Donor Newsletter # 1-2005
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Donor Newsletter # 1-2005 |
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Biodiversity Conservation & Habitat and Ecosystem Protection
The information in this donor newsletter series is based on data from the Both ENDS database of donor- and organisation profiles. Maintenance of this database is part of the ongoing services of Both ENDS to environmental organisations in the South and in Central and Eastern Europe. This donor newsletter is the first in a new series of three issues regarding funding opportunities in the field of development and environment.
This issue concentrates on funding possibilities for projects and programmes concerning biodiversity conservation (and research) and habitat/ecosystem protection.
This series of publications is made possible through the support of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) and the Directorate General International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Dutch Foreign Office.
Association for the Development of the Protected Areas
Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Frontier - Society for Environmental Exploration
Japan Fund for Global Environment
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation
Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Association for the Development of the Protected Areas (ADAP)
Background:
The aim of ADAP (in french Association pour le Développement des Aires
Protégées) is to contribute to the promotion of a durable development of the
zones still rich in flora and fauna, but which are currently subjected to a too
strong pressure. It intends to pursue its goals by the implementation of
participative programmes of natural stock management in the countries in the
process of development actions notably in Africa, and by information and
research at the international level.
Activities:
ADAP preaches a community approach in the management and the conservation of the
protected surfaces. Its goal is to help the local communities to make natural
resources a factor of development. ADAP implements activities of durable
exploitation, generators of income, like ecotourism, sporting hunting, or the
bee-keeping, in order to ensure on the one hand the conditions for a durable
development and, on the other hand, the safeguard of a priceless resource.
Project
example(s):
Tanzania: Project of "Bee Reserve" in the district of Inyonga: ADAP
supports the bee-keepers of the rich person forests of Inyonga. By the
encouraged production of honey, one creates the conditions favorable to a
participative management of fauna and flora, which is done for the benefit of
the local development.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Tanzania.
Other
themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, beekeeping), microcredits &
micro-enterprise development, eco-tourism, natural resources management,
agro-forestry & NTFPs, animals, community development, fisheries.
Contact
information:
Address: Maison des Associations, 15 rue des Savoises, 1205 Genève -
Switzerland
Phone/Fax: +41-22-320.76.75
E-mail: info@adap.ch
Internet: www.adap.ch
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ÆON Environment Foundation
Background:
The ÆON Environment Foundation was formed in 1991 with the object both of
developing its own environmental conservation activities, and supporting the
work of other groups with similar objectives. The mission of the Foundation is:
"protecting the future of the earth."
Activities:
The Foundation supports initiatives in the field of reforestation and
anti-desertification; wildlife protection and ecology preservation; purification
of mountains, rivers, oceans and lakes, and preservation of natural
environments; Also environmental education activities; collecting and
disseminating of environmental information; international environmental
conferences; and other global environmental conservation activities are
supported.
Project
example(s):
Trees were planted around the World Heritage Site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia by
volunteers in conjunction with school opening ceremonies of the ÆON 1% Club's
Cambodia School Construction Program. Support of the orang-utan forest habitat
preservation protect of the World Wildlife Fund, which seeks to project as well
as reforest the orangutan rainforest habitat in Malaysia.
Geographic
details:
Asia: Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam.
Other
themes:
Environmental education, reforestation, animals, ecological restoration, rivers,
lakes and oceans.
Financial
information:
Average grant: yen 0,971,500 = appr. 7,000 euro.
Remarks:
The ÆON Environment Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2005, so
its is offering special assistance programs of a total of 50 million yen each
year for the three year period between 2004 and 2006. Regarding applications:
foreign-based groups or individuals must have contact persons or groups in
Japan.
Contact
information:
Address: 5-1, 1-chome, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, 261-8515 Chiba - Japan
Phone: +81-43-212.6022
Fax: +81-43-212.6815
E-mail: ef@aeon.info or aeon-ef@mailgw.jusco.co.jp
Internet: www.aeon.info/ef
Information
collected 02/2005
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Beneficia Foundation
Background:
The mission of the Foundation is to enhance the quality of life through
conservation of the environment and promotion of the arts. Beneficia supports
programmes that are innovative, address unmet needs and strive for
self-sustainability.
Activities:
Priorities Environment Program: Research, inventory, protection and stewardship
of high priority, especially tropical and marine, ecosystems; creation of
economic incentives for the conservation of biodiversity; and environmental
policy and legislation.
Geographic
details:
Asia & Pacific: Philippines; Central & South America: Brazil, Ecuador,
French Guyana, Mexico.
Other
themes:
Climate issues, environmental justice, animals, coastal and marine issues.
Financial information:
Grants range between US$ 5,000 and US$ 40,000. Grants awarded in 2003 US$ appr.
US$ 1 million.
Remarks:
Application process: For the initial contact send a letter of inquiry
addressed to the Environment Committee which has to include: name and address;
annual report; project summary (1 page). The final proposal has to include a
project description with objectives, expected outcomes, and timetable (10
pages); budget including project expenses, committed sources of support, and
amount requested; qualifications of key personnel involved with the project.
Proposal deadline January 31.
Contact
information:
Address: One Pitcairn Place, Suite 3000, PA 19046 Jenkintown - United States
Phone: +1-215-881.6700
Fax: +1-215-881.6092
Information collected 01/2005
Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI)
Background:
CPALI envisions a world where new businesses and industries can only succeed if
they maintain native habitats and restore damaged ones. CPALI's mission is to
initiate, coordinate and implement new ways of generating income for the rural
poor that depend on the sustainable use of natural resources.
