Impartial third party support for the design and completion of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) process as outlined by RESEMBID Covid-19 Facility guidelines for JNCC's Covid-19 response project supporting the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) social and economic recovery and resiliency, entitled "Defining A Post-Covid-19 Resilient Recovery in the Turks And Caicos Islands: Sustainable Investment in the Future of the Island's People and Environment."
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
The goal of this project is to build on previous projects and experience gained elsewhere in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Territories, to provide BVI with a self-sufficient, secure data management system and geospatial data hub for environmental spatial data. The work will be delivered in phases and the focus of this first phase contract is on data management fundamentals, standards and data flows and to provide an expanded datasets inventory and metadata catalogue that will support the creation of a centralised data hub and the general vision outlined in previous work.
Impartial third party support for the design and completion of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) process as outlined by RESEMBID Covid-19 Facility guidelines for JNCC's Covid-19 response project supporting the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) social and economic recovery and resiliency, entitled "Defining A Post-Covid-19 Resilient Recovery in the Turks And Caicos Islands: Sustainable Investment in the Future of the Island's People and Environment."
JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the Particle Size and infaunal taxonomic analysis of samples collected on the 0922S cruise. There were 128 samples collected on the survey to the West Shetland Shelf MPA.
Bidders are invited to provide a description of how the requirements set out below will be met and a per sample quote.
A taxonomic sample reference collection is required, which the successful contractor will provide to the National Museum of Scotland (see Appendix B).
The sample residues will be stored by the contractor until completion of the contract (i.e. after any remedial action identified through quality checks has been actioned).
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.
JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the Particle Size and infaunal taxonomic analysis of samples collected on the 0922S cruise. There were 128 samples collected on the survey to the West Shetland Shelf MPA.
Bidders are invited to provide a description of how the requirements set out below will be met and a per sample quote.
A taxonomic sample reference collection is required, which the successful contractor will provide to the National Museum of Scotland (see Appendix B).
The sample residues will be stored by the contractor until completion of the contract (i.e. after any remedial action identified through quality checks has been actioned).
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.
JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected on the 0922S survey from drop frame camera (DC).
Video and still images from 86 stations will be analysed; tenderers should provide quotes outlined in Table 1:
More detailed metadata will be provided and information from logs and the survey report. There are also representative images from each station from the 0922S WSS survey shown in Annex C.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file or by following the link.
JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected on the 0922S survey from drop frame camera (DC).
Video and still images from 86 stations will be analysed; tenderers should provide quotes outlined in Table 1:
More detailed metadata will be provided and information from logs and the survey report. There are also representative images from each station from the 0922S WSS survey shown in Annex C.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file or by following the link.
The Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool (FeAST) Working Group made up of JNCC, Marine Scotland, Marine Scotland Science, NatureScot and SEPA are looking to redevelop the existing FeAST application. This is to address user feedback on areas where the current tool could be improved, allow the addition of different marine features and additional functionality. Additionally, the redevelopment is to provide a secure cloud-based hosting and support solution.
This project is the second stage in the redevelopment process and aims to take the functional requirements captured in the first stage and use these to realise a new solution. The successful bidder is expected to work with the FeAST Working Group and other application users, in developing, testing, implementing, then hosting and supporting a redeveloped FeAST application.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file
Building upon work to date, carried out under JNCC's Natural Capital in the Overseas Territories programme this Defra funded project aims to develop a method to assess the status and trends in Terrestrial Protected Area (PA) condition, using case studies from the UKOTs and coordinated with the K4 Marine PA condition work, which is an ongoing project in JNCC, funded by FCDO.
These case studies should exemplify different kinds of PA designations and types of ecosystems to provide a wide perspective of options, challenges, and synergies to addressing PA condition across all UKOTs.
1 electronic copy to be sent to: TenderResponse@jncc.gov.uk
The Simple ARD Project Management Group (PMG) made up of JNCC, The Scottish Government, NatureScot, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (DAERA-NI) are looking to outsource the production of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file
The Simple ARD Project Management Group (PMG) made up of JNCC, The Scottish Government, NatureScot, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (DAERA-NI) are looking to outsource the production of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file
A review of opportunities and alternatives for the sustainable finance of the natural environment leading to the development of a Natural Capital Investment Plan for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
This work forms part of JNCC's RESEMBID Covid-19 response project to support the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) social and economic recovery and resiliency, entitled: "Defining A Post-Covid-19 Resilient Recovery in the Turks And Caicos Islands: Sustainable Investment in the Future of the Island's People and Environment."
The project is intended as a foresighting exercise to identify potential opportunities and alternatives for place-based investment and support for the natural environment in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The project should also consider and identify factors and barriers which may impact upon successful implementation - such as blue and green finance alternatives, issues of appropriate scale and investment timelines.
Caribbean islands have strong economic dependence on their ecosystems, making the implementation of sustainable ecosystem management a complex challenge in balancing use and preservation, but nonetheless a critical necessity.
