TERM OF REFERENCE (TOR)
Landscape Management Expert
- Latar Belakang
Farmers for Forest Protection Foundation (4F) is the only platform established by and for smallholder, local communities, and indigenous peoples in Indonesia. 4F acts as a bridge between farmers and markets, producers, government, and other stakeholders committed to sustainability and reducing inequality. 4F's main activities are managing, distributing, monitoring, and reporting on the efficient use of funds to support indigenous/local communities and smallholder farmers who are working to conserve forests.
Through support from the Ford Foundation and the Ministry of Home Affairs, 4F provides “Support for Smallholder and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Kalimantan for Strengthening Land Rights, Inclusion in Decision-Making, Economic Benefits, Fair Access, and Readiness for the Global Market.” In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ford Foundation dated April 4, 2024, the 4F program is in line with the theme of “Participatory, equitable, and sustainable governance and utilization of natural resources by community groups and the poor to improve people's welfare and mitigate the impacts of climate change.”
4F is committed to supporting the strengthening of equitable and sustainable landscape governance, including ensuring a balance between forest protection, improving the welfare of smallholder, and compliance with global regulations such as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This requires a Landscape Management Expert Team capable of compiling a comprehensive landscape analysis as the basis for program intervention strategies.
Landscape management is an integrated approach that combines ecological, social, economic, and governance aspects to ensure the sustainability of natural resources in an area. In the context of empowering smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples, and local communities, the landscape approach is highly relevant because it recognizes the interrelationships between land use, agricultural practices, forest conservation, external pressures (such as agricultural and industrial expansion), and economic development needs.
- Activity Objectives
The objectives of this activity are:
- To process the results of social, spatial, land use, forest, commodity potential, and participatory processes involving stakeholders at the village to district levels into a landscape-level management plan for the program intervention area.
- To compile a comprehensive landscape analysis of the program intervention area.
- To identify ecological, social, land use, and risk factors that affect landscape sustainability.
- To develop integrated landscape management recommendations for forest protection, smallholder economic improvement, and EUDR compliance.
- To provide a technical basis for 4F program planning at the district and community levels.
- Scope of Work
The Landscape Management Expert Team will carry out the following scope of work:
- Review spatial planning, forestry plans, licensing, and district/provincial policies.
- Analyze the suitability of policies to the needs of smallholder farmers and forest protection.
- Socio-economic analysis of the landscape
- Analysis of inter-actor relationships, benefit flows, and access to natural resources.
- Risk and Opportunity Analysis
- Risks of deforestation, EUDR non-compliance, land conflicts.
- Opportunities for improved governance, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and green economy.
- Landscape Management Recommendations
- Recommendations for fair and sustainable landscape management strategies.
- Identification of investment needs and priority interventions.
- Implementation Methods
The methodologies used include:
- Desk Review: analysis of policy documents, geospatial maps, and relevant reports.
- HCS-HCV Toolkit Implementation Team
- Participatory Landscape Assessment: interviews, group discussions, and participatory mapping with communities.
- Stakeholder Analysis & Consultation: identification of key actors and structured consultation at the district level.
- Ground-Truthing: field verification of spatial and social findings.
- Synthesis & Scenario Building: formulation of landscape management scenarios and implementable recommendations.
- Deliverables
The Expert Team will produce:
- Landscape Maps (land cover, land use change, risk areas).
- Land Use and Policy Analysis.
- Socio-Economic Analysis of the Landscape.
- Risk and Opportunity Analysis for Landscape Management.
- Landscape Management Plan.
- Stakeholder consultation report.
- Comprehensive final report.
- Duties and Responsibilities Expert
- Develop management and monitoring plans, including recommendations and implementation strategies at the village and district levels, in line with government programs at the village and district landscape levels.
- Coordinate intensively with the 4F team, district government, and other stakeholders, and disseminate results and implementation recommendations at the program landscape level.
- Duration
This activity will be carried out over a period of 5 months, with the following details:
Month 1: Desk review, data collection, initial landscape mapping.
Month 2: Landscape analysis, policy analysis, stakeholder consultation.
Month 3: Preparation of recommendations, finalization of documents, final report.
- Qualification
The general qualifications include:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in landscape management, forestry, conservation, or land use.
- Ability to analyze spatial results.
- Experience working with smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples, and local governments.
- Strong understanding of environmental, social, and natural resource management issues.
Specific qualifications include:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in landscape management or land use planning projects.
- Experience in deforestation risk analysis, land policy, and conservation.
- Ability to prepare technical documents and data-based analyses.
- Reporting Mechanism
The Expert Team reports to: 4F Program Manager
Copies to: Executive Director, District Coordinator, 4F Technical Advisor
Reporting is done periodically according to the established schedule (inception, mid-term, final report).
- Ethics & Confidentiality
Experts are required to maintain the confidentiality of all data obtained during the assignment and comply with organizational and donor policies.
- Closing
Thus, this Terms of Reference has been prepared as the basis for the implementation of activities in order to support the achievement of the objectives of the Forest Protector Farmers Foundation (4F) program
How to Apply
Send your application letter accompanied by your latest CV and a statement of willingness to serve as a Landscape Management Expert via email to secretariat@farmers4forest.org, with the email subject Landscape Management Expert. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2025.