Donor Newsletter # 3-2005 - Wetlands and related issues
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 third 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 wetlands conservation (and research) and habitat/ecosystem protection.
This series of publications is made possible by a grant of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM).
Action
for Mangrove Reforestation
Birdlife International
Conservation International
Ducks Unlimited International
EECONET Action Fund
Fauna & Flora International
Fundació Natura
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Facility
Global Nature Fund: Living Lakes
Global Peatland Initiative
Green Coast Small Grant Facility
International Community Foundation
International Crane Foundation
IUCN Water & Nature Initiative
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund
LakeNet
NC-IUCN-NL Small grants for Wetlands Programme
New England Biolabs Foundation
OISCA International
One World Wildlife
Ramsar Small Grants Programme
Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program
Trees, Water and People
Wetlands International
Wild Foundation
Wetlands for the Future Fund
WWF Freshwater / Partners for Wetlands
Action for Mangrove Reforestation (ACTMANG)
Background:
The Action for Mangrove Reforestation (ACTMANG) was founded with the goal of
promoting the global reforestation of mangroves in cooperation with people
throughout the world.
Activities:
ACTMANG offers technical and financial support for the preservation and
reforestation by local residents of mangrove areas, and the research, study and
promotion of those activities.
Project
example(s):
Conducting mangrove reforestation and primary mangrove protection programs in
Ecuador's northern river deltas.
Geographic
details:
Asia: Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam -
South America: Ecuador
Other
themes:
Eco-tourism, environmental conservation, reforestation, ecological restoration,
coastal ecosystems.
Contact
information:
Address: MM Mansion 1104, 3-29-15-1104, Honcho, Nakano-ku, 164-0012 Tokyo -
Japan
Phone: +81-3-3373-9772
Fax: +81-3-3373-9772
E-mail: actmang@big.or.jp
Internet: http://www3.big.or.jp/~actmang/index.html
(Japanese only)
Information collected 02/2005
Birdlife International (BI)
Background:
By focusing on birds, and the sites and habitats on which they depend, the
BirdLife Partnership is working to improve the quality of life for birds, for
other wildlife (biodiversity), and for people. It is a global Partnership of
conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and
global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of
natural resources.
Activities:
Projects and programmes aiming at the: prevention of the extinction of any bird
species; maintainance and where possible improvement of the conservation status
of all bird species; conservation and where appropriate improvement and
enlargement of sites and habitats important for birds; conservation of
biodiversity and the improvement of the quality of people's lives; integration
od bird conservation into sustaining people's livelihoods.
Project
example(s):
Madagascar: Wetland Conservation: to implement site conservation work in the
West Malagasy Wetlands Endemic Bird Area, following priorities identified in the
IBA inventory, and capacity-development - to strengthen the Malagasy team's
ability to develop and implement its own conservation programme.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone - Asia: Indonesia, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka - South America: Brazil, Ecuador.
Other
themes:
Sustainable land use; capacity building; eco-tourism; environmental issues (awareness-raising,
conservation, environmental education); reforestation & conservation; animal
protection, biodiversity, habitat protection, research activities; community
development.
Contact
information:
Address: BirdLife Global Office, Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, CB3 0NA Cambridge
- United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1223-277.318
Fax: +44-1223-277.200
E-mail: birdlife@birdlife.org
Internet: http://www.birdlife.org
Information collected 12/2005
Conservation International (CI)
Background
CI is a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization which applies
innovations in science, economics, policy and community participation to protect
the Earth's richest regions of plant and animal diversity in the biodiversity
hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas as well as important marine regions
around the globe. The mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, global
biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live
harmoniously with nature.
Activities:
CI prioritizes its conservation efforts in the world's most threatened
biodiversity hotspots, like for instance the wetlands of the Pantanal in South
Amerika and the Okavango delta in Southern Africa. The organisation is also
working to conserve high-biodiversity wilderness areas: vast regions of
relatively pristine habitat that sustain large numbers of plant and animal
species found nowhere else (e.g. Amazonia, Congo Forests, New Guinea). Finally
CI works to conserve biodiversity in some of the world's most biologically rich
and productive ocean environments.
CI manages an array of mechanisms to directly finance conservation efforts by field programs and partners in ways that benefit nature and people alike. To meet the critical need to increase funding for biodiversity conservation, CI aims to make 50 percent of our annual budget available to partners. CI's three funds bring together diverse partners, both at the donor level and on the front line. They work in complementary ways and leverage each other's investments to meet an overarching goal of maximum conservation outcomes.
The
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund - a joint initiative of CI, the Global
Environment Facility, the government of Japan, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank - provides funding to engage civil
society in safeguarding biodiversity hotspots.
The Global Conservation Fund - capitalized with a grant from the Gordon and
Betty Moore Foundation - finances the creation, expansion and long-term
management of protected areas in hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas
and key marine regions.
