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Biodiversity Financial Needs Assessment and Biodiversity Finance Plan Consultant 2026 Tender

In context

This is a contract notice published by a UN agency covering consulting. Delivery covers Lesotho. It is classified under Biodiversity and Nature against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.

Summary

UNDP seeks a consultant to assess Lesotho's biodiversity financing needs and produce a biodiversity finance plan. Suited to independent consultants or small firms with biodiversity finance, policy, and national planning expertise.

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About this tender

UNDP is seeking an individual consultant to deliver a Biodiversity Financial Needs Assessment and a Biodiversity Finance Plan for Lesotho (Reference UNDP-LSO-00465-2). This is a call for individual consultants, not a firm. The assignment runs for 8 months. The notice does not set out detailed deliverables, methodology, or reporting requirements; those are presumably in the negotiation documents linked from the UNGM notice, which were not accessible from this page. The notice was published on 27 October 2026 and closes on 10 November 2026 at 17:34 (GMT-4). Bidders are asked to indicate their intent to bid by creating a draft response in the portal, so that amendment notifications can be received.

Bidder eligibility

Registration level listed as Basic on the UNGM/UNDP Quantum portal. Bidders must hold a supplier profile in the UNDP Quantum portal (or register one, without creating a duplicate if one already exists). The page does not specify technical qualifications, years of experience, academic requirements, nationality or residency rules, or financial thresholds.

Key requirements

  • ✓Assess national biodiversity financial needs and funding gaps
  • ✓Develop a biodiversity finance plan for Lesotho
  • ✓Demonstrate biodiversity finance and policy expertise

Procurement contact

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Relevant sectors

About this sector

Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.