There is a well-documented appetite for sustainable livelihood creation and economic diversification in TCI. The 2015 'Greening the Economy of TCI' project, requires a refresh in light of new global conditions. It identified specific areas where further skills development is needed in TCI. The 2015 consultations JNCC conducted on behalf of TCI Government to inform the TCI Environment Strategy indicates strong advocacy for inclusion of communities in the implementation of strategies that impact on their environment and economic opportunities.
The final investment plan is expected to use the extensive evidence base that exists on TCI's natural capital. This should be incorporated with existing best practice examples of natural capital investment and sustainable finance mechanisms. Recent JNCC work on TCI's natural capital, and its links to this project, is detailed in Appendix 1.
In addition, JNCC are conducting both a Socioeconomic Survey and a Business Attitudes Survey across TCI which will yield results that may be relevant to the development of an appropriate place-based NCIP.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender proposal for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.
Fuvahmulah atoll in the Maldives was declared an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2020 due to its varied biodiversity including diverse coral reef ecosystems and significant populations of sharks. Several protected areas sit within the Biosphere Reserve including Farikede MPA, designated to protect oceanic species that utilise the area including two species of thresher shark; bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus) and common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus).
In recent years a valuable shark diving industry has emerged across Fuvahmulah as it has become globally recognised for its dive encounters with an abundance of oceanic megafauna including tiger sharks, whale sharks, oceanic manta rays and schooling hammerhead sharks. Of particular interest is the famous 'Tiger Shark Zoo' or 'Tiger Harbour' dive site where divers can experience close encounters with multiple tiger sharks, attracted to the site via provisioning. For the context of this work, the term 'provisioning' refers to the use of food, in the form of fish waste from the fishing industry (e.g. tuna heads), to attract sharks to the site.
The Maldives Ministry of Environment, Technology and Climate Change and Fuvahmulah City Council are currently reviewing the management of MPAs and marine industries on Fuvahmulah. To support the evaluation of current management, this contract seeks to commission a review of shark diving activities that take place at Fuvahmulah. The review will focus on two areas;1) the supplementary feeding of tiger sharks. Summarising current provisioning activities and management in place and providing advice, based on globally recognised best practice, around how current practices and management could be improved.
2) wider shark diving activities that take place in and around Farikede MPA to support the development of a Fuvahmulah tailored shark diving code of conduct that will feed into the management of the Fuvahmulah Biosphere Reserve and MPAs.
An increased demand for marine space requires adequate management by marine planners to ensure that biodiversity targets are not compromised and to reduce conflict between sectors and marine users. Implementing cumulative effects assessment (CEA) at a strategic level gives marine planners a clearer picture of the compounded impacts of multiple sectors and recreational uses to help (a) adopt policies that keep marine development and use within environmental limits, and (b) guide project-level decisions accordingly. However, our current capacity to understand, evaluate and make decisions based on CEA is inadequate and it remains a persistent and fundamental challenge to more progressive marine plans and policies. Currently, there is no consistent approach adopted by marine planners but there have been numerous attempts at plan-level CEA. To determine the appropriate approach, it is proposed that it is time to take stock of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the different CEA approaches for use in marine plan development at different scales.
The project is being run by a steering group made up of members including marine planning leads from multiple organisations and agencies across all/most administrations in the UK. This includes JNCC (project managers), NatureScot, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, The Marine Management Organisation, Marine Directorate of Scottish Government and Cefas.
Project Aims:
1. To assess the relative merits of known cumulative assessment approaches, and their suitability for use at a strategic level during the preparation of marine plans.
2. To recommend a preferred approach to strategic level CEA for marine planners, including any method development that would further improve the approach.
3. To define data, evidence and research priorities to further refine CEA approach(es) for marine planning.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file
An increased demand for marine space requires adequate management by marine planners to ensure that biodiversity targets are not compromised and to reduce conflict between sectors and marine users. Implementing cumulative effects assessment (CEA) at a strategic level gives marine planners a clearer picture of the compounded impacts of multiple sectors and recreational uses to help (a) adopt policies that keep marine development and use within environmental limits, and (b) guide project-level decisions accordingly. However, our current capacity to understand, evaluate and make decisions based on CEA is inadequate and it remains a persistent and fundamental challenge to more progressive marine plans and policies. Currently, there is no consistent approach adopted by marine planners but there have been numerous attempts at plan-level CEA. To determine the appropriate approach, it is proposed that it is time to take stock of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the different CEA approaches for use in marine plan development at different scales.
The project is being run by a steering group made up of members including marine planning leads from multiple organisations and agencies across all/most administrations in the UK. This includes JNCC (project managers), NatureScot, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, The Marine Management Organisation, Marine Directorate of Scottish Government and Cefas.
Project Aims:
1. To assess the relative merits of known cumulative assessment approaches, and their suitability for use at a strategic level during the preparation of marine plans.
2. To recommend a preferred approach to strategic level CEA for marine planners, including any method development that would further improve the approach.
3. To define data, evidence and research priorities to further refine CEA approach(es) for marine planning.
Additional information: You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file