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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Request for Proposal for the Provision of a Research Project Titled Illegal Trade in Pangolins in South Asia
- GBT Ref No: 111716133
- Deadline: 10 Jan 2025
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: 1
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: WWF/CF25/005
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Please read the RFQ for full details.
The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to contract for a duration of 6 months, with a research consultant / consultancy company that will provide research and report writing services for WWF-UK.
WWF-UK is conducting this piece of work to inform efforts to support pangolin conservation and address illegal wildlife trade affecting South Asia. This will support one of WWF UK's key results under its current strategy period; to address drivers of biodiversity loss and 'ensure we are on track for populations of our priority species in our priority places to be stable or increasing by 2030'.
Asia's pangolins continue to be threatened by demand for their scales, used in traditional medicine, and for their meat consumed as a luxury dish. Despite being listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), regulation of trafficking across international borders remains a problem. A lack of information regarding the trade routes used, and inadequate use of the available legal tools to deter trafficking, are thought to be key obstacles to countering this crime. The border areas and main shipping routes in the South Asian region of India, Nepal and Pakistan are of serious concern for pangolin trafficking and are the focus of this Proposal.
WWF has a strategic focus on pangolins in the region and the outputs linked to this Proposal will inform these activities as ... - Documents :
Purchaser : WWF-UK (WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE) TRADING LIMITED
Rufford House WOKING GU214LL England
Contact Person : Paul De Ornellas
Email :PDeOrnellas@wwf.org.uk
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