Deadline: 1 December 2017
The Waterloo Foundation is seeking applications for its Environment fund under the theme “Tropical Rainforests Programme” to protect tropical rainforests for their value to the climate, communities and biodiversity, principally through avoided deforestation.
Project Criteria
- Local Projects
Applications for practical local projects that will consider would typically be working on a specified tropical rainforest area, defined in hectares. Applicants will need to demonstrate how their project involves:- Exposing, addressing and overcoming the local drivers of deforestation
- Management of the specified area
- Methods to measure and monitor the protected area
- Strategic Projects
Applicants will consider for strategic projects that are working on addressing the drivers of deforestation on a wider or international scale. These could include:- Working on international or regional forest policy
- Campaigning for improved practices in commerce
- Innovative ways of reducing deforestation e.g. financial systems or solutions based on the value of forest ecosystem services
Funding Information
The majority of grants in this programme will be for a total of £50,000 – £100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The programme provide funding support to UK-based charities, many of whom work in close partnership with smaller local NGOs based in the countries in which they operate.
- Specific Application requirements:
- For tropical rainforest local projects: Applicants should be able to evidence previous successful tropical rainforest projects, with outcomes including:
- Demonstrable protection of an area of tropical rainforest specified by hectare and cost;
- Implementation of a management plan;
- Improved livelihoods and income levels of forest-dependent communities.
- The area of tropical forest the project will protect in hectares.
- For tropical rainforest strategic projects:
- Evidence of previous successful strategic programmes e.g. an attributable change in policy or improved supply chain.
- For proposed programme, the specific measurable outcomes that applicants expect the programme to achieve, and the methods will use to monitor these outcomes;
- The strategy put in place to ensure the sustainability of the programme’s objectives for the long term.
- For tropical rainforest local projects: Applicants should be able to evidence previous successful tropical rainforest projects, with outcomes including:
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via given website.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom
For more information, please visit The Waterloo Foundation.