Deadline: 13-Apr-22
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) is calling for Proposals for Medium Grants Program 2022 to address priorities, identified through management and governance effectiveness assessments (for example, PAME tools including IMET, METT, RAPPAM, Green List, EoH or equivalent; or PAGE tools including SAPA, GAPA, or SAGE), to improve the management and governance of protected and conserved areas, and the sustainable use of natural resources and livelihoods of surrounding local communities.
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme is an initiative of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States financed by the European Union’s 11th European Development Fund (EDF). It is part of the European Union’s Biodiversity for Life Flagship initiative (B4Life) which supports efforts to halt loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. BIOPAMA is jointly implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC).
BIOPAMA aims to improve the long-term conservation, sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystem services in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, in protected and conserved areas and surrounding communities. Protected and conserved areas and the landscapes within which they are located have indeed a central role to play in preserving the biodiversity and ecosystem services that the majority of rural communities depend on for sustainable livelihoods.
Objectives
The overarching objectives of the action component are to:
- Enhance the management and governance of priority areas by addressing existing limitations (strengthening on-site infrastructure/equipment for patrolling, poaching control, developing capacity of staff);
- Strengthen the legal framework required to achieve effective biodiversity conservation;
- Support local communities’ initiatives aiming to enhance the livelihoods of local people whilst effectively contributing to protected areas management.
Funding Information
- Grant size can vary from a minimum of 200,000 EUR to a maximum of 400,000 EUR. A 5% co-funding from the applicant is required. This means that BIOPAMA will provide up to a maximum of 95 % of the total eligible costs of the project; and the applicant is required to provide a minimum of 5% co-financing.
- The duration of the project should be for a maximum of 18 months.
Eligible Activities
- Protected and/or conserved area planning and management activities
- Activities aimed at strengthening equitable governance
- Law enforcement activities, including wildlife trafficking controls
- Activities aimed at strengthening the institutional and legal framework/s in place
- Activities focusing on mitigating threats, including trial invasive species control
- Activities focusing on climate change mitigation, resilience and adaptation strategies in priority areas
- Activities aiming at improving sustainable livelihoods of local communities and/or vulnerable peoples
- Activities aimed at supporting the designation of new protected areas.
Eligible Countries
This call for proposal is opened for countries located in the BIOPAMA Pacific region only. These are: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Please note that any application from any country located outside of this geographical region will be automatically rejected.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, activities must:
- be located in one or more recognised protected or conserved areas, key biodiversity areas, community managed areas (e.g. CCAs or LMMAs) or sites committed to being designated as a future protected area(s). Proposals from Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa will be given a preference.
- address clear priorities (needed actions) identified through a quantitative diagnostic tool (i.e. protected area management effectiveness or governance evaluation – PAME/PAGE). Note that any application not supported by a quantitative diagnostic tool will be automatically rejected.
- Be focused on protected and conserved areas management and governance, community.
- be consistent with the BIOPAMA action component objectives.
- implement activities that result in measurable impacts to the site(s)
- comply with the IUCN ESMS, which includes having the full, prior and informed consent of customary owners.
- enable sharing of project data and information with the project observatory, as relevant. This will be included in the grant contract.
For more information, visit https://action.biopama.org/mg-2022-pacific/