Timber Trade Consultant Cameroon

CONSULTANT TO CARRY OUT A TIMBER TRADE FLOWS STUDY FOR TRAFFIC CENTRAL AFRICA

This consultancy position involves a technical and advising role in TRAFFIC Central Africa’s forest and trade work, with special emphasis on timber trade in Cameroon.

Characteristic duties include:
• Assess the scope, scale and extent of the role of Cameroon in the timber flows with countries of Central Africa and to Europe, Asia and America;
• Identify the impact of small scale loggers entering the supply chain to the countries of Central Africa, Europe, Asia and America;
• Capture statistics regarding illegal logging in Cameroon;
• Examine the impact of illegal logging on the national economy, the tax system;
• Examine the impact on the sustainable management of production forests to contribute to the establishment of a mechanism of transparency and legality in the wood supply chain in Cameroon.

This is a full-time consultancy position for a period of 50 days, based in Cameroon. 

Closing date for applications: 24th February 2012

More information - including how to apply

Duties of the Consultant (English (PDF, 72 KB)
Offres technique financière (French (PDF, 58 KB)

Technical and financial proposal guidelines (PDF, 53 KB)
Terms of Reference (PDF, (520 KB)