WWF has the objective to take to scale landscape approaches, including
restoration, in at least 10 landscapes where forest ecosystem services
are valued and conserved by 2020. In 2012, with support from The UPS
Foundation, EFN launched the Reforestation Grant Program to fulfill this
goal by supporting locally-based organizations working in WWF priority
areas to plant, protect, and preserve trees. Together, these locally-led
projects are helping to restore and reforest tropical areas of
significant conservation value.
EFN, with generous funding from The UPS Foundation, has launched a
special grant opportunity focused on supporting communities in regaining
ecological integrity and enhancing human wellbeing in deforested or
degraded forest landscapes through forest restoration.
When carefully planned, forest restoration activities can provide
environmental services to the local community and develop new habitats
in formerly bare areas. EFN is looking for organizations that will use
this workshop opportunity to connect corridors, create buffer zones,
improve degraded lands, restore watersheds, and expand forest cover
while also allowing local stakeholders to connect with nature and become
a vested part of a larger conservation program.
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Local organizations from the following WWF-US priority ecoregions are eligible to apply.
- Amazon and Tropical Andes (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname)
- Borneo and Sumatra (Indonesia)
- Coastal East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania)
- Congo Basin (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Republic of Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
- Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan, Nepal)
- Greater Mekong (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam)
- Madagascar
- Mesoamerican Reef (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
- Namibia
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for a Reforestation Grant, an organization must meet the following criteria:
- Your organization must be legally registered in an eligible country.
- Your organization must conduct reforestation/restoration activities in a WWF-US priority ecoregion.
- Your organization must submit all required documents by one of the application deadlines.
- You organization must complete all grant activities before August 31, 2016.
- The proposed project must take place at least 90 days after one of the application deadlines.
- The proposed project must include an active learning, practical skill component, or field-based learning activity that builds skills and knowledge for local stakeholders as part of the project activities.
