Consultant Announcement Industry strategic analysis – Plantation Forestry and Wood Processing towards climate adaptation and biodiversity

• Desk review of trade industry and market data to produce overview of regional tropical plantation forestry and processing industry and national overview on Cambodias plantation forestry sector.
• Stakeholder interviews or consultations with actors in the forestry sector such as government agencies private companies financial institutions impact investors and civil society actors to identify learning points and value chain linkages and investor support (these stakeholders may be in Cambodia or regional countries such as Vietnam and Singapore).
• Technical financial and economic assessment of existing and potential forestry plantation business models in Cambodia.
•  Analysis of opportunities to replicate successful business models from neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Vietnam competitiveness analysis investment analysis for forest plantations primary processing plants and potential carbon credit generation; the opportunity analysis includes potential pipelines to suggest for DFCD origination support.
• Market assessment to quantify domestic and export opportunities benchmark against regional peers and identify high-potential product/value chains.
• Synthesis of findings into actionable proposal recommendations for SNV DFCD future phase highlighting pathways to de-risk investment and mobilize private capital in the forestry sector and for a potential SNV forestry project proposal(s).

Qualifications :

• Education and areas of expertise of the proposed team covers critical skills including Business Analysis Forestry Policy.
• Proven experience of Forestry Industry analysis. Knowledge of the Vietnamese forestry sector and the potential of carbon credits in forestry business models is essential.
• Proven experience in integrating climate change and economic analysis. Ability to formulate clear actionable recommendations to the financial sector and public institutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English Vietnamese and Khmer. (final output to e delivered in English).
• A combination of a Cambodian and International Expert is preferred.

Additional Information :

Interested consultant firm or consultant team (International and national) must submit a technical and financial proposal by 02 November 2025 to SNV via SNV SmartRecruiters.

The financial proposal must include DSA Travel materials in the package. The proposed table of content is in Annex 1.

Terms of Reference (ToR) could be found through Bongthom Job ID: 37007

For further information please reach out to Ms. Sola Heng at .

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Contract