Verde Ventures - capitalized by the International Finance Corporation, the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Starbucks Coffee Company - invests
in businesses that are strategically important to biodiversity conservation in
hotspots, high-biodiversity wilderness areas and key marine regions.
Geographic
details:
Global.
Other
themes:
Poverty reduction; sustainable development; income generating activities;
environmental education; climate issues; animals; biodiversity; habitat
protection; freshwater resources; river basin management.
Contact
information:
Address: 1919 M Street, NW Suite 600, DC 20036 Washington - United States
Phone: +1-202-912.10.00
Fax: +1-202-912.38.51
Internet: www.conservation.org
www.cepf.net www.conservation.org/xp/gcf
www.conservation.org/xp/verdeventures
Information collected 12/2005
Ducks Unlimited International (DULAC)
Background:
Ducks Unlimited is an international non-profit wetlands, waterfowl, and wildlife
conservation. It conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated
habitats for waterfowl.
Remarks:
DU has long recognized that maintaining North America's waterfowl populations
requires conservation well beyond U.S. borders. The organisation is meeting this
challenge through its expanding Latin American and Caribbean Wetland
Conservation Program (DULAC).
Activities:
Wetland and waterfowl habitat conservation through science-based, on-the-ground
conservation strategies.
Project example(s):
Nariva Swamp Restoration Initiative in Trinidad and Tobago.
Geographic
details:
Central America & Caribbean: Bahamas, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago -
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela.
Other
themes:
GIS-mapping; waterfowl surveys; animals; biodiversity.
Contact
information:
Address: One Waterfowl Way, TN 38120 Memphis - United States
E-mail: lac@ducks.org
Internet: www.ducks.org
Information collected 12/2005
EECONET Action Fund (EAF)
Background:
The Action Fund is a joint venture of the European Union for Coastal
Conservation (EUCC), the European Union of Site Management Organisations
(EUROSITE) and the European Natural Heritage Fund (EURONATURE). Its aim is to
fund third parties (semi-state governmental organisations e.g. National Parks,
and NGOs) to buy or lease important natural sites which contribute to the Pan
European Ecological Network.
Activities:
The Fund focuses on the most vital and threatened habitats of the European
Ecological Network. Wetland, coastal and species rich grassland habitats are
given the highest priority. Other habitats, which are key corridors or stepping
stones in the Network, are also considered for support.
Project
example(s):
Poland: Land purchasing in the coastal area of Czarnocin Basin, Oder delta;
active nature protection and restoration of wetlands and coastal meadows
habitats.
Romania: Demonstration project on two future Special Protected Areas, under
Natura 2000, Strachina Lake Complex and the Vadu and Chituc Wetlands.
Serbia & Montenegro: Restoration of wet meadows and pastures in Obedska Bara
Special Nature Reserve.
Geographic
details:
All the countries of Central East, South Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
Other
themes:
Capacity-building; ecological restoration; nature issues (animals, biodiversity,
habitat protection); integrated river basin management.
Contact
information:
c/o EUCC International Secretariat
Address: P.O. Box 11232, 2301 EE Leiden - Netherlands
Phone: +31-71-512.29.00
Fax: +31-71-512.40.69
E-mail: eaf@eucc.nl
Internet: www.eeconet.org/eaf
Information collected 08/2005
Fauna & Flora International (FFI)
Background:
FFI - the world's longest established international conservation body - is one
of the few organizations whose remit is to protect the entire spectrum of
endangered plant and animal species on the planet.
FFI provides support to conservation initiatives throughout the world, in the
form of partnerships, technical assistance, direct funding and consultancy.
Conservation should be achieved through the application of scientific
understanding, a genuinely participatory approach, local capacity building and
long-term commitment.
Activities:
The protection of threatened ecosystems is one of the cornerstone activities of
the FFI. Its global remit encompasses arid zones, wetlands, mountains, tropical
forests, coastal zones and small islands.
Specific
activities are:
Building local capacity for conservation (a.o. by awareness-raising,
environmental education, community development and supporting micro-enterprise
initiatives); Integrating biodiversity and human needs (by introducing effective
management solutions for natural resources which meet the needs of both
biodiversity and people); Direct protection of species and habitats (a.o by
protected areas management, ecological restoration and ex situ conservation);
Securing land for conservation through purchase; Emergency response to
conservation needs.
Other
activities:
Influencing policy and the practice of conservation; and bridging the gap
between business and biodiversity.
Geographic
details:
FFI divides its work into five conservation programmes. Regional programmes
focus on Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Eurasia, while the Global
Programmes address conservation themes.
Remarks:
FFI operates several funds:
The Arcadia Fund brokers deals for land purchase, acquisition of land-use rights,
land stewardship agreements and other forms of land management in support of
conservation. The Flagship Species Fund aims to provide practical support to the
conservation of endangered species and their habitats in developing countries.
