Rainforest Trust: call for Concept Notes

[Ana Isabel]

"The Rainforest Trust funding programme offers a powerful opportunity to secure long-term protection for critical ecosystems and endangered species.

By supporting legally recognized conservation areas and community-driven initiatives, it contributes significantly to global biodiversity conservation and climate resilience.

The Rainforest Trust support focuses on direct conservation action, centered around the creation and expansion of sustainably managed protected or conserved areas.

Eligibility Criteria 

1. All applicants must be legally registered, non-government organizations that are authorized to conduct work in the country of the proposed project.

2. The primary objective must be the creation/expansion of a protected or conserved area:

a) the proposed area(s) must be currently unprotected;

b) to protect globally significant populations of Critically Endangered and Endangered species (e.g. Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) sites); AND/OR to protect large areas of Tropical and Sub-tropical High Integrity Forests, AND/OR to protect Tropical and Sub-tropical habitat critical for mitigating global climate change.

3. The Project Implementer:

a) must be a legally registered non-government organization and authorized to conduct work in the country of the project;

b) has a solid track record of establishing or expanding protected or conserved areas (including land titling if applicable), which sustain low deforestation rates.

4. The project demonstrates support from relevant stakeholders and governments (including Indigenous governments) and Indigenous Peoples and/or Local Communities, and that relevant Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) has been or will be properly conducted.

5. The protection mechanism, resulting in a change in legal status of the area during the course of the project, will mitigate critical threats to biodiversity and, where applicable, to carbon storage.

Rainforest Trust offers two types of funding support grants: 

• Feasibility Awards;

• Protected or Conserved Area Creation Awards.

Deadlines:

• Concept Notes for Protected or Conserved Area Creation Feasibility Awards and Protected or Conserved Area Creation Awards of less than US$250,000 are accepted on a rolling basis and may be funded anytime throughout the year.

• If you are submitting a Concept Note for a Protected or Conserved Area Creation or Expansion Award of over US$250,000, we recommend submitting your Concept Note for review four months in advance of our application deadlines of March 1st • July 1st • October 1st."

For more information please visit 

https://www.rainforesttrust.org/get-involved/apply-for-funding/ 

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