Deadline: 25-Jan-22
The Government of Canada has launched the applications for Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk in Canada.
The Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) was established in 2000. It provides funding for projects submitted by Canadians that contribute directly to the recovery objectives and population goals of species at risk and that prevent others from becoming a conservation concern. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) administers HSP funds that support terrestrial stewardship projects while Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is responsible for administering the HSP for aquatic stewardship projects.
Objectives
The objectives of this program are to:
- support habitat projects that benefit species at risk and that prevent others from becoming a conservation concern
- enable Canadians to become actively involved in stewardship projects for species at risk which will result in tangible and measurable conservation benefits; and
- improve the scientific, sociological and economic understanding of stewardship as a conservation tool
Expected Results
The expected results of the HSP are:
- Canada’s wildlife and habitat is conserved and protected
- Canada’s species at risk are recovered; and
- Indigenous peoples are engaged in conservation
Geographic location
Project activities must take place on:
- private land
- provincial Crown land
- lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or
- Indigenous land
- reserves and lands set aside for the use and benefit of Indigenous peoples under the Indian Act or under section 91 (24) of the Constitution Act,1867, or
- other lands directly controlled by Indigenous peoples (e.g., Métis Settlement lands, and land claim/treaty settlement lands), and lands set aside in the Yukon and Northwest Territories pursuant to Cabinet Directive, circular No.27, or
- lands where traditional food, social, and ceremonial activities (harvesting or other) are carried out by Indigenous peoples
Eligible Recipients
- Canadian non-governmental organizations
- community groups
- Indigenous organizations and communities
- individuals
- private corporations and businesses
- educational institutions
- provincial, territorial and municipal governments
- provincial Crown corporations
Note: Federal departments, federal agencies and federal Crown corporations are not eligible to receive HSP funds.
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-funding/programs/habitat-stewardship-species-at-risk.html