Deadline: 23 February 2016
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), GEF-Satoyama Project has announced the second Call for Proposals for site-based projects in two biodiversity hotspots: “Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot” and “Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot”.
“GEF-Satoyama Project” aims to achieve societies in harmony with nature, with sustainable primary production sector based on traditional