The Flagship Species Fund Small Grants Programme supports other flagship species
projects.
The Small Grants Programme gives grants to small-scale conservation projects
focused on endangered species.
Contact
information:
Address: Great Eastern House, Tenison Road, CB1 2TT Cambridge - United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1223-571.000
Fax: +44-1223-461.481
E-mail: info@fauna-flora.org
Internet: www.fauna-flora.org
Information collected 12/2005
Fundació Natura (FN)
Background:
Fundació Natura is exclusively devoted to the conservation of the biological
diversity through the protection, improvement and restoration of the natural
ecosystems. Its main objective is the conservation of biological biodiversity
through the protection and restoration of natural ecosystems.
Activities:
FN achieves its objectives through the purchase, leasing, transference of land
property, management agreements with landowners or the purchase of resource
exploitation rights.
Project
example(s):
Peru: Conservation and sustainable development of the Wakarpay wetlands.
Geographic
details:
Central & South America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru.
Other
themes:
Eco-tourism; degradation; natural resources management; biodiversity; ecological
restoration.
Contact
information:
Address: Rambla de Catalunya, 121, 6è 9a, 08008, Barcelona -Spain
Phone: +34-93-237.01.81
Fax: +34-93-237.01.81
E-mail: info@fundacionatura.org
Internet: www.fundacionatura.org
Information collected 12/2005
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP)
Background:
GEF is the designated financial mechanism for international agreements on
biodiversity, climate change, and persistent organic pollutants. The GEF funds
projects in six focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters,
ozone, land degradation (desertification), and persistent organic pollutants.
Activities:
Development of integrated freshwater basin-coastal area management to address
the causes and sectoral activities that endanger the reefs, wetlands, and
mangroves that serve as nursery areas for the ocean's living resources,
particularly transboundary fish stocks as part of the Integrated Land and Water
Multiple Focal Area Operational Program and the Waterbody-based Operational
Program.
Project example(s):
Malaysia: With funds from the GEF-SGP, which is implemented by the UNDP,
Wetlands International has helped the Semelai develop a basic tourism
infrastructure, trained them in guiding and other useful skills, and assisted
them in forming a community organization to manage tourism.
Geographic
details:
Global
Other
themes and activities:
Conservation and sustainable use and management of biodiversity in ecosystems (including
agrobiodiversity and agroecological systems); capacity-building and raising
public awareness of climate change and energy conservation and efficiency
issues; appropriate technologies; conservation and restoration of arid and
semi-arid areas; efficient stoves and biogas; integrated watershed management;
community development; eco-tourism; income generating activities; soil
conservation; afforestation; organic farming; pollution and waste management.
Contact
information:
Central Programme Management Team (CPMT)
Address: 304 East 45th Street, FF-956, NY 10017 New York - United States
Phone: +1-212-906.58.42
Fax: +1-212-906.65.68
E-mail: marie.khan@undp.org
Internet: http://sgp.undp.org
Information collected 12/2005
Global Nature Fund: Living Lakes
Background:
Living Lakes is the most important project of the GNF. It is an global
international network and partnership whose mission is to enhance the protection,
restoration and rehabilitation of lakes, wetlands, other freshwater bodies of
the world and their catchment areas.
Activities:
Conserving the biodiversity and the preservation of lakes, wetland ecosystems,
and fresh water bodies.
Restoring altered and disappearing wetlands and lake ecosystems.
Improving the quality of life for the local communities living around lake and
wetland ecosystems.
Building a commitment towards a sustainable use and development of these
ecosystems.
Promoting the use of applied sciences and technologies towards the conservation
of these ecosystems.
Supporting educational programs and cooperation with local communities and all
stakeholders or users towards the conservation of the biodiversity of these
ecosystems.
Disseminating of information relevant to these ecosystems.
Although
the types of assistance will differ with the local setting, support will be
directed at the following goals:
1) Permanent protection of natural resources and lake watersheds;
2) Environmentally friendly economic activities and structures;
3) Cooperation among citizens, non-governmental organizations, government
authorities, and businesses.
Living Lakes partners will actively participate in a diverse program of mutual
support.
Project
example(s):
Russia: Baikal Seals in Focus: Club Firn, the Lake Baikal's partner in the
network, has been undertaking an initiative focused on sustaining the population
of seals. The main tasks of this project are building cooperation between
relevant organizations and optimizing visitation management at the main seals'
rookeries on Lake Baikal.
Other
themes:
Advocacy; capacity-building; alternative energy; biodiversity, habitat
protection & ecological restoration; pollution & waste mangement.
Contact
information:
Address: Fritz-Reichle-Ring 4, 78315 Radolfzell - Germany
Phone: +49-7732-999.580
Fax: +49-7732-999.588
E-mail: info@globalnature.org
Internet: www.livinglakes.org/top.htm
Information collected 12/2005
Global Peatland Initiative (GPI)
Background:
The GPI is a partnership between NGOs, scientists, research institutes and the
private sector that provides a means to identify, develop and fund projects
essential to achieve the 'wise use' of peatlands globally. The aim is to support
and enhance the participation of countries in transition and developing
countries in international conservation and wise use of peatlands.
