Terms of Reference (ToR) for Raising Awareness on Illegal Wildlife Trade at Important Transit Points

1. Background The Hariyo Ban Program II, funded by USAID and implemented by four consortium partners - WWF (lead), CARE, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and the Federation of Community Forestry Users in (FECOFUN), aims to increase ecological and community resilience in two landscapes - Chitwan- Landscape (CHAL) and the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). The program has two major thematic components: biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation, and two cross-cutting themes (governance and gender and social inclusion). The objective of improving the conservation and management of CHAL and TAL works under three result areas, these includes: a. Threat to target species reduced with special focus on Combating poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking, b. Threat to target landscape reduced, and c. Market-based livelihood alternatives developed and promoted.

Similarly, the program is focused in three sub-basins (Seti, Marsyangdi and Daraudi) in CHAL and core areas (Chitwan, Banke, Bardia and Suklaphanta National Parks and their buffer zones) and critical forests corridors (Barandhabhar, Kamdi, Karnali and Brahmadev) in TAL.

2. Rationale Nepal is endowed with exceptionally rich biodiversity and provide refuge for globally significant wildlife species including snow leopard, red panda, brown bear, musk deer, wild ass, rhino, tiger, Asian Elephant, dolphin, gharial, etc. Similarly, Nepal is a repository of medicinal and aromatic (MAPS) plants, and other commercially valuable flora as well.

However, the biodiversity in Nepal is under immense threats. Key wildlife populations including rhino, tiger, snow leopard, musk deer, red panda and other protected species are still threatened by poaching and illegal trade of their body parts. Huge number of different MAPS and other commercially valuable plant species are extracted illegally and traded. Several seizures of wildlife parts such as skin and bones of tiger, leopard and snow leopard; plants and their bi-products; and arrest of poachers and illegal traders in different parts of Nepal implies that Nepal is used as a major hub and transit country by organized wildlife poachers and illegal wildlife traders. The Environment Investigation Agency’s (EIA) reports that Nepal is used as a transit point for illicit trafficking of wildlife parts and derivatives. Commodities such as shahtoosh, fur, musk pods, bear bile, tiger skin and bones, ivory, rhino horn, leopard parts and live animals (turtles, birds), etc are mostly traded off through Nepal.

According to TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, “Transportation and logistics businesses, such as passenger and cargo airlines, shipping companies, express couriers and freight forwarding companies, are becoming increasingly vulnerable to exploitation by illegal wildlife traffickers." In Nepal, it has been detected that vehicle, air and by foot have been used for illegal wildlife trafficking in and across the border. Different seizures have been made at Tribhuvan International Airport Customs. The domestic as well as regional airports of Nepal are equally vulnerable to be used by the illegal wildlife traffickers. Thus, the airport customs, securities and the passengers need to be sensitized on illegal wildlife parts trafficking.

3. Objective The purpose of this consultancy is to design, manage and display appropriate conservation messages on combating wildlife crime to provide visual impacts to the airport customs, securities and passengers at domestic and regional airports of Nepal for one year.

4. Methodology The Consultant will design the conservation messages in consultation with the conservation experts and WWF Nepal program team.

• A permission is obtained from the relevant government offices/sectors for displaying the message at the airports.

• Design conservation messages in consultation with the conservation experts and WWF Nepal program team.

• Display the message on a digital format in and airport, if not on a printed format in other regional airports.

• Share outputs, lessons learned and recommendation for future with WWF Nepal and submit final reports (technical and financial).

• The size of displays needs to be as follows: Airport Size of display Place in Airport No. of display Kathmandu (Domestic) 55" Departure hall 4 digital displays combined to make 1 video wall Nepalgunj 180"X52" Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Nepalgunj 8'X4' Departure hall 3 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Dhangadi 6'X5' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Pokhara 42” Departure hall (gate 2 separate digital 1 & 2) displays Simara 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Bhadrapur 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Jomsom 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Humla 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Dolpa 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Taplegunj 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Lukla 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet Khandbari 6'X4' Departure hall 1 Vinyl on acrylic sheet

5. Deliverables • Sharing outputs, lessons learned and recommendation for future with WWF Nepal • Final technical report, other relevant documents (if any), photographs (high resolution) • Financial report with supporting invoices

6. Financial The consultancy should not exceed Npr 4,100,000/-

7. Duration and Time Frame This consultancy will cover a period of 1 year covering assignments within 2 months. Sharing outputs, lessons learned and recommendation for 4th week of May future with WWF Nepal Final technical report, other relevant documents (if any), 1st week of June photographs (high resolution) Financial report with supporting invoices 1st week of June

Reports will be written in English. Final deliverables will be provided in hard copies and digital copy (MS Word).

8. Qualification The team leader should have at least five years of work experience in the relevant field.

9. Proposal submission details The technical proposal should include the applicant’s profile and current portfolio; relevant experience and list of clients specifying the work done for them; copies of organization registration or equivalent; latest tax clearance certificate (for company), along with renewal (if applicable); VAT and other legal documents. The financial proposal must be in Nepali Rupees and include a detailed breakdown of the total budget. The proposals should be submitted stating the project applied for, to the following address:

Program Officer, Wildlife Trade Monitoring WWF Nepal, Hariyo Ban Program PO Box: 7660, Pavitra Pyara Marg, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

10. Logistic support The consultant will manage his/her own logistic support for the completion of this project and required cost will be paid as per WWF Nepal policy. WWF will help organizing sharing workshop at WWF Nepal office.

11. Budget The consultant should submit a financial proposal that includes detailed breakdown of total budget proposed including: fee, travel/accommodation cost, communication costs, consultative meeting and reproduction of documents in Nepali Rupees. The payment is subject to tax deduction as per prevailing government rules. The payment will be made in instalments based on submission of satisfactory deliverables.

In addition, the following organizational information should be provided: • Organization Registration and latest renewal, if applicable • VAT registration certificate • Tax Exemption Certificate, if applicable • Latest tax clearance certificate (for company)