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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has several open <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">consultancies available -- but the application period ends soon: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are 6 open
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3-month<span> </span></span>consultancies to produce </span>a <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">
Global Land Outlook</span> working paper and policy brief <span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">
all focused on restoration. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif;">The Global Land Outlook (GLO), the UNCCD’s flagship publication released every 4 years, is a state-of-the-art strategic communications product providing a transformative
vision and framework for land management practice, policy and planning at global, regional and national scales. </span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">**GLO1 was published in 2017 and focused on desertification. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif;">All
published GLO products can be found at: </span><a href="https://knowledge.unccd.int/glo/global-land-outlook-glo" id="LPlnk303103" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif;">https://knowledge.unccd.int/glo/global-land-outlook-glo</a></div>
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**GLO2 will primarily aim to support the effective implementation of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, being led by FAO and UNEP (https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/). </div>
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<span>The vision for GLO2 is the "Restoration continuum:" </span></div>
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<span>A wide range of activities and interventions that improve environmental </span>conditions (e.g. ecological productivity) by avoiding, minimizing and reversing land and ecosystem degradation. These activities can often be designed to deliver multiple benefits
(i.e. goods and <span>services) that contribute to the current and future sustainability of communities and the planet. </span></div>
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Topics:</div>
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position number:<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/21</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">food systems and land restoration <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">-
position number:<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/22</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-youth and land restoration - position number: <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/17<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-urban-rural interface and land restoration <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">-
position number:<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/18</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-tenure, resource rights and land restoration <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">-
position number:<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/19</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-and perverse incentives and land restoration <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">-
position number:<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/20</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">-post-COVID-19
recovery and land restoration - position number: <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">CCD/20/ERPA/23 (closes June 7)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span>Requirements<br>
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<div>• A Master’s or PhD degree in a field relevant to the thematic area for the consultancy
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[refer to each announcement for detail]</span>;</div>
<div>• Research experience and publishing with an emphasis on environmental or natural resource management;</div>
<div>• Experience in the thematic focal area [refer to each announcement for detail];<br>
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<span>• Ability to communicate effectively in English with demonstrated writing skills is required.
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<span>Contractual terms:</span></div>
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<span>The consultancy will be home-based for three months starting from 15 June 2020.
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<span>Submission of application:</span></div>
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<span>Applications should be submitted by e-mail to staffing@unccd.int together with a UN Personal History Form4 and CV, specifying the position # in the subject line. Please also submit a cover letter with your expectations for remuneration.<br>
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<span>More information:</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.unccd.int/about-us/vacancies" id="LPlnk842065">https://www.unccd.int/about-us/vacancies</a><br>
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