Activities:
CPALI works to identify, develop and implement new means of income generation
for poor farmers living in areas of high conservation value. CPALI identifies
new products, implements technology to develop their sustainable use and builds
the infrastructure needed to carry products to market. The goal is to provide
additional income streams that augment current farming practices and income
generating programs. CPALI is committed to this work because it believes
long-term solutions to maintaining native habitats will only be achieved if
people living near those sites have a vested interest in protecting them.
Project
example(s):
Tanzania: The CPALI Silk Project Gombe Stream National Park: sustainable farming
of native silk moths generates multiple income streams and is inherently
dependent on native trees and shrubs.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania; Asia: Thailand; Central America: Mexico.
Other
themes:
Agricultural issues (beekeeping, training, sustainable farming), capacity
building; micro-enterprises & artisanal production, agro-forestry &
reforestation.
Contact
information:
Address: 221 Lincoln Rd., MA 01773 Lincoln - United States
Phone: +1-781-259-9184
Fax: +1-617-749-8726
E-mail: ccraig@cpali.org
Internet: www.cpali.org
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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
Background:
CEPF is a joint initiative of Conservation International, the Global Environment
Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank.
CEPF provides strategic assistance to NGOs, community groups and other civil
society partners to help safeguard Earth's biodiversity hotspots. A fundamental
goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation.
Activities:
CEPF invests in biodiversity hotspots, Earth's biologically richest and most
threatened areas. CEPF focuses on hotspots in the developing world and
strategically targets priority areas in the hotspots for maximum impact. The
Fund provides funding and technical assistance to civil society groups in order
to help preserve the diversity of life and healthy ecosystems as essential
components of stable and thriving societies, and to undertake initiatives that
will ultimately also contribute to poverty alleviation and economic prosperity.
Project
example(s):
Indonesia: Expansion of Bukit Tigapuluh N.P. and protection of its wider
ecosystem. Enable expansion of Bukit Tigapuluh N.P. by adding defunct logging
concessions and rounding out boundaries for easier park protection measures.
Ecuador: Biodiversity conservation and management in the territorial lands of
the Awá of Ecuador. Consolidate the Awa indigenous territory, maintaining its
ecological integrity and permitting connectivity and sufficient species flow to
other areas through the legal establishment of the Reserva de la Vida and the
strengthening of local capacity to manage conservation and development projects.
Geographic
details:
Africa: South Africa (Cape Floristic Region, Karoo), Eastern Arc Mountains (Kenya,
Tanzania), Guinean Forests of West Africa, Madagascar; Asia: Caucasus, Eastern
Himalayas, Mountains of Southwest China, The Philippines, Sundaland (Indonesia,
Malaysia); Central & South America: Atlantic Forest (Brazil, Paraguay,
Uruguay), Chocó-Darién-Western Ecuador Corridor (Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru), Mesoamerica, Tropical Andes.
Other
themes:
Sustainable agriculture, capacity building, poverty reduction, forest issues (agro-forestry,
NTFPs, logging, research, community development & civil society issues,
water issues.
Remarks:
CEPF has a two-part application process. Applicants must first submit a letter
of inquiry. If invited, applicants then complete a more detailed proposal. Each
project must be linked to one of the strategic directions articulated in the
relevant ecosystem profile to be eligible for funding. See for more information:
http://www.cepf.net/xp/cepf/apply/index.xml
Contact
information:
Address: c/o Conservation International, 2501 M Street NW Suite 200, DC 20009
Washington DC - United States
Phone: +1-800-429.5660
Fax: +1-202-887.0193
E-mail: cepfgrants@conservation.org
Internet: www.cepf.net
Information collected 05/2005
EarthLink - The People & Nature Network
Background:
Together with the local population Earthlink designs strategies and measures to
protect the environment and to further environmentally conscious development of
the people's living spaces.
Activities:
One of the three focus areas of Earthlink is the support of sustainable
development projects. Together with its (often indigenous) partners Earthlink is
involved in concrete projects to protect forests, oceans and coastal areas. The
two other focus areas are public awareness campaigns and environmental education
activities, and networking to stimulate collaboration between small NGOs working
in the field of sustainable development.
Geographic
details:
Africa: South Africa; Asia: Philippines; Central & South America: Belize,
Brazil, Colombia.
Other
themes:
Agro-forestry (beekeeping, NTFPs), eco-tourism, environmental education, natural
resources management, indigenous people, coastal and marine issues.
Project
example(s):
Belize: Slate Creek Project: environmental education and habitat protection (anti-logging
and anti-poaching measures). Philippines: Negros Forest & Ecological
Foundation: Environmental education for the protection of biodiversity.
Contact
information:
Address: Frohschammerstr.14, 80807 München - Germany
Phone: +49-89-3565.2102
Fax: +49-89-3565.2106
E-mail: info@earthlink.de
Internet: www.earthlink.de
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collected 04/2005
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EarthWays Foundation
Background:
EarthWays promotes sustainable vision and action for the earth and humanity,
"a vision for the future that all living things can share." Through
its projects and educational events, they are a catalyst for personal growth,
global awareness and social and environmental activism.
