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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please find attached the call for expression of interest (EOI).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Any consultancy firms and/or individual consultants with expertise in the following areas are welcome to submit
your EOI to our email <a href="mailto:office.biodiversity@giz.de"><span style="color:windowtext">office.biodiversity@giz.de</span></a> no later than 30.11.2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Nature Conservation and Biodiversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Protected Area Management and Financing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Land use planning
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Ecosystem Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Participatory forest governance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">Sustainable management of natural forests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thank you for your attention to this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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