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Evaluation of success of regeneration and restoration in native afforestation and carbon sequestration

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RFx ID : 31612272
Tender Name : Evaluation of success of regeneration and restoration in native afforestation and carbon sequestration
Reference # : O-C0037699
Open Date : Thursday, 8 May 2025 4:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  : Thursday, 12 June 2025 11:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Department/Business Unit : Te Uru Rakau - Forestry NZ
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 70150000 - Forestry
Regions:
  • New Zealand
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : Layana Faria
021 12 00096
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Overview

This RFP is issued by the Ministry for Primary Industries, referred to below as “the Buyer” or “we” or “us”.

The key objective of this procurement is to develop a standardised Native Afforestation Framework based on effective methods identified for successful regeneration and restoration projects.
The purpose of this framework is to provide reliable guidance to landowners based on their afforestation objectives (e.g., enhancing biodiversity, carbon sequestration, erosion control).
The outputs of this 12-month long research project will contribute to two different research programmes.

The Native Afforestation Programme (NAP) aims to address the cost and establishment challenges associated with native forest regeneration.

The Maximising Forest Carbon (MFC) programme has two key research areas:
• improving the understanding and measurement of indigenous forest carbon stocks for implementation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and
• identifying more efficient and cost-effective methods for measuring forest carbon, particularly through the potential application of remote sensing technology.

This research project will contribute to both NAP and MFC by collecting and retrospectively analysing data from native forest restoration initiatives across New Zealand.
For this work, we would expect, at minimum, the remeasurement or establishment of at least 20 Permanent Sample Plots , at multiple locations, to be remeasured or established during the field collection.