Activities:
EarthWays initiates small-scale projects that are cutting edge models for
environmental preservation, human potential and sustainable development. It's
Environmental Projects are working to prevent ecological destruction, protect
wildlife in its natural habitat, and promote the importance of a sacred
connection with nature.
Project
example(s):
Ecuador: Panacocha Project (joint project with RIC Australia, Ancient Forests
USA and Rainforest Concern UK) to protect 56,000 ha. in the Ecuadorian Amazon in
collaboration with the local indigenous community of Corazon de Jesus. The
activities combine to protect the environment, promote cultural diversity, and
empower people to meet their basic needs while relying primarily on volunteer
efforts.
Geographic
details:
Asia: Myanmar; Central & South America: Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru.
Other
themes:
Agricultural issues (training, horticulture, permaculture), eco-tourism,
environmental education, forest issues, human and land rights, animals,
ecological restoration, cultural issues, indigenous people, social justice
programs for women and children, wetlands.
Remarks:
EarthWays administers a funding program called "John Seed Directed
Grants". Over the last five years approximately US$ 135,000 in grants has
been made to grass roots groups throughout the world with an average grant size
of US$ 500. Most of this money has been provided as: "grantor of last
resort", or emergency funding which could not wait for the long cycles of
most funding agencies. John Seed Directed Grants is also a vehicle to provide
funding for projects that need discretion.
Contact
information:
Address: 20178 Rockport Way, CA 90265 Malibu - United States
Phone: +1-310-456.83.00
E-mail: info@earthways.org
Internet: www.earthways.org
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collected 03/2005
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EcoLogic Development Fund (EDF)
Background:
EcoLogic's work is based on the conviction that local rural and indigenous
peoples are best suited to take the lead in initiatives that benefit their
communities and the environment. Ecologic's objective is to conserve endangered
wildlife and wildlands by advancing community-based development and resource
management. It promotes the productive use of natural resources to meet local
needs.
Activities:
EcoLogic funds projects in the tropical ecosystems of Latin America. It has
helped ensure the conservation of tropical forests, trained farmers in
sustainable agriculture, strengthened community groups to protect their
threatened natural resources. All of EcoLogic's projects support and encourage
biodiversity conservation and management of natural resources.
Project
example(s):
Mexico: the Sierra Madre Alliance (SMA) is a bi-national grassroots organization
dedicated to the conservation of the biological and cultural heritage of the
Sierra Tarahumara, part of the western Sierra Madre. Honduras: Foundation for
Pico Bonito National Park (FUPNAPIB) was founded in 1993 to conserve and control
the use of the Pico Bonito National Park's natural resources and to improving
the quality of life of the surrounding communities by promoting sustainable
rural development.
Geographic details:
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.
Other
themes:
Sustainable agriculture, capacity building, renewable energy, income generation,
micro-credits, ecotourism and handicrafts, agro-forestry and NTFPs,
reforestation and protection of communal forests, technical assistance,
conservation of watersheds and fresh water resources, conservation of coastal
marine habitats.
Financial
information:
EcoLogic provides a combination of grants and loans to finance projects, ranging
from US$ 5,000 to US$ 70,000 for a period of one to three years. Grants support
training, education, and other activities that do not generate income. Loans
support activities that generate revenu, such as the creation of
micro-enterprises.
Contact
information:
Address: P.O. Box 383405, MA 02238 Cambridge - United States
Phone: +1-617-441.63.00
Fax: +1-617-441.63.07
E-mail: enews@ecologic.org
Website: www.ecologic.org
Information collected 01/2005
Friends of Conservation (FOC)
Background:
Friends of Conservation (FOC) is a conservation charity that works with local
communities across the world to protect their surrounding wildlife and habitats.
FOC is committed to working with local peoples to develop and promote a balance
between their needs and those of the wildlife with which they share their
natural habitat and ecosystems.
Activities:
Projects aim at protection of wildlife (including research), conservation of
habitats (including environmental
education), and community development.
Project
example(s):
Seychelles: FOC is supporting the work of the Wildlife Clubs of Seychelles (WCS)
in promoting conservation and environmental education. The WCS are involved in a
wide variety of activities such as planting native trees, visiting nature
reserves, creating school exhibits and undertaking habitat restoration.
Uganda: the Ugandan Conservation Foundation supports wildlife conservation
across Uganda. The Kitomi Forest Reserve biodiversity project combines
conservation, and environmental education and awareness raising of the
population around the Reserve.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe; Asia:
India, Iran, Thailand, Central America & Caribbean: Belize, Costa Rica,
Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago.
Other themes:
Agriculture (medicinal, plants, horticulture), eco-tourism, alternative energy,
afforestation and agro-forestry, environmental education, natural resources
management, community development, wetlands.
Contact
information:
Address: 16-18 Denbigh Street, SW1V 2 ER London - United Kingdom
Phone: +44-20-7592.0110
Fax: +44-20-7828.4856
E-mail: focinfo@aol.com
Internet: www.foc-uk.com
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Frontier - Society for Environmental Exploration
Background:
Frontier - Society for Environmental Exploration (SEE) is dedicated to
safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. The mission is to promote and
advance tropical field research and to implement practical projects contributing
to the conservation of natural resources and the development of sustainable
livelihoods.
Activities:
Frontier projects advance field research and implement projects that will help
conserve biodiversity and ecosystems, and help develop sustainable livelihoods.
