Tenders Are Invited For 81294756-Implement C-Nrm Tourism Component And Strengthen Sadc Transfrontier Conservation Area Network

81294756-Implement C-Nrm Tourism Component And Strengthen Sadc Transfrontier Conservation Area Network. The Southern African Region Is Projected To Experience Significantly Higher Temperatures And An Increase In Extreme Weather Events Such As Droughts, Floods And Heat Waves Due To Climate Change. It Is Estimated That By 2100, The Region Will Receive Up To 30% Less Rainfall And Upward Trends Of Temperature Culminating In More Than 30C Rise. This Will Likely Lead To A Sharp Decline In Water For Cropping, Livestock, Wildlife And Vegetation, And Reduced Productivity Of Various Resourcebased Land Uses. Intact Ecosystems And Their Supporting Wildlife Play A Major Role In Promoting Rural Economic Development, The Livelihoods Of Adjacent Local Populations And The Naturebased Tourism Sector.To Conserve Natural Ecosystems That Transcend National Boundaries And Make An Important Contribution To Biodiversity Conservation As Well As Livelihood Security, Socioeconomic Development Of Rural Communities And Tourism, Sadc Supports The Establishment And Management Of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (Tfcas). Tfcas Provide Important Political, Social And Economic Leverage For The Integration Of The Region. Sadc Is Home To 18 Tfcas In Various Stages Of Development, Covering More Than One Million Square Kilometres. The Adoption Of The Regional Tfca Programme (2013) By The Sadc Council Of Ministers And The Creation Of A Sadc Tfca Network In 2013 Considerably Improved Institutional Conditions And Activities At The Regional And Crossnational Level. The Adoption Of The Sadc Tourism Programme 20202030 And The Associated Covid19 Sensitive Costed Action Plan Forms The Framework For The Future Development Of Naturebased Tourism As Important Income Earner For Tfcas. Countries Sharing Tfcas Began To Establish Transnational Administrative Bodies And Initiated Cross Border Activities, Including Developing Tfcas Into Important And Attractive Tourism Destinations.For Many Years, Tfca Development Has Been A Major Focus Of Cooperation Between Sadc And Germany. The Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Develoopment (Bmz) Through The Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Giz) Gmbh Supports The Sadc Food Agriculture And Natural Resources (Fanr) Directorate Through The Sadc/Giz Climate Resilience And Natural Resource Management In The Sadc Region (Cnrm) Programme. The Cnrm Project Supports Sadc Toward Ensuring That Climate Change Is Systematically Taken Into Account In The Transboundary Management Of Natural Resources.The Project Strategy Covers Four Outputs, Which Are Implemented At The International, Regional, National And Local Levels:1. At The Regional Level, The Project Is Improving The Strategic Planning Framework For Taking Climate Change Into Account In The Crossborder Management Of Natural Resources. It Analyses The Risks Of Climate Change And Of Mitigation Measures And Supports Access To Funding.2. The Project Promotes Knowledge Sharing On Climatesensitive Transboundary Natural Resource Management Locally, Regionally And Nationally. To Do So, It Deploys Knowledge Platforms And Networks And Makes Greater Use Of Digital Formats.3. At The Local Level, The Project Works Together With Municipalities To Implement Climatesmart Agriculture And Resource Management Measures In Selected Tfcas4. The Project Provides Support For The Tourism Sector In The Region And In International Forums To Offset The Impact Of The Covid19 Pandemic. It Is Harmonising Covid19 Standards, Strengthening Marketing And Facilitating Crossborder Travel, Specifically In Tfcas.