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

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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.