Frontier projects entail rigorous, "hands-on" fieldwork, benefiting
endangered tropical wildlife and their ecosystems and directly assisting
developing countries rich in biodiversity but poor in the capacity to manage
natural resources. Alternative income-generation schemes serve a dual function
of providing economic support to communities and sustained protection of local
forest resources. Environmental education is an essential tool for public
awareness-raising on environmental issues that affect local communities and
livelihoods.
Project
example(s):
Madagascar: Marine Biodiversity Training Project; Sept Lacs Region, Wetland
Biodiversity and Resource Use Summary; Nicaragua: Volcán Cosiguina Biodiversity
Research Project; Tanzania: East Usambara Biodiversity Survey Project; Kilombero
Valley Integrated Environmental Management Project; Vietnam: Bai Tu Long Bay
Biodiversity Awareness Project; Sa Pa Integrated Environmental Education
Project.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda; Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam;
Central America: Nicaragua.
Other
themes:
Capacity building, micro-enterprise development, environmental education, marine
conservation and wetlands.
Contact
information:
Address: 50-52 Rivington Street, EC2A 3QP London - United Kingdom
Phone: +44-20-7613.2422
Fax: +44-20-7613.2992
E-mail: info@frontier.ac.uk
Internet: www.frontierprojects.ac.uk
Information collected 03/2005
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF)
Background:
The mission of the Fund is to help protect the global environment by
strengthening the grassroots environmental movement in developing countries with
small grants. The GGF aims to bridge the gap between those who can offer
financial support and grassroots groups in developing countries that can make
effective use of that support. The GGF helps donors overcome the barriers to
grassroots grantmaking by identifying worthy organizations and moving funds at
minimal cost.
The Fund is like is an incubator of grassroots initiatives. Financial support is
provided and, through the advisor network, connection is given to a global
community of people with scientific expertise, political savvy and access to
sources of further funding.
Activities:
The GGF supports a wide range of community-based initiatives that protect the
environment in the most underserved and threatened regions on Earth. The purpose
of GGF is to strengthen organizational infrastructure and networking capability
with grants for those essential expenses that allow organizations to do their
work.
Themes:
The Fund focuses on a vast array of development and environment issues.
Priorities include environmental education and awareness raising, capacity
strengthening and institutional support, also regarding campaigns, meetings,
monitoring and policy issues.
Project
example(s):
Kenya: Kakamega Biodiversity Conservation Tour. To support this association of
forest guides in its efforts to improve local environmental education programs,
promote eco-tourism in the Kakemega Forest and develop economic alternatives to
forest destruction.
Uganda: Butamira Environmental Pressure Group. To support the protection of the
Butamira Forest Reserve through such activities as workshops on environmental
rights, advocacy training and establishment of a tree nursery.
India: Coastal Poor Development Action Network. To support post-tsunami mangrove
restoration on the Andaman Islands, including information programs, mangrove
replanting and establishment of community-based protected zones.
Bolivia: Consejo Regional T'simane Moseten - Pilón Lajas. To fund
capacity-building workshops with indigenous inhabitants of the Pilon Lajas
Biosphere Reserve and government officials to help them develop a sustainable
community management plan for the reserve.
Armenia: Lore Ecological Club. To fund a citizen volunteer clean up of the
Dzoraget River Canyon, a habitat restoration program, and a series of
educational presentations to be broadcast on local TV.
Geographic
details:
The GGF has a global focus, surf to: http://www.greengrants.org/simplesearch.php
Special
Programmes:
The GGF has a special grantmaking board to identify grassroots groups working to
influence trends in international lending and finance. Grants recommended by the
International Financial Institutions (IFI) Advisory Board help groups gain a
voice in decisions about development programs, dams, public works and other
large-scale projects. The IFI Advisory Board can allocate grants up till US$
15,000.
Financial
information:
Grants range between US$ 500 and US$ 5,000.
Remarks:
To find grantees GGF relies on nearly 100 volunteer advisors around the world.
Linked in a network of regional and global advisory boards, these volunteers
allow the Fund to capitalize on the expertise of people who know first hand
where the most urgent and promising work is happening. GGF does not accept
unsolicited grant proposals or applications. If you have a project that you
believe might be of interest to the GGF you have to consult the list of advisors,
surf to: http://www.greengrants.org/advisors.all.html
Contact
information:
Address: 2840 Wilderness Place Suite E, CO 80301 Boulder - United States
Phone:
+1-303-939.9866
Fax: +1-303-939.9867
E-mail: info@greengrants.org
Internet: www.greengrants.org
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Humane Earth Foundation (HEF)
Background:
The Humane Earth Foundation or 'Fondation pour une Terre Humaine' was set up by
a number of private individuals who were worried about the state of the
environment. One of its main aims is to defend the natural environment and
biodiversity.
Activities:
The Foundations is mainly interested in actions of "social change",
aimed rather at searching for the causes of the deteriorations noted, and taking
action against the causes. HEF supports especially projects that inform people
of the risks that they face because of attacks on the environment and
biodiversity, and that implement concrete experience leading to changes in
behaviour in a way that better respects the environment in combination with
spreading knowledge of successful experiences to show that change is possible.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Madagascar, Mali, Niger; Asia: India; Central & South America:
Brasil, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru.
Other
themes:
Capacity building (especially creation of agricultural cooperatives), combat
poverty; food security, pesticides & waste, sustainable farming, health
care, impact of multilateral trade agreements on environmental questions.
