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Scottish Natural Heritage

How can technology help us detect beaver burrows in the wild and assess their associated risks to public and private interests?

Environment & WasteCPV 90720000
Value£650k
Deadline28 Jun 2022
Published31 May 2022
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 31 May 2022ClosedCloses 28 Jun 2022
Who to contact
Leigh Syme
leigh.syme@gov.scot
+44 1463725097

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£650ktotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

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The brief

Beavers are a protected species.

However their burrowing sometimes causes us problems.

Burrows have been associated with breaching of flood banking and water impoundments, undermining of infrastructure and collapse of sections of riverbank, impacting on businesses and livelihoods.

Entrances to beaver burrows are usually dug below water, which can make detection difficult.

A non-invasive method needs to be developed in order to both reliably detect potentially problematic burrows and assess the risk the burrow presents to infrastructure and people .

A successful method will help anticipate the risk of problems arising from burrows, allowing targeted mitigation to help us live alongside beavers.

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Key requirements

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A non-invasive method needs to be developed

A non-invasive method needs to be developed in order to both reliably detect potentially problematic burrows and assess the risk the burrow presents to infrastructure and people .

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
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Source
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