Consultant - LKR Land Degradation Impact

Request for Proposal - LKR land degradation impact consultancy

Summary of procurement

World Resources Institute intends to award a fixed term consultancy contract to individuals or organizational consultants to (1) analyze the socioeconomic impacts of land degradation on food security, income, poverty and labor productivity; (2) to develop a land use land cover analysis and identify potential restoration opportunities in the Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Landscape, building on initial data baseline developed by WRI.

About the World Resources Institute

Founded in 1982, The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We work with governments, companies, and civil society to build solutions to urgent environmental challenges. WRI’s transformative ideas protect the earth and promote development because sustainability is essential to meeting human needs and fulfilling human aspirations in the future.

Background

The Lake Kivu and Rusizi River (LKR) landscape, covering Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is a critical ecological and economic zone with over 11 million population as of 2020 across a total area of 13,449 km², divided into 2,706 km² (20.2%) in Burundi, 6,227 km² (46.5%) in DRC, and 4,452 km² (33.3%) in Rwanda (ABAKIR, 2020). This landscape includes Rwanda’s Western province, DRC’s North and South Kivu provinces, and Burundi’s districts of Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Cibitoke, Bubanza, Rumonge, and Bururi (figure 1).