Activities:
The GPI is focused on conservation and restoration of peatlands, and integrated
development planning of peat-based agriculture, forestry and industry, within an
ecosystem-based approach to secure wise use of peatlands in relation to their
potential for poverty alleviation.
Project
example(s):
Indonesia: Central Kalimantan Peat Swamp Rehabilitation and Management Programme.
Mozambique/South Africa: Wise Use Management in Coastal Peatland Swamp Forests
in Maputaland.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Mozambique, South Africa - Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia - South America:
Argentine, Ecuador- Far East: China, Mongolia, Russian Siberia - Central East
Europe: Poland, Romania, Russia - Newly Independent States: Armenia, Georgia.
Other
themes:
Integrated agricultural development; capacity-building; poverty alleviation;
climate issues; mapping; biodiversity; ecological restoration.
Contact
information:
Address: c/o Wetlands International, PO Box 471, 6700 AL Wageningen -
Netherlands
Phone: +31-317-478.861
Fax: +31-317-478.850
E-mail: marcel.silvius@wetlands.org
Internet: www.globalpeatlands.net
or www.wetlands.org/projects/GPI
Information collected 12/2005
Green Coast Small Grant Facility
Background:
The Green Coast project was developed by Both ENDS, IUCN Netherlands, Wetlands
International, and WWF Netherlands for the areas affected by the tsunami of
2004. Its first aim is to restore the livelihoods of local communities. Coastal
ecosystems play an important role in providing them with safety and sources of
income. The Small Grants Facility supports local community projects that promote
restoration of coastal ecosystems (a.o. wetlands) and ecologically sustainable
reconstruction efforts. Local NGOs, CBOs or small-scale enterprises can also
implement projects that are related to ecosystem management and restoration.
Activities:
The programme's main goal is to support projects that promote the restoration of
coastal ecosystems and ecologically sustainable reconstruction efforts.
Objectives include:
1. Restoration of ecosystems in order to restore /reinforce the services they
provide in terms of support to livelihoods and safety, and biodiversity
conservation.
2. Sustainability of reconstruction (of ecosystems): to make sure reconstruction
efforts are ecologically and socio-economically sustainable and to make sure
local communities have a say in the way reconstruction efforts are done.
Project
example(s):
India: Improving livelihoods in Kaluveli Wetlands, Ekoventure, Pondicherry.
Sri Lanka: Rehabilitation of sand dunes Negombo estuary and Muthurajawela marsh
after the tsunami, NLMA, Negombo.
Geographic
details:
Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (e.g. home gardens); disaster mitigation and rehabilitation;
sustainable development; capacity-building; local economic development;
ecological restoration; community development; marine issues (e.g. fisheries).
Contact
information:
Contact person: Marie-José Vervest Green Coast project manager, c/o Wetlands
International
E-mail: Marie-Jose.Vervest@wetlands.org
Small Grants Facility: Marielies Schelhaas, IUCN NL
E-mail: marielies.schelhaas@nciucn.nl
Information collected 12/2005
International Community Foundation (ICFDN)
Background:
ICFDN is committed to fostering lasting philanthropy to benefit international
communities throughout the Americas and Asia in the areas of education,
community development, health, the environment and cultural endeavors. The ICFDN
in particular seeks to increase charitable giving and volunteerism across U.S.
borders to benefit overseas nonprofit organizations and communities primarily in
Baja California, Mexico.
Activities:
Regarding the environment one of the main activities supported by the
Foundations is ecological restoration (in that respect also research activities
are funded) of ecosystems a.o. wetlands.
Geographic
details:
Central & South America: Argentine, Guatemala, Mexico - Asia: China,
Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka (Tsunami-related), Thailand
Other
themes:
Capacity building; education; community development; health; environmental
education; animals; biodiversity; cultural issues; humaniatrian aid.
Remarks:
IFCDN offers individuals, corporations, family foundations, and private
foundations the opportunity to establish internationally-focused endowment and
non-endowment funds that will allow active donor participation in the
grantmaking process.