Remarks:
At the moment priority is given to the support of small associations in Western
European that are in real financial difficulty. Grants are especially directed
toward awareness raising and monitoring activities, meetings and dissemination
of information.
Contact
information:
Address: 15 route de Fribourg, 1723 Marly - Switzerland
Phone: +33-1-4047.5512
Fax: +33-1-4047.5512
E-mail: infos@terrehumaine.org
Internet: www.terrehumaine.org
Information collected 04/2005
Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE)
Background:
The JFGE aim is to provide support for NGO programs working for the conservation
of the global environment.
Programmes:
JFGE contributes to NGOs through two programmes:
Grants Program: extends financial support for environmental conservation
projects conducted by NGOs.
NGO Support Program, which provides support to NGOs through provision of
information materials and training courses (only in Japanese and for
japanese-speaking)
Activities:
The Grants Program provides financial assistance for conservation programs
carried out by NGOs in developing countries. Projects eligible for assistance
are: actual implementation of habitat and nature conservation, wildlife
protection and ecological restoration projects; and field studies and research
directly related to the above projects. Through the NGO Support Program
organizing of conferences, seminars and workshops for a better environmental
programs are funded.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania; Asia: China,
India, Indonesia, Maledives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russian Siberia,
South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand; South America: Brazil, Peru, Uruguay.
Project
example(s):
India: Pallishree: Environmental education and awareness program for the
stakeholders of Chilika Lagoon regarding the wise use of wetland ecosystems.
Other themes:
Sustainable farming, clean energy, climate issues, pollution, waste and
recycling, awareness raising & environmental education, natural resources
management, desertification and reforestation.
Financial
information:
Grant amounts will be set at an average of 6 million yen (appr. 44,000 euro) for
projects in developing regions.
Remarks:
JFGE requires all applications to be written in Japanese. Therefore, foreign
NGOs must have a Japanese representative (resident in Japan), who can coordinate
and fill out all the necessary form in Japanese. JFGE has a fixed format for
application, and provides the form through the Japanese representative. Foreign
NGOs must submit "the letter of attorney" with a representative
person's signature besides other submission materials above. JFGE has no service
of introducing or coordinating a Japanese NGO or individual to be a
representative.
For more details: http://www.erca.go.jp/jfge/english/frame/f_prog.html
Contact
information:
Address: 1-4-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyodaku, 100-0013 Tokyo - Japan
Phone: +81-3-5251.1076
Fax: +81-3-3592.5090
E-mail: kikin@jec.go.jp
Internet: www.jec.go.jp
Information collected 05/2005
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF)
Background:
The Fund is: supporting activities, including aid, of foreign and Japanese
NGO-administered nature conservation projects in developing countries; providing
training for personnel that will work on international nature conservation
projects; and promoting of a deeper understanding of environmental issues in
Japanese society.
Activities:
The KNCF supports field projects which provide assistance for nature
conservation efforts in developing countries, particularly in the Asia Pacific
region. The KNCF gives priority to projects that will serve to enrich
biodiversity. The KNCF supports field
projects which provide assistance for nature conservation efforts in developing
countries, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. The KNCF gives priority to
projects that will serve to enrich biodiversity
Project
example(s):
Philippines: Environment education and Reforestation for Biodiversity
Conservation regarding the forest of the Bignai area. Through regeneration of
water sources and forests by the local people efforts, biodiversity conservation
and earth and water resources security are carried out.
Vietnam: Conservation of Wetland in Ha Tien Plain by setting up of a new wetland
protection area, and carrying out a survey / map-make.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Burkina Faso, Guinea; Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East
Timor, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam; Pacific: Fiji, Micronesia, Palau, papua-New Guinea, Solomon Islands;
Far East: China, Mongolia, Russia>Siberia; South America: Ecuador.
Other themes:
Alternative energy, eco-tourism, environmental education, natural resources
management, reforestation, agro-forestry, community development, integrated
river basin management, coastal issues (mangroves, coral), wetlands.
Remarks:
Proposals will be considered for projects to be carried out between April
2005 and March 2006. Applications are being screened by mid-March.
Guidelines: http://www.keidanren.or.jp/kncf/eng_index.html
Application form: http://www.keidanren.or.jp/kncf/en/downloads/grant2005e.pdf
Applications should be sent to the following address:
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund:
C/o Public Trust Sec., Tokyo Main Office Business Dep., Sumitomo Trust &
Banking Co., Ltd., 4-4 Marunouchi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100.8233 - Japan
Fax: +81-3-3286-8780
E-mail: charitabletrust@sumitomotrust.co.jp
Contact
information:
Address: Kotani-Bldg. 8F, 1-2-7 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-Ku, 100-0047 Tokyo - Japan
Phone: +81-3-5282-5701
Fax: +81-3-5282-5703
E-mail: kncf@keidanren.or.jp
Internet: www.keidanren.or.jp/kncf
Information collected 05/2005
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation
Background:
The Foundation concerns itself particularly with matters of species extinction,
habitat destruction and fragmentation, resource depletion and resource waste. It
favors solutions that directly benefit local communities and serve as exemplars
for saving species and wildlands. It recognizes the imperative to reconcile
nature preservation with human needs and aspirations.
Activities:
Primary programme interests are the mitigation of conflict between the land
resource needs of local communities and conservation of biological diversity in
rural landscapes outside of parks and reserves.
