Ministry of Environment: EREPA Project

Ensuring resilient ecosystems and representative protected areas in the Solomon Islands Project (EREPA)

Background

The Solomon Islands Government, through the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology(MECDM) has received funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF 6),via the Implementing Agency, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to execute a national project with the objective to ensure Effective ecosystem management for healthy, complementary networks of protected, productive and restored landscapes in selected Project Sites in the Solomon Islands.

The Ensuring resilient ecosystems and representative protected areas in the Solomon Islands (EREPA) Project will be implemented in selected sites in Guadalcanal, Malaita, Renbel and Temotu Provinces.

The Project include the following components:

Component 1. Enabling environment for integrated terrestrial ecosystem management and restoration

Component 2. Formal declaration of terrestrial protected areas, and their effective management.

Component 3. Improved land management, agricultural practices and restoration interventions in rural production landscapes

MECDM in collaboration with IUCN has established the EREPA Project Management Unit (PMU) and is seeking expressions of interest from qualified and experienced candidates for the following position:

Chief Technical Advisor

Terms of Reference and other relevant information regarding this position and the EREPA Project can be obtained from the PMU office at MECDM Headquarters Office, Level 1 Advanced Building, Point Cruz.

TORs can also be obtained via email to the following officer:

Mr. Vaera Pulekera [ VPulekera@mecdm.gov.sb ] or call

Phone: 20449

Applications closes at 4pm on the 15th of September2023

Applications and can be submitted in hard copy to:

National Project Coordinator
EREPA Project Management Unit
MECDM
P .O. Box 21
Honiara

Applications can also be submit online via Email to:

Mr. Vaera Pulekera [ VPulekera@mecdm.gov.sb ]