Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The Nature-based Solutions for Climate programme is offering one-off grants to partnership-led pilot projects. Projects must achieve habitat creation and restoration at a landscape scale – an area of at least 500 hectares in size.
Natural England will work with successful pilot projects to carry out research and monitoring to compare carbon storage and uptake across different habitats of different ages.
Natural England will run the programme in collaboration with the Environment Agency, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Forestry Commission.
The programme is co-sponsored by Defra and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and is funded through the HM Treasury Shared Outcomes Fund.
Aims
The programme aims to:
- learn how carbon accumulates in, and is released from, different habitats across the country
- show how private and public funding can combine to achieve economically viable and long-term environmental objectives
- understand the benefits of considering nature-based solutions at the landscape scale
- provide evidence to inform future grant schemes
Funding Information
Successful applications will receive part of a £5 million pot from public funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply for funding as a partnership (not as an individual) if your project is based, or partially based, in England and led by a:
- not-for-profit organisation, including charities and environmental non-governmental organisations
- public body, including local authorities and national park authorities
- company or other business registered with HMRC, including sole traders, academic institutions, community interest companies and community benefit companies
- You cannot apply for funding (but you could play a supportive role in the partnership) if you’re a:
- central government department or one of their executive agencies
- non-departmental public body
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nature-based-solutions-for-climate-apply-for-a-habitat-creation-grant#who-can-apply