Deadline: 3-Feb-23
The Endangered Landscapes Programme has opened a call for expressions of interest for funding of up to US$100,000 for Landscape Restoration Planning Grants.
The aim of Planning Grants is to catalyse the development of landscape restoration plans across Europe. Funding could support the work needed to build alliances, establish baselines for biodiversity, prepare landscape restoration plans, and/or draft funding proposals.
Restoring biodiversity and natural ecosystem processes at a landscape scale is a complex business. Engaging diverse stakeholders behind a shared vision, varied and fragmented land tenure, and the need for scientific evidence to support policy change, are just some of the challenges that may present barriers to the development of new initiatives.
Aims
- Address biodiversity conservation priorities (for species and habitats) through the restoration of dynamic landscapes suitable for threatened wildlife.
- Establish large scale systems of continuous or ecologically-connected habitat where native species can move and disperse.
- Create areas where natural processes are given increased freedom to generate natural patterns and distributions of species.
- Enhance ecosystem and species resilience to the impacts of climate change.
- Help overcome one or more barriers to ecosystem recovery (be they social, economic or political) enabling ecological processes to reach a ‘tipping point’ beyond which, to an extent, they cascade and are self-sustaining.
- Provide sustainable cultural, social and economic benefits to society, through restored ecosystem functions and ecosystem services.
Funding Information
The maximum that any individual project can apply for is $100,000. Applications for smaller amounts are encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications that are led by not-for-profit organisations including, for example local, national, regional and international NGOs; social enterprise organisations; and research institutions are invited. Project leads may partner with e.g. industry, local government or private land owners.
- Applicants that are awarded a grant will be required to provide evidence that they are financially resilient (a recent audited report) and that they have capacity to manage and coordinate the project
For more information, visit https://www.endangeredlandscapes.org/endangered-landscapes-programme-opens-call-for-expressions-of-interest-for-planning-grants/