Deadline: 14-Oct-21
The Metcalf Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Carbon Landscapes to protect and conserve these unique ecosystems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, benefit biodiversity, and sustain livelihoods.
Carbon Landscapes is tackling climate change and biodiversity loss with integrated solutions. They support efforts to protect and conserve three ecosystems rich in biodiversity and carbon: peatlands, grasslands, and old growth forests.
These ecosystems provide countless social, cultural, and environmental benefits to the many communities for whom these regions are home. Protecting and conserving these unique ecosystems can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, benefit biodiversity, and sustain livelihoods.
Approaches
The approach is:
- Grounded in respect for Indigenous rights, culture, and traditions
- Prioritizing Indigenous-led conservation
- Informed by community knowledge and cutting-edge research
- Strengthened by philanthropic partnerships and cross-sector collaboration
- Agile by design
Tracks
The Foundation have a two-track funding strategy:
- Research, Convening, and Outreach: Under this track they are supporting activities focused on a federal, provincial, and / or territorial scale, rather than on-the-ground, locally-specific work.
- Research: Producing timely, well-researched, and accessible reports to inform the design of new strategies, policies, and programs to achieve 30 × 30 and / or protect and conserve peatlands, grasslands, and old growth forests in Canada.
- Convening: Bringing together community leaders, non-governmental organizations, academics, industry, and government representatives to better link, coordinate, and advance cross-sector efforts to achieve 30 × 30 and / or protect and conserve peatlands, grasslands, and old growth forests in Canada.
- Outreach: Communications efforts that strengthen public awareness, understanding, and support for specific policy goals and actions to achieve 30 × 30 and / or efforts to protect and conserve peatlands, grasslands, and old growth forests in Canada.
- On-the-Ground Leadership: At present, the funding for on-the-ground leadership activities is largely focused on efforts to plan and establish Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in two major peatland regions: Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Mackenzie River Basin.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations may apply Individually or in cooperation with others.
- Lead applicants must have a current, valid charitable registration from the Canada Revenue Agency.
For more information, visit https://metcalffoundation.com/initiatives/carbon-landscapes/