Contact
information:
Address: 11300 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 115, CA 92121 San Diego - United
States
Phone: +1-858-677.29.13
Fax: +1-858-677.29.18
E-mail: rkiy@icfdn.org
Internet: www.icfdn.org
Information collected 08/2005
International Crane Foundation (ICF)
Background:
The ICF, founded in 1973, is an organisation dedicated to the study and
preservation of cranes. The ICF commits to a future where all crane species are
secure - a future where people cooperate to protect and restore wild populations
and their ecosystems. These efforts sustain the places where cranes live, to the
benefit of countless other species
Activities:
The ICF works through a wide array of conservation programs and research
projects. Conservation measures include protecting important crane habitats
(wetland, grassland, and other ecosystems) by establishing protected areas and
restoring damaged ecosystems
Project
example(s):
Siberian Crane Flyway: a six-year effort to sustain the ecological integrity of
a network of globally important wetlands in Asia, using the Siberian Crane as a
flagship species. These sites are critical for migratory waterbirds and other
wetland biodiversity.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Botswana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauretania,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South-Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe - Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Kazachstan,
Russia= Siberia, Pakistan, South-Korea, Thailand, Vietnam - Caribbean: Cuba.
Other
themes:
Awareness-raising; capacity-building; environmental education; animals;
biodiversity; ecological restoration.
Contact
information:
Address: E-11376 Shady Lane Rd., P.O. Box 447, WI 53913 Baraboo - United States
Phone: +1-608-356.9462
Fax: +1-608-356.9465
E-mail: explorer@savingcranes.org
Internet: www.savingcranes.org
Information collected 12/2005
IUCN Water & Nature Initiative
Background:
The Initiative is a 5-year action plan of 80 partner organizations to improve
water management for healthy rivers and healthy communities. Demonstration of
good management in ten basins is supported by the development of tools for
financing, governance, empowerment, and information.
Activities:
The main goal of the IUCN Water & Nature Initiative is the mainstreaming of
an ecosystem approach into catchment policies, planning and management.
Remarks:
The Initiative is organised in six components:
1. Demonstration sites apply ecosystem management to river basins. Nature
conservation and integrated management of land and water resources is combined
with establishing the required institutional, legal and economic frameworks;
2. Participation and empowerment encourages all stakeholders to engage in water
resources management;
3. Wise governance sets in place appropriate legal and institutional frameworks;
4. Economics and incentives makes markets work for conservation and wise use;
5. Knowledge and information lays the foundation for good decision-making;
6. Coordination, communication and learning ensures the Initiative's projects
deliver results.
Note:
Partners include government agencies, basin organisations, NGOs, research
institutes and local community organisations.
Project
example(s):
Vietnam: Perfume River Management Project: The long-term goal of the project is
an improved flood management and sustainable resource use within the Perfume
River Basin based on restored ecological services and an integrated water and
land management.
Geographic
details:
Africa, Asia and Central America.
Other
themes:
Awareness-raising; local livelihoods; biodiversity; integrated river basin
management; water management.
Contact
information:
Address: Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland - Switzerland
Phone: +41-22-999.00.00
Fax: +41-22-999.00.02
E-mail: waterandnature@iucn.org
Internet: www.waterandnature.org
Information collected 12/2005
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.
Project
example(s):
Vietnam: Conservation of wetland in Ha Tien Plain by setting up of a new wetland
protection area, and carrying out a survey / map-make.
Samoa: Support for community based mangrove management and environmental
education at the Sa'anapu-Satoa mangrove forest.
Geographic details:
Africa: Guinea, Madagascar - Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East
Timor, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam - Pacific: Fiji, Micronesia, Palau, Papua-New Guinea, Samoa, 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 & marine issues.
Contact
information:
Address: Keidanren Kaikan, 6th Floor, 1-9-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, 100-8188
Tokyo - Japan
Phone: +81-3-5204.1697
Fax: +81-3-5255.6367
E-mail: kncf@keidanren.or.jp
Internet: www.keidanren.or.jp/kncf
Information collected 05/2005
LakeNet
Background:
LakeNet is a global network of people and organizations in more than 90
countries dedicated to the conservation and sustainable development of lake
ecosystems. The LakeNet Secretariat is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization.
Activities:
LakeNet's mission is to work with people and organizations to protect and
restore the health of lake ecosystems throughout the world. Lakenet's
information services, exchanges, assistance programs and policy work are aimed
at improving the stewardship of lake ecosystems by educating and inspiring
people, cultivating leadership, and strengthening lake organizations.
LakeNet actively participates in and organizes international meetings and
workshops to promote policy, provide training and facilitate the sharing of
experience in lake basin management. Further LakeNet coordinates exchanges and
facilitates structured learning programs among lake basin management
practitioners as a way to share experiences, technologies and practices in lake
basin management. Finally LakeNet cooperates with and supports local
stakeholders who are dealing with water issues on a day-to-day basis by
providing technical assistance.
Geographic
details:
Global
Other
themes:
Biodiversity; capacity-building; conservation and restoration; environmental
education.
