Description of the contract
Natural Resources Wales - means the Natural Resources Body for Wales as established by Article 3 of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012. You should note that the Natural Resources Body for Wales has been formed by bringing together the Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Wales and Environment Agency Wales. The Natural Resources Body for Wales has been empowered to exercise Welsh devolved functions since 1st April 2013 and has, generally, taken over the responsibilities of the Countryside Council for Wales, the Forestry Commissioners and the Environment Agency in Wales.’
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1 Type and term of contract
Natura 2000 (N2K) conserves some of the rarest and most threatened wild habitats and species in Europe. Wales has 20 Special Protection Areas and 92 Special Areas of Conservation, covering more than 700,000 ha of land and territorial waters.
This contract is run by Natural Resources for Wales and supported by LIFE, a financial instrument of the European Community.
It is jointly funded by the EU LIFE and Nature Programme.
LIFE Natura 2000 Programme for Wales
LIFE N2K WALES: LIFE 11 NAT/UK/385
Action A.5 Review of Funding
We will be awarding a contract to review current funding arrangements for Natura 2000 management and identify and evaluate potential new funding mechanisms and approaches. The results will contribute to the strategic Programme for Natura 2000 in Wales and contribute to the Prioritised Improvement Plans for individual sites and the thematic actions plans for Wales-wide issues. The aim will be to facilitate better access to funding in the future to enable significant progress to be made to bringing all species and habitat features on Natura 2000 sites into favourable condition.
The objectives are to identify and review funding arrangements and opportunities for actions on Natura 2000 sites in Wales specifically to:
- identify any uncertainties or risks to future funding of suitable management which is currently in place in relation to Natura 2000 sites and features, in the short, medium and long term;
- define the extent to which funding opportunities for potential new mechanisms already exist
- identify possible new funding sources.
The analysis will include both private and public, and domestic and European potential funding streams.
Our intention is to award this contract from 11th August 2014 to 10th December 2014.
These dates are dependent on operational restrictions and requirements
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