodiversity information portal system that will be developed.

Scope of Work

1.    Conduct an inventory of fish and butterfly species diversity inventory in Sembilang-Dangku

2.    Conduct water sampling and water quality analysis in the laboratory

3.    Compile “Fish and Butterflies Diversity as Indicators of Environmental Health” book

Deliverables

1.     Survey report for each surveyed location

2.     Results of water quality analysis

3..     Ready to print “Fish and Butterflies Diversity as Indicators of Environmental Health” book

Recruitment Qualifications:

The consultant should have master’s degree of Biology  or Forestry, have proven experience with fish and butterfly survey and identification.


Application procedures:

The interested consultant shall submit the following documents:

1.       Cover Letter

2.       Technical proposal including the timeline, consultant profile with CV of team members, references of min. 2 relevant experiences

3.       Financial Proposal

4.       Examples of directly relevant work with other organizations


The proposal shall submitted in English  to indonesia@zsl.org,  cc’d lydia..chandra@zsl.org,  by latest September 30, 2019 with placing the job title in the subject line . Only short-listed proposals will be notified. As received after the deadline will not be considered.