Digital Handbook for Changing Tides: A community guide to a resilient coast

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RSPB Cymru is looking to appoint a qualified and experienced consultant to produce a digital handbook for Changing Tides: A community guide to a resilient coast. The outputs of which will support digital access to a comprehensive coastal adaptation handbook, enabling landowners, farmers, community members and groups, as well as public, private and charity organisations to increase awareness, knowledge and expertise in coastal adaptation and the opportunities it presents; as well as raising the profile of RSPB Cymru and Tir Canol in co-design and coastal adaptation.The Commission will be funded by Nature Networks Fund 3.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=143218. Cors Fochno and the Dyfi Estuary, made up of 2,508 ha is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; National Nature Reserve, Ramsar Site, EU Natura 2000 and SSSI with RSPB’s Ynys-hir reserve a designated SPA and SAC. It is made up of a bar-built estuarine complex, comprising the Dyfi estuary, two calcareous dune systems, and a large, raised mire. The Dyfi is one of the best examples in north-west Europe of a small, drying, nutrient-poor estuary, which has been relatively unaffected by industrial development. A wide range of estuarine habitats are present, including rare transitions to peatland. Cors Fochno is of international importance being the type locality for estuarine raised mire and one of the largest active raised mires in the United Kingdom. The geomorphology, flora and invertebrate faunas are of national importance. RSPB Ynys-hir supports one of two regular wintering flocks of Greenland White-fronted Geese in England and Wales and is a key site in Wales for breeding waders. The area, including RSPB Ynys-hir, supports significant tourist trade and recreational usage, as well as housing the main train line from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth, run by Network Rail.The Dyfi Estuary is under major threat from climate driven sea-level rise, tidal surges and changes in rainfall, with embankments failing, breaches increasingly frequent and challenges for statutory bodies to invest in future flood defences, as well as socio-economic and cultural challenges such as ageing populations, reliance on seasonal income, multiple deprivation and stakeholder conflict. Well-planned and informed sustainable management of the area is needed to manage flood risk proactively and adapt for climate change.(WA Ref:143218)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.