Tetra Tech Wins $49 Million USAID Climate Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation Contract
July 26, 2021 at 09:00 am EDT
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Tetra Tech, Inc. announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the Company a four-year, $49 million single-award contract to promote biodiversity conservation and climate-resilient, low emission development in West Africa. Through the USAID West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development Activity, Tetra Tech will strengthen the capacity of national and regional networks and institutions to combat wildlife trafficking, reduce deforestation and biodiversity loss, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Tetra Tech’s climate change and economic development specialists will work with private sector partners to support sustainable natural resources management planning to reduce deforestation and mitigate the impacts of climate change in West African forests—landscapes of global biodiversity significance. Tetra Tech’s team of environmental experts will also support the development and enforcement of national and regional policies, laws, and regulations to combat wildlife trafficking.
Tetra Tech, Inc. is a global provider of consulting and engineering services that is focused on water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy and international development. The Company is Leading with Science to provide solutions for its public and private clients. The Company operates through its two segments: government services group (GSG) and commercial/international services group (CIG). Its GSG segment provides consulting and engineering services primarily to United States (U.S.) government clients and development agencies worldwide. The Company's CIG segment primarily provides consulting and engineering services to U.S. commercial clients and international clients that include both commercial and government sectors. Its CIG segment provides sustainable infrastructure and related environmental, engineering and project management services to commercial and local government clients across Canada, in Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, as well as Brazil and Chile.