Project
example(s):
Republic of Congo: Ecosystem Management of the Periphery of Nouabale-Ndoki
National Park: Design, implementation, and monitoring of integrated forest and
wildlife management programs for timber concessions and contiguous community
lands surrounding the National Park.
Argentina: Patagonia Coastal Zone Management Plan: Implementation of the
comprehensive coastal zone resource management plan for Patagonia, and
continuation of associated ecological research and public education programs
Geographic
details:
Africa: Gabon. Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania; Central & South
America: Argentine, Belize,
Brazil, Ecuador + Region-wide; Far East: Russia>Siberia.
Other
themes:
Capacity building, environmental education, natural resources management,
agro-forestry, mapping, acquisition of lands, ecological restoration, research,
community development, indigenous people, women, coastal conservation
(mangroves), wetlands.
Financial
information:
Types of support are internship funds, grants, and seed money. No grants are
given for general support of for underwritting of overhead. Grants vary between
US$ 15,000 and US$ 170,000.
Contact
information:
Address: 650 5th Avenue, NY 10019 New York - United States
Phone: +1-212-333.2536
Fax: +1-212-956.3531
E-mail: lcaof@fcc.net
Internet: www.lcaof.org/home.html
Information collected 02/2005
Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation (MMBF)
Background:
The aim of the Foundation is to contribute to global biodiversity conservation
by providing strategically targeted, catalytic support for the conservation of
endangered non-human primates and their natural habitats.
Activities:
The efforts of the Foundation are dedicated exclusively to primate conservation
and their natural habitats. Projects should contribute to at least one, and
preferably more, of the following themes: enhancement of scientific
understanding and knowledge of the target species or ecosystem; improved
protection of a key species, habitat or reserved area; demonstration of economic
benefit achieved through conservation of a species and its habitat; increased
public awareness or educational impact resulting from the project in question;
and improved local capacity to carry out future conservation efforts through
training or practical experience obtained through project participation.
Project example(s):
Bioko Programme Equatorial Guinea: conservation operations on Bioko Island
directed toward protecting the endangered primate species and overall
biodiversity.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar; Asia: Vietnam; South America: Brazil.
Other
themes:
Capacity buiding, mapping, acquisition of land.
Financial
information:
Grants range usually between US$ 1,000 and US$ 3,000.
Remarks:
The MMBF cooperates with Conservation International in the Primate Action
Fund.
Contact
information:
Address: P.O. Box 923, VA 22066 Great Falls - United States
Fax: +1-703-759.68.79
Information collected 03/2005
NC-IUCN-NL Dry and Sub-Humid Areas Small Grants Programme (DAS)
Background:
The Netherlands Committee for IUCN is a cooperative agreement between the Dutch
members of IUCN, and the Dutch members of the six international IUCN commissions.
The DAS Programme aims at poverty alleviation through the conservation,
restoration and sustainable management of dry and sub-humid ecosystems.
Activities:
Funded are projects that focus on the sustainable use and conservation of dry
and sub-humid ecosystems and their resources, which includes support for:
traditional management and conservation systems; community-based management;
sustainable use of (wildlife) resources in dry and sub-humid ecosystems; gender
relations and natural resource management; support for ecosystem restoration (forest
landscape restoration, natural regeneration); and agroforestry.
Other
activities:
Also funded are projects that aim at access to natural resources, including
working towards conflict resolution between different stakeholders (especially
between farmers and pastoralists) and support for local agreements; and gender
relations and access to resources. Furthermore projects in the field of
livelihood improvement are supported, which includes poverty alleviation through
the marketing of sustainably harvested dry land products and support for
sustainable income generating activities.
Geographic
details:
West African ecoregion (south-west Senegal, south-west Mauritania, south Mali,
Burkina Faso, south Niger, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra
Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, south-west Chad, north Cameroon,
north Nigeria).
Other
themes:
Capacity building, agro-forestry, ecological restoration, natural resources
management, community development.
Financial
information:
The maximum financial assistance amounts to € 85.000. Funds made available
through DAS are not meant for long-term support to an organisation. Therefore it
is not possible to finance a second phase of a project when the maximum amount
of € 85.000 has been granted for implementation of the first phase.
Remarks:
DAS selects new projects for funding by means of pre-set sessions during
which project proposals are assessed. Deadlines for the submission of proposals
are announced by DAS through its website, electronic mailings and network
contacts. In emergency situations, however, a request for urgent funding of
actions is possible. Urgent actions are field or campaigning activities for
which immediate assistance is needed The maximum amount that can be allocated to
an urgent action is € 10.000.
Contact
information:
Address: Plantage Middenlaan 2K, 1018 DD Amsterdam - Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-626.17.32
Fax: +31-20-627.93.49
E-mail: mail@nciucn.nl
Internet: www.nciucn.nl
Information collected 10/2004
Background:
Pacific Environment protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim by
strengthening democracy, supporting grassroots activism, empowering communities,
and redefining international policies.
Activities:
Pacific Environment presently supports over 100 different NGOs throughout the
Pacific Rim. PE provides them with small grants, equipment (computers, modems),
information, advice and other capacity-building tools. Supporting Local
Environmental Struggles: PE dedicates over one-third of its budget each year to
funding grassroots organizations that address critical environmental threats
like illegal logging and over-fishing.
