Tender Summary

Justice-led nature conservation in UK: mapping of approaches and impact

Buying Organisation

WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED

Contract Value

£25,000

Tender Description

Please read RfQ for full information.

We are looking for a research and learning partner who can help us map approaches to justice-led conservation design, governance and management across the UK. This mapping will be used to design an appropriate justice-led methodology to pilot in our Norfolk and Pembrokeshire programmes, and possibly other future wholescape pilots in the UK

In particular, we seek to understand the following in a UK context:

The conditions in which justice-led approaches are effective or ineffective in promoting social equity and nature restoration outcomes.
Interventions that help communities and social groups address drivers of social, economic, and political marginalisation/exclusion.
Approaches that strengthen agency, voice and empowerment of most affected social groups through nature conservation and restoration.
How social equity outcomes are valued and measured and by whom.
The intended and unintended consequences of justice-led approaches for nature conservation and restoration.
How tensions and challenges in design and management are surfaced, named, addressed and the impacts of these actions.
Examples of equitable governance, particularly where community members unaffiliated to interest groups have decision making power within conservation programmes.
The role and positionality of WWF-UK, in facilitating and/or supporting justice-led conservation.
Differences in approaches and impacts between the nations within the UK and in urban areas versus rural and coastal locations.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES AND TIMEFRAMES

The contract will be from June 1 to 30 August 2023 and include the following deliverables:

Inception meeting to review and agree methodology, delivery plan and key dates.
Meetings scheduled at regular times throughout the mapping process to enable co-creation and provide support for the research partner.
Mapping and presentation of mapping.
Recommendations for WWF-UK on applying and/or supporting justice-led approaches to nature conservation and restoration in the UK across different nations and regions.
Pilot methodology for Norfolk and Pembrokeshire specifically.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
Environmental issues consultancy services (CPV 90713000)

Region

North East (UKC)

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