JNCC is a delivery partner for the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP), a UK government-led programme under the Blue Planet Programme. More information on the OCPP can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blue-planet-fund/ocean-country-partnership-programme-ocpp.
This contract aims to scope the information required to develop an MPA specific website for Sri Lanka.
The MPA specific website will:
- Be a central location for information on all types of MPAs and other conservation measures in Sri Lanka.
This will include Marine Sanctuaries, Nature Reserves and National Parks designated by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, Special Management Areas designated by the Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department, and Fisheries Management Areas designated by the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Other conservation measures may also include international designations such as Ramsar sites.
- Example information to be included for each MPA
- Location (including GPS points of site boundary and if feasible geospatial visualisation of site boundary), size of protected area, information on protected habitats and species
- Information on legislation used to designate the protected area and any management in place including management plans, management measures (for example for fisheries or tourism), guidelines, processes and best practice.
- Research on the habitats and species within the MPA
- Links to other useful information
Note: tender documents are available to download from the link.
What we like
Who doesn’t like a good scoping project? If you have the creds for conducting research and web scoping, including demonstrations of potential solutions, then this one is for you. Everyone thinks they can do this because scoping is part of every web project, right? But actually doing it, especially remotely, is another thing entirely, so those with a real focus on discovery will have a strong USP here.
