Consultant

Job Title: Consultant 

Who We Are: 

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW: A PIONEER IN CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP 

This is an exciting time at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as we are shifting our strategy for greater impact in the  world, seeking to address some of the most complex challenges facing people and nature — issues such as climate  change, conserving lands, waters, and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and  helping make cities more resilient and sustainable.  

For more details, please visit to our website: https://www.nature.org/en-us/ 

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY 

TNC is the largest conservation organization in the world, working in all 50 states in the United States and more  than 76 countries. It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia on October 22, 1951.  TNC is science-based and in every place, we work, we partner with governments, businesses, and local  communities. TNC is advancing its mission by protecting and restoring rivers, landscapes and oceans for people  and their development at an unprecedented scale; it is transforming the way humanity uses the Earth’s natural  resources to sustain ourselves. 

What We Can Achieve Together: 

PURPOSE 

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is introducing a project in concurrence with the ‘Aravalli Green Wall Landscape  (AGWL) Project’ as announced by the Government of India, in March 2023. Nature Conservancy India Solutions  Private Limited (NCIS) is facilitating TNC in the project and therefore request consultants to apply for the human  dimension component of the said project.  

The Aravalli hill range, which is roughly 692 km long, spans across the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi and  Haryana. Different interest groups are dependent or associated with the Aravalli range for varied purposes and  resources. For instance, there are protected areas and forest patches under the jurisdiction of State Forest  departments, grazing lands, agricultural land, sacred groves, mines and quarries, landfills, real estate  development, etc. It is therefore imperative to understand the dynamics of these interest groups and assess their  stakes in the landscape to define requisite social safeguards and a blueprint to implement an equitable and  integrated conservation project.  

DURATION  

4 Months (March to June 2025)  

PLACE FOR PERFORMANCE 

Rajasthan (the districts of Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sawai  Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Chitorgarh, Pratapgarh, Banswara, and Udaipur), Gujarat (Banaskantha, Sabarkantha,  Mehsana and Aravalli districts) and Haryana (Gurgaon, Faridabad, Nuh, Mahendargarh and Rewari) See map  below. 

Map of the Aravalli Landscape delineated in yellow 

Key Deliverables: 

A preliminary requirement for the proposed AGWL project is to identify interest groups and map their stakes on  the Aravalli range followed by classifying them by virtue of their, 

❖ Dependence - direct dependence (Subsistence or otherwise) such as communities and tribals, farmers  and nomadic and/or pastoralist groups.  

❖ Impact -interested parties who may have a positive or negative impact on the Aravalli range: mines,  landfills, real estate developers, biodiversity conservationists and nature enthusiasts. 

❖ Influence -Those who have an influential role in the landscape influence- different line agencies, academic  institutions, citizen science groups, etc.  

Thus, from a social, gender and equitable conservation perspective, we seek 4 consultants two from Rajasthan  and one each from Gujarat and Haryana to explore the following objectives in the landscape counterpart of their  respective states. 

1. Detailed socio-economic summary of the marginal communities directly dependent on the Aravalli  landscape for their livelihoods, customary rights, cultural and social practices and by tradition  (thorough secondary literature review and through required field visits).

2. Interest groups assessment followed by classification according to dependent, impacting, and  influential groups. Distinguish those dependent at a subsistence level from user groups who have  large scale commercial dependence. (thorough secondary literature review and through requisite  field visits) 

3. List out the various ecosystem services made available by the Aravalli range and identify the  corresponding user/interest groups (direct and indirect beneficiaries).  

4. Gender disaggregated analysis of the impacts of identified environmental and climate changes, and  adaptive and mitigation strategies adopted by vulnerable and marginal communities residing along  the landscape. * 

Outcome: Consolidated report covering all the objectives. 

* The area of inquiry will be mutually decided in consensus with the consultants to identify sample villages. What You’ll Bring: 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

▪ Person with post graduate degrees or above in social sciences- sociology, history, environmental science,  or relevant disciplines.  

▪ Consultant required to have demonstrated work experience in relevant fields and of executing such an  assignment and preparing detailed and quality technical reports following timelines. 

Our Competencies: 

Submit your profile along with the suitability letter on ncishr@tnc.org by 11:59 PM IST 21-Feb-2025.  Only the shortlisted candidates shall be contacted for the interview process.

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