--- title: "Conservation Planning and Project Coordination Opportunity in the River Yangtze Basin" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED" published: "2019-02-15" --- # Conservation Planning and Project Coordination Opportunity in the River Yangtze Basin Buyer: WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4f407786-6049-463f-9478-66e1aa71b5bc.json) ## Summary WWF-UK (World Wide Fund for Nature) is seeking qualified organisations to participate in the tender titled "Conservation Planning and Project Coordination Opportunity in the River Yangtze Basin". This opportunity falls under the category of natural resources management and conservation strategy planning services. The procurement process is currently in the Tender stage, with the deadline for submissions set for midday on 1st March 2019. The project will be executed primarily in the Yangtze River Basin region, with the contract anticipated to begin on 1st April 2019 and conclude by 31st December 2019. This is an open procurement process, and organisations wishing to express interest must respond by email, outlining their relevant experience, approach, budget, and potential in-kind contributions. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in environmental consultancy and conservation services, particularly those focused on freshwater biodiversity and protected area management. Companies with experience in stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, and ecological modelling would be well-positioned to compete for this contract. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to apply, as this project aims to create a robust network of freshwater protected areas in a vital ecosystem. ## Notice WWF-UK seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations and individuals to conduct systematic conservation planning within China's Yangtze River basin with the ultimate aim of identifying gaps within the current Protected Area network as a priority for future restoration and/or protection. This includes facilitating WWF-UK, WWF-China and identified stakeholders through the entire process. Globally, we may have met the 2020 ambition for the CBD Aichi Target of 17% of the global area of inland water to be protected, although there is uncertainty that all inland waters are well represented . However, freshwater biodiversity is continuing to rapidly decline at the global scale; the index of freshwater wildlife populations has fallen by 83% since 1970 and close to 30% of all freshwater species are considered to be under immediate threat of extinction . The lack of correlation between the global increase in protected areas and the continuing rapid decline in freshwater biodiversity has led conservationists to question the efficacy of protected areas as a tool for freshwater species conservation. This project is aimed at investigating the factors necessary to create a national and/or basin scale network of freshwater protected areas in the Yangtze River Basin to achieve greater cumulative impact than can be achieved by the summing of individual protected areas, with the ultimate aim of reversing global declines in freshwater biodiversity. It is anticipated that this contract will involve running at least one workshop within the Yangzte Basin to work with stakeholders, including identification of evidence and ascertaining conservation values, developing and producing the MARXAN model and conducting all modelling work, ground-truthing outputs with stakeholders and providing final outputs and recommendations. Outputs from this work will support the delivery of WWF-China's HSBC Water Programme Wetland Goal as well as WWF's global work to address freshwater biodiversity declines by improving strategic decision making about freshwater protected areas. To express interest in this opportunity please provide a short covering letter outlining 1) your motivation and relevant experience, 2) your overall approach to delivering this work, 3) your proposed budget and 4) whether you may be able to offer any separate in-kind contribution to this work. Responses should be sent by email to KHughes@wwf.org.uk by Midday on 1st March 2019. Additional information: To express interest in this opportunity please provide a short covering letter outlining 1) your motivation and relevant experience, 2) your overall approach to delivering this work, 3) your proposed budget and 4) whether you may be able to offer any separate in-kind contribution to this work. Responses should be sent by email to KHughes@wwf.org.uk by Midday on 1st March 2019. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ffcbd7f-9ddf-48db-8488-d29c17229e73 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Feb 2019 | | Submission deadline | 1 Mar 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED | | Locality | WOKING | | Post town | Guildford | | Postcode | GU21 4LL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey | | Local authority | Woking | | Electoral ward | Horsell | | Westminster constituency | Woking | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90712400 - Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services - 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services ## Release History - 15 Feb 2019 at 13:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ffcbd7f-9ddf-48db-8488-d29c17229e73 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ffcbd7f-9ddf-48db-8488-d29c17229e73 15th February 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://wwf.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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