Please find attached a brief for a short term consultancy contract to explore how the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site might help support research for the Earth sciences along the Dorset and East Devon Coast. Key elements of the contract will be to:

- Explore the levels of research already being undertaken
- Explore the level of ambition for future work
- Identify priorities for research that informs management
- Explore opportunities with funding councils

 jurassic_coast_geoscience_research_strategy_brief_for_tender (58.33 Kb)

 Supporting documents for this project include  'Towards a Research Strategy' and 'State of Conservation Report', January 2007, both of which are available on our web site at www.jurassiccoast.org under the 'Conserving the Coast' tab.

If you are interested in submitting formal expressions of interest, please follow the process set out in the brief, and send your completed applications to Kirstie Snow k.snow@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Specific questions can be addressed to Richard Edmonds r.edmonds@dorsetcc.gov.uk or Sam Rose s.rose@dorsetcc.gov.uk, although Richard is on leave until November 5th.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Edmonds, Earth Science Manager. Sam Rose, World Heritage Team Leader.