Contact
information:
Address: P.O. Box 3250, MD 21403 Annapolis - United States
Phone: +1-410-268.51.55
Fax: +1-410-268.87.88
E-mail: info@worldlakes.org
Internet: www.worldlakes.org
Information collected 12/2005
NC-IUCN-NL Small grants for Wetlands Programme
Remarks:
There will be no new deadlines for the submission of project proposals during
the current phase of SWP (ending 31-12-2006). The considerable difference
between the large number of proposals that were received in 2004 and the number
of projects that could actually be funded means that many project proposals of
good quality could not be granted funds. New projects to be funded in the first
half of 2005 will therefore be selected among the 230 proposals that were
received in 2004 but were not granted any fund. By then some 95% of the funds
available for project funding will have been allocated, and the remaining funds
will be reserved for a limited number of urgent/small actions.
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/english/funds/wetlands/index.htm
Information collected 11/2005
New England Biolabs Foundation (NEBF)
Background:
NEBF is an independent private foundation whose aim it is to support grassroots
organizations working with the environment, social change, the arts, elementary
education, and science. Economic incentives, coupled with judicious management
of the environment, are considered as the key to a sustainable world. NEBF
prefers to help organizations start their projects with the understanding that
once they are established, funding from other sources will be sought. NEBF
prefers to fund grassroots organizations and/or projects.
Activities:
The Foundation's funding priorities are targeted to environmental issues with
special program interests in marine conservation and estuary and watershed
protection and/or restoration.
Other
activities:
Other environmental priorities include: Sustainable economic development;
sustainable organic agriculture; and environmental education for teachers or
elementary school students. Other issues are: social change, the arts,
elementary education, and science, or combinations of the above-mentioned.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Cameroon, Ghana (environmental issues only), Madagascar (marine issues
only), Tanzania - Asia & Pacific: Cambodia, Papua New-Guinea, Vanuatu -
Central America & Caribbean: American Virgin Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala
(only environmental education projects), Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua - South
America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
Other
themes:
Agricultural issues (e.g. horticulture, sustainable farming); economic issues (income
generating, trade issues); alternative energy; conservation & degradation;
awareness-raising & environmental education; ecological restoration; natural
resources management; waste management; reforestation; cultural issues; social
issues; water issues (rivers, watersheds); marine issues (e.g. coral).
Contact
information:
Address: 8 Enon Street #2B, MA 01915 Beverly - United States
Phone: +1-978-927.24.04
Fax: +1-978-998.68.37
E-mail: fosters@nebf.org
Internet: www.nebf.org
Information collected 12/2005
OISCA International
Background:
The Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement
International contributes to environmentally sustainable development through a
holistic approach emphasizing the interconnectedness of agriculture, ecological
intergrity, and the human spirit. OISCA-International
operates on a conviction that sound development is rooted foremost on
agriculture and rural-based primary industries.
Activities:
OISCA supports grass-roots projects in the field of environmentally sustainable
development with an emphasis on the interconnectedness of agriculture,
ecological integrity, and the transmission of knowledge and skills. In its
reforestation projects special attention is paid to conservation and restoration
of mangrove areas.
Project
example(s):
Bangladesh: Chittagong Mangrove Planting Project: planting mangroves,
environmental conservation and education, saltpan development, salt production.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Tanzania - Asia: Bangladesh,
Cambodia, China, East-Timor, India (a.o. Manipur), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam - Pacific: Fiji, Palau, Papua
New-Guinea - Middle East & Newly Independent States: Azerbaijan, Egypt,
Palestinian Authority - South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Other
activities:
OISCA supports educational and community development projects and programs with
special attention for environmental education and improved methods for
agriculture, fishing, and forestry (OISCA operates its 4 training centers in
Japan and 22 facilities in other Asia-Pacific countries).
Other
themes:
Agricultural issues; capacity-building; poverty reduction, Food sovereignty;
awareness-raising & environmental education; reforestation; community
development; education; health-care; vocational training; water issues (aquaculture,
drinking water & irrigation).
Contact
information:
Address: 6-12, Izumi 3-chome, Suginami-ku, 168-0063 Tokyo - Japan
Phone: +81-3-3322.51.61
Fax: +81-3-3324.71.11
E-mail: oisca@oisca.org
Internet: www.oisca.org
Information collected 12/2005
One World Wildlife (OWW)
Background:
One World Wildlife (the working title of The Biodiversity Trust) works to
protect the world's threatened wildlife and habitats through practical
intervention, education and scientific research. Creating a balance between
ecological concerns and economic requirements, taking account of human needs and
building local ownership.
Activities:
OWW's conservation strategy focuses on the importance of creating a balance
between ecological and economic concerns. This realistic approach ensures that
threatened and degraded habitats like wetlands throughout the world are
protected for the benefit of both wildlife and the local human inhabitants whose
long-term survival invariably depends upon it.
Project example(s):
Poland: Internationally important pristine wetlands are under increasing threat
from Poland's impending membership of the EU. One World Wildlife is supporting
important research that will result in a more sensitive approach by policy
makers in the region.
South Africa: The coastal and dune forests and the estuaries of the Strandloper
Trail are some of the more exceptional habitats in South Africa but they are
seriously threatened by unsustainable exploitation arising, directly, from human
population pressure.
