Deadline: 18 November 2018
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-New Zealand is inviting applications for its Habitat Protection Fund to support communities to run projects that conserve and restore New Zealand’s natural environment – freshwater, coastal, wetlands, forest and dunelands.
The WWF Habitat Protection Fund is supported by the Tindall Foundation. The Fund supports groups such as Mahinepua Radar Hill Landcare Group as they protect the landscape and animals around them.
Priorities
The WWF Habitat Protection Fund gives preference to projects that are working to protect areas of high conservation value. The priorities this year are:
- Freshwater environments and their catchments
- Coastal and dune systems
- Wetlands and estuaries
- Lowland and coastal forest communities
- Habitats of threatened indigenous species
- Coastal and inshore marine habitats
Funding Information
- A maximum of NZ$15,000.
- Projects can be funded for up to three consecutive years, but new applications will need to be made for each successive year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The WWF Habitat Protection Fund is targeted at local community conservation groups based and working in New Zealand engaged in hands-on ecological restoration or conservation.
- The fund does not fund national or regional umbrella groups.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: New Zealand
For more information, please visit Habitat Protection Fund.