Deadline: 7-Oct-21
The Government of Canada is pleased to announce the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR) to help the recovery of aquatic species at risk.
The fund enables multi-species, place-based and threat-based approaches to recovery and protection.
Objectives
The objective of the CNFASAR is to slow the decline of aquatic species at risk and enable a leap forward in their recovery through the injection of targeted funding that supports recovery and protection activities that address Priority threats, species and places.
To accomplish this, the CNFASAR seeks to:
- align with the federal government’s approach to conserving biodiversity through the Nature Legacy for Canada
- achieve protection, recovery actions and reporting that support the conservation and stewardship of species at risk
- promote strategic and lasting collaboration with and between Indigenous peoples, stakeholders and other interested parties
- leverage capacity, expertise and resources through collaboration and engagement
- demonstrate outcomes that are transparent, measurable, timely and align with the Government’s conservation policy priorities
Priority Species
- North Atlantic Right Whale
- Atlantic Salmon designatable units (DUs)/populations listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) or assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as at-risk
- SARA-listed or COSEWIC-assessed as at-risk DUs/populations of Pacific Salmon species
Funding Information
- Budget 2018 provided $55 million over 5 years, which has already been allocated to 56 multi-species projects across Canada. Under Budget 2021, an additional $23 million is available to support projects taking place between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2026.
- Funding is eligible between approximately $100,000 and $1,000,000 per year.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate how their projects and associated activities:
- address a Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR) priority threat, species or place and align with or complement the activities that DFO is seeking to fund
- target aquatic species listed in Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act, or assessed as Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern by COSEWIC
- align with existing federal, provincial or other local plans where recovery measures and priorities have been identified in recovery documentation (i.e., management plans, recovery strategies and action plans)
- benefit multiple aquatic species at risk
- engage a broad number of partners
- Note that a preference will be given to projects that:
- clearly demonstrate Indigenous partnerships or leadership in their planning, development and/or implementation
- are multi-year
- contribute to the priority species, places and threats, in keeping with existing federal, provincial and territorial recovery documentation, where applicable
- promote a legacy by enabling recovery actions to carry on beyond the 4 years for which funding is eligible
- support partnerships, relationship building and the establishment of venues for continued collaboration and information and knowledge sharing to support recovery actions beyond the 4 years.
For more information, visit https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/sara-lep/cnfasar-fnceap/index-eng.html