Geographic
details:
Africa: South-Africa, Tanzania - Asia & Pacific: French Polynesia, Indonesia,
New Caledonia - Central & South America: Honduras, Peru - Central East
Europe: Poland, Romania
Other
themes: Sustainable development; eco-tourism; environmental education; nature
issues (biodiversity, ecological restoration, habitat protection, research).
Contact information:
Address: 69 Richmond Street, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5EP - United Kingdom
Phone: +41-870-600.02.05
E-mail: info@oneworldwildlife.org
Internet: www.oneworldwildlife.org
Information collected 12/2005
Ramsar Small Grants Programme
Background:
The Small Grants Fund was established by the Conference of the Contracting
Parties (COP) to the Ramsar Convention a.k.a. the Convention on Wetlands in
1990, with the name Wetland Conservation Fund, as a mechanism to assist
developing countries in implementing the Convention and to enable the
conservation and wise use of wetland resources.
Activities:
The Convention's mission is the conservation and wise use of all wetlands
through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a
contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world. The
purpose is to provide assistance for wetland conservation and wise use. The SGF
does have a niche as a funding programme which can allow countries to address
relatively small-scale projects or use SGF funds to seek complementary funding
from other sources for larger scale activities.
Project
example(s):
Malaysia: Restoring the Coastal Hydrology of Tanjung Piai Ramsar Site. The
project will help to restore the hydrology of a mangrove Ramsar site which is
being heavily affected by erosion from shipping traffic.
Geographic
details:
All developing countries and countries with economies in transition have access
to the Fund.
Other
themes:
Capacity building; biodiversity & ecological restoration; freshwater issues;
river basin management.
Contact
information:
Address: Ramsar Convention Secretariat, rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland -
Switzerland
Phone: +41-22-999.0170
Fax: +41-22-999.0169
E-mail: ramsar@ramsar.org
Internet: www.ramsar.org
Information collected 11/2005
Water, Trees & People (TWN)
Background:
TWN works to improve people's lives by helping communities protect, conserve and
manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends.
TWN's work is guided by two core beliefs: that natural resources are best
protected when local people play an active role in their care and management;
and preserving local trees, wetlands, and watersheds is essential for the
ongoing social, economic, and environmental health of communities everywhere.
Activities:
TWP works cooperatively with communities to establish and maintain sustainable
forests, watersheds and wetlands while improving people's lives. It coordinates
all the projects and provides financial support, technical assistance and
training to the organisations.
Project
example(s):
Honduras: TWP/AHDESA project to plant trees and protect the forest in the
Guacerique Watershed.
Geographic
details:
Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua - South America:
Brazil, Bolivia.
Other themes:
Sustainable agriculture; alternative & renewable energy (a.o. fuel-efficient
stoves); micro-enterprises; environmental education & health; reforestation;
agro-forestry; community development; appropiate technology; river basin
management.
Contact
information:
Address: 633 Remington Street, CO 80524 Fort Collins - United States
Phone: +1-970-484.3678
Fax: +1-970-224.1726
E-mail: info@treeswaterpeople.org
Internet: www.treeswaterpeople.org
Information collected 12/2005
Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program
Background:
The Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program a.k.a. Toyota Ecogrant is a
program designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation
activities, both in Japan and overseas, for the purpose of sustainable
development.
Activities:
The Program supports community-based practical projects by CSOs and other
non-profit private groups under the theme of environmental technology and human
resource development contributing to environmental revitalization and
conservation o.a. wetland communities.
Project
example(s):
Western Kenya: Education Program in environmental health and conservation for
wetland communities.
India: Sustaining community livelihood through management of water logged land,
biodiversity conservation and community capacity building in the Puri district,
Orissa.
Geographic
details:
Africa: Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, South-Africa - Asia:
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam - Far East: China - Middle East:
Palestinian Authority - Central & South America: Bolivia, El Salvador,
Guatemala - Central Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Slovakia.
Other
themes:
Medecinal plants; capacity building; food sovereignty; alternative energy;
environmental education; environmental health; waste management; biodiversity;
vocational training; coastal management; integrated river basin management;
drinking water.
Contact
information:
Address: MBE Box 363, 2-3-6 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, 100-0004 Tokyo - Japan
Phone: +81-3-3272.19.25
Fax: +81-3-3272.19.26
E-mail: toyota-ecogrant@mri.co.jp
Internet: www.toyota.com/about/environment/organizations/unep.html
Information collected 12/2005
Wetlands International (WI)
Background:
Wetlands International is a global NGO dedicated to the conservation and wise
use of wetlands. WI works globally, regionally and nationally to achieve the
conservation and wise use of wetlands, to benefit diversity and human well-being.
Its mission is to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity
for future generations.
Activities:
Areas of focus are:
Wetlands
and livelihoods: WI works with partners so that values and services delivered by
wetlands are recognised and integrated into sustainable development.
