Deadline: 15 August 2017
Applications are open for WWF Nedbank Green Trust which is co-founded by Nedbank and WWF-SA in 1990, is a mutually beneficial partnership between Nedbank and WWF-SA, which supports nature conservation projects through community-based programmes.
WWF Nedbank Green Trust’s mission is to be a leading, independent and sustainable funding entity for environmental conservation in Southern Africa.
The WWF Nedbank Green Trust was established by the Trustees, Nedbank and WWF in 1990 in order to promote the conservation of nature and ecological processes. The Trust has achieved this through the preservation of genetic, species and ecosystem diversity; by ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and by promoting actions aimed at reducing, to the absolute minimum, pollution and the wasteful exploitation and consumption of resources and energy.
Objectives
The objectives of the Trust are:
- To maintain and enhance the integrity of South Africa’s ecological assets.
- To promote that ecological systems and their services underpin the social and economic wellbeing of South Africa.
- And to address the risks and opportunities posed by climate change by providing funding for innovative environmental conservation solutions through a diversified portfolio of projects with geographic, thematic and multi-organisational representation.
Scope
- Mainly South Africa
- Strong focus on environmental outcomes relevant to the wellbeing of people
Focus Areas
- Marine,
- Freshwater,
- Land Stewardship
- Species of special concern as well as Climate Change,
- Environmental Leadership Development
- Community Engagement.
What is the trust looking for?
Thus when the Trust considers a new applicant it looks at the following:
- Is the project catalytic and can it be scaled up to national execution (future funding, will have a custodian, has a good outcome that is a great product that will scale up)?
- If the project goes to scale, will it contribute significantly to achieving the environmental outcomes?
- Are people intrinsic in the value proposition of the project? Is it valuable, unique, innovative and transferable? Can or will this project be adopted by others to scale up?
- Does the project fit with the Trust’s environmental outcomes strategy? To ensure synergy the Trust strongly recommends a close working relationship with the WWF SA programme managers in the development of projects before they are submitted in order to increase the chances of their approval.
How to Apply
All applicants must apply via using the online form given on the website.
For more information, please visit WWF Nedbank Green Trust.