Project
example(s):
Russia and Far East: For over ten years PE has been supporting NGOs in Siberia
and the Russian Far East. Many of the citizens in this vast region have a long
tradition of care and stewardship for this taiga-wilderness.
China: PE works with some of the leading organizations that have taken a stand
in China, where groups supported by PE have worked on education and conservation
around migratory birds and seals, and forest monitoring. Currently, PE has two
main focuses in China: timber trade and marine conservation.
Geographic
details:
Asia & Pacific: China, India, Papua New Guinea, Russian Far East.
Other
themes:
Capacity building, environmental awareness raising and education, reforestation,
mapping and land rights, environmental law, community development, indigenous
issues, water issues (coasts, marine protection).
Remarks:
Other activities incluse: Funding of meetings, workshops etc. Training of
environmental lawyers. Holding banks and corporations accountable by monitoring
public banks that back oil, gas, mining and timber extraction and the companies
that profit from these often-devastating projects. Pacific Environment forges
coalitions and partnerships with environmentalists and impacted communities
around the Pacific Rim.
Contact
information:
Address: 1440 Broadway, suite 306, CA 94612 Oakland - United States
Phone: +1-510-251.8800
Fax: +1-510-251.8838
E-mail: info@pacificenvironment.org
Internet: www.pacificenvironment.org
Information collected 01/2005
Background:
Patagonia gives at the grassroots level to innovative groups overlooked or
rejected by other corporate donors. Patagonia supports small, grassroots
activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas. They fund
activists who take radical and strategic steps to protect habitat, wilderness
and biodiversity.
Activities:
Patagonia funds only environmental work. Because they believe that true change
will occur only through a strong grassroots movement, the funding focuses on
organisations that build a strong base of citizen support. One of the programme
priorities is biodiversity (land and sea)
Project
example(s):
Chile, Centro Austral de Derecho Ambiental: CEADA uses legal actions and
market-based campaigns to try to reduce environmental degradation and to protect
the endangered alerce forest in Chile.
Geographic
details:
Central & South America: Argentine, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico.
Other themes: alternative energy, forests, natural resource management, social activism, sustainable agriculture, toxics, water and marine issues.
Financial
information:
Most grants are in the range of US$ 3,000 to US$ 8,000.
Contact
information:
Address: PO Box 150 , CA 93002 Ventura - United States
E-mail: info@patagonia.com
Internet: www.patagonia.com/enviro/main_enviro_action.shtml
Information collected 02/2005
Background:
Rettet den Regenwald (Save the Rainforest) fights for the rights of the
rainforest populations and the protection of their habitats. Activities are
mainly focused on awareness raising, dissemination of information and
campaigning.
Activities:
Support of grass-roots organisations which fight against forest destruction, and
for indigenous rights, social progress and sustainable development. The
organisation provides funds for the purchase of rain forest surfaces.
Other
activities:
Support of legal actions and campaigns against tropical timber from primary
forests, against fraud and deception within and around FSC, campaigns against
forest destruction by large development projects (dams), mining activities,
plantations and other commercial activities.
Geographic details:
Africa: Dem. Rep. Congo; Asia: Indonesia, Philippines; Central & South
America: Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala.
Other
themes:
Capacity building, natural resources management, reforestation, ecological
restoration, land rights, cultural issues, wetlands.
Project
example(s):
Philippines: Samal Island: mangrove protection and restoration project.
Ecuador: Support for the Sarayacu in the southern Amazon region in their
resistance against oil exploitation in their traditional habitat.
Contact
information:
Address: Friedhofsweg 28, 22337 Hamburg - Germany
Phone: +49-40-410.38.04
Fax: +49-40-450.01.44
E-mail: info@regenwald.org
Internet: www.regenwald.org
Information collected 03/2005
Background:
Seacology's focus is on islands. It is the world's premier nonprofit NGO with
the sole and unique purpose of preserving the environments and cultures of
islands all over the globe.
Seacology searches for situations that not only protect the local environment,
but also provide the islanders tangible benefits in return.
Activities:
From Fiji in the South Pacific to Madagascar, from islands in the Arctic Circle
to tropical islands of Southeast Asia, from Bali to Micronesia and from
Polynesia to Iceland, Seacology launches projects to help preserve island
environments and cultures.
Project example(s):
Micronesia, Fefen Island: Upgrading and improvement of water systems in exchange
for the establishment of the Oroor Forest Reserve.
Indonesia West Papua, Arborek Village, Gam Island: Village-wide solar power in
exchange for the establishment of 25,600 acres of no-take reef and rainforests.
Indonesia, North Sulawesi, Teling Village: Upgrading and repairing an existing
fresh water system in exchange for the establishment of a 250-acre no-take
forest reserve.
Papua New-Guinea, West New Britain Island, Kimbe Bay: Reroofing of buildings
housing local community marine conservation NGO for the expansion of a network
of Locally Managed Marine Areas.
Other
themes:
Sustainable development, eco-tourism, alternative energy (solar, micro-hydro),
environmental education, waste management, cultural issues, indigenous people,
coastal and marine issues.
Contact information:
Address: 2009 Hopkins Street, CA 94707 Berkeley - United States
Phone: +1-510-559.3505
Fax: +1-510-559.3506
E-mail: islands@seacology.org
Internet: www.seacology.org
Information collected 05/2005
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Background:
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, was created in 2003 in order to
to work with purpose and passion on behalf of wildlife and habitats worldwide,
encouraging sustainable solutions through support of species research, animal
rescue and rehabilitation and conservation education.
