USAID/Brazil is seeking to award one Cooperative Agreement (CA) for an amount up to approximately $5.5 million over two years, financed with USAID Global Climate Change/Sustainable Landscape funds. This CA will support Brazil’s increased readiness for REDD+ (initiatives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, including conservation, sustainable forest management, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks) at the sub-national level, specifically in the states of Mato Grosso and/or Para.
Objective
The objective of this Sustainable Landscapes Program (SLP) is to establish partnerships that expand activities that reduce emissions from tropical forest destruction and degradation (commonly called REDD and REDD Plus), in order to support GOB efforts to avoic the worst effects of global climate change.
Activities under the SLP seek support for building institutional and governance capacity to manage forest resources in a manner that demonstrates measurable, reportable and verifiable emissions reductions.
The Program will monitor its impacts on addressing climate change using at least one USAID established indicator for Global Climate Change. Field level activities and impacts must report estimated Co2 emissions reductions and sequestration.
Thematic categories
1. Development of market REDD+ focusing on building techniques and capacities for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV).
2. Scaling-up of measurements of the carbon and other greenhouse gas effects of forest management from the local to the national level using innovative models and technology.
3. Improved national greenhouse gas emission inventories including the building of capacity for greenhouse gas accounting a project, municipal, state, and Federal levels.
4. Building capacity within Brazil for REDD+, scaling-up of measurements, and greenhouse gas accounting.
Eligibility:
U.S and Non-U.S. organizations such as non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits), including private voluntary organizations, faith-based organizations, universities, research organizations, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations.
The deadline for submitting the application is June 13, 2011
For further information and details, please visit grants.gov and search the Funding Opportunity Number ‘RFA-512-11-000002.’