Biodiversity protection and restoration: WI works in many ways to protect and
restore the rich biodiversity of wetlands.
Major
habitat conservation programmes are focused on peatlands, mangroves and arid/semi-arid
wetland systems (highly threatened habitats critical for the conservation of
global biodiversity and the provision of life-support systems to people).
WI is establishing ecological networks of wetlands thus providing stepping
stones for migrating waterbirds; crucial for their survival. These networks of
protected wetlands will also lead to increased capacity for local communities to
engage in wetland management. It is important for WI to engage local people in
species conservation e.g. in assisting in waterbird monitoring and flyway
conservation.
WI has a crucial role to play globally in monitoring and assessing changes to
wetlands and its species to establish targeted actions to improve the
circumstances of wetland species and habitats.
Project
example(s):
The Wetlands and Livelihoods initiative, which builds on WI's substantive
experience in promoting wise use of wetlands, has already started several major
projects, the biggest of which focuses on wetlands and poverty reduction in
Africa and South-east Asia.
Geographic
details:
Global with much attention for South-East Asia.
Other
themes:
Capacity building; sustainable development; climate; awareness-raising &
environmental education; conservation & ecological restoration
Contact
information:
Address: PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen - Netherlands
Phone: +31-317-478.854
Fax: +31-317-478.850
E-mail: info@wetlands.org
Internet: www.wetlands.org
Information collected 05/2005
WILD Foundation
Background:
The WILD Foundation works internationally to: protect and sustain wilderness and
wildlife while integrating the needs of human communities; communicate the many
values of wilderness areas, as places of great social, spiritual, scientific and
economic significance, and as places that inspire the best of human potential;
and catalyze conservation leadership and build conservation capacity.
Activities:
WILD promotes wild lands conservation and species protection by facilitating and
implementing a range of creative and pragmatic projects that integrate
conservation objectives with the needs of local peoples.
Project
example(s):
Mozambique: WILD is working with the Forum Natureza em Perigo of Mozambique, and
Peace Parks Foundation of South Africa, to start a community based ecological
restoration project in the Maputo Elephant Reserve aimed at eradicating large
areas of alien eucalyptus trees which are a biological disaster, draining water
tables and destroying vast areas of important wetlands.
Geographic details:
Sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Angola, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South-Africa).
Other
themes:
Rural issues; poverty reduction; income generating activities; environmental
education; forest conservation; biodiversity; habitat protection; community
development; women & youth.
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
Wetlands for the Future Fund (WWF)
Background:
Since 1997 the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the United
States State Department, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service have
operated this special initiative, the Wetlands for the Future training program,
to benefit Latin American and Caribbean institutions and individuals through
capacity building and training in the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
Activities:
Geographic
details:
Western Hemisphere
Other
themes:
Mapping; awareness-raising; environmental education; biodiversity; mangroves;
watershed and river basin management.
Contact
information:
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Address: Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland - Switzerland
Phone: +41-22-999.01.70
Fax: +41-22-999.01.69
E-mail: ramsar@ramsar.org
Internet: www.ramsar.org/wff
Information collected 12/2005
WWF Freshwater / Partners for Wetlands
Background:
The mission of the WWF is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural
environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature,
by: conserving the world's biological diversity; ensuring that the use of
renewable natural resources is sustainable; and promoting the reduction of
pollution and wasteful consumption.
Throughout
the world, WWF funds, implements, and operates hundreds of projects that rise to
the enormous worldwide challenge of wetland conservation and spearheads some of
the most advanced river and floodplain restoration projects. Central to its work
is the theory of sustainable use, and the need to maintain hydrological
processes - no freshwater area can survive without adequate water supply.
Partners for Wetlands is a freshwater programme of WWF under the Living Waters
Programme and was initiated by WWF Netherlands Freshwater Unit in 1997. The
programme aims to achieve wetland conservation and restoration through the
development of field projects by establishing partnerships with both traditional
and non-traditional partners from organisations, business, governments and local
communities.
Activities
& Projects:
Currently, the Partners for Wetlands Programme consists of five field projects
located in globally important wetlands across the world - the Yangtze River
Basin (China), the Kafue Flats (Zambia), the Pantanal (Brazil), the Kinabatangan
Floodplain (Serawak, Malaysia), and the Danube Delta (Ukraine).
Partners for Wetlands' ultimate goal is the sustainable, productive use and conservation of wetlands throughout the world. It targets freshwater wetland ecosystems that are threatened by current investments and/or unsustainable use and at the same time offer opportunities for lasting wise use and innovative conservation solutions.
Other
themes:
Sustainable development; capacity-building; water management.
Contact
information:
Address: Av. du Mont-Blanc, 1196 Gland - Switzerland
Phone: +41-22-364.91.11
Fax: +41-22-364.88.36
Internet: www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/freshwater
Information collected 12/2005
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