Activities:
The Fund will make grants in support of wildlife conservation projects conducted
by recognized charitable organizations and noted scientists throughout the world.
Types of Projects are: Aquatic and terrestrial species research; habitat
protection; animal rescue & rehabilitation; and conservation education.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Central African Rep., Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa,
Zimbabwe; Asia: Cambodia, Nepal; Far East: Russia=Siberia; South America: Brazil,
Chile, Ecuador; Central & Eastern Europe: Bulgaria.
Other
themes:
Environmental education, forest conservation, ecological restoration, marine
issues, wetlands.
Contact
information:
Address: 231 S. Bemiston Ave., MO 63105 Clayton - United States
E-mail: info@swbgfund.org
Internet: www.swbg-conservationfund.org
Information collected 05/2005
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
Background:
The SSNC is the largest nature conservation and environmental organisation in
Sweden. The main purpose is nature protection including the protection of
endangered species. SSNC's international work aims to contribute to an
ecologically, socially and economically sustainable global development that is
based on respect for human rights and democratic systems of governance.
Activities:
SSNC's activities range from the exchange of ideas and information to joint
campaigns and lobbying on global environmental issues as well as financial
support of projects and campaigns in the South.
Project
example(s):
Tanzania: Supporting the work of with traditional nature conservancy issues,
concentrating on fauna and biotope protection. The WCST is working with the SSNC
on a project to strengthen the protection of the unique coastal forests of Pugu
and Kazimzumbwi
Honduras: Support of Codeffagolf's work regarding the fight against the
expansion of shrimp farming, which is why the organisation is working with the
SSNC on a project to conserve mangrove forests and wetlands in the Fonseca Bay,
thereby safeguarding the livelihoods of small farmers and fishermen.
Geographical
details:
Afrika: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda; Asia: India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand; Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras;
South America: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay; Baltic Sea
Region.
Other
themes:
Sustainable farming, toxics & pesticides, food security, trade issues,
climate, environmental education, natural resources management, certification,
plantations, environmental justice, land rights, indigenous people, civil
society, sustainable fishing & shrimp aquaculture, rivers & dams,
wetlands, mangroves.
Contact
information:
Address: P.O. Box 4625, 11691 Stockholm - Sweden
Phone: +46-8-702.65.00
Fax: +46-8-702.08.55
E-mail: info@snf.se
Internet: www.snf.se/english.cfm
Information collected 05/2005
World Land Trust (WLT)
Background:
The WLT seeks to conserve the World's tropical forests, as well as other
biologically important habitats, which are threatened by destruction. Its aim is
to protect and sustainably manage natural ecosystems of the world, to conserve
their biological diversity, with emphasis on threatened habitats and endangered
species;
Activities:
By helping to purchase land outright the Trust can save tropical forests and
their wildlife and by initiating conservation projects for sustainable
development, the living conditions of the local people can be improved, thus
lessening the risks to other parts of the forest.
Project
example(s):
India: Wild Lands Elephant Corridor: The project aims to protect an important
population of Indian elephants by preventing forest fragmentation which is a
serious threat to their survival. The project will also assist the villagers
with the financial capability and expertise to create an alternative livelihood
to the 'slash-and burn' agriculture.
Argentine: Patagonia Coastal Steppe project: protecting an important habitat for
many threatened and endemic species.
Geographic
details:
Asia: India, Philippines; Central & South America: Argentine, Belize,
Ecuador, Paraguay.
Other
themes:
Awareness raising, sustainable development, climate, environmental education,
natural resources management, ecological restoration, coasts & wetlands.
Contact
information:
Address: P.O. Box 27 , IP19 8AL Halesworth - United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1986-874422
Fax: +44-1986-874425
E-mail: info@worldlandtrust.org
Internet: www.worldlandtrust.org
Information collected 05/2005
Background:
The mission of WP is to provide local conservation organizations around the
world the financial resources they need to purchase and protect critical lands
for biodiversity conservation. WP specifically targets lands that are critical
for preventing immediate species extinctions and are exceptionally rich in
biological diversity.
Activities:
World Parks' strategy is designed to meet the specific challenges of securing
private lands for conservation and is comprised of two main components: working
exclusively though locally-based conservation organizations; and targeting the
highest priority lands for conservation.
Project
example(s):
Brazil: Serra das Lontras project: Environmental management, organic
certification, community education and monitoring to complement funding for land
purchase. Local Partners: BirdLife Brazil and Instituto de Estudios
Sócio-Ambientais do Sul da Bahia (IESB).
Ecuador: Tumbesian Region project: Land purchase, management of private reserves
and community initiatives to establish community reserves. Local Partner:
Bosques sin Fronteras and associated partner organizations.
Geographic
details:
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico; South America:
Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru.
Other
themes:
Capacity building, eco-tourism, forest conservation, land rights &
indigenous people, wildlife protection, community development.
Financial
details:
WPE provides grant for small project which range between US$ 5.000 and
US$ 10.000. Regarding funding for large projects (from US$ 100.000 onwards) WPE
acts as a go-between.
Contact
information:
Address: 2000 L Street, NW, Suite #620, DC 20036 Washington - United States
Phone: +1-202-939.3808
Fax: +1-202-939.3868
E-mail: worldparks@worldparks.org
Website: www.worldparks.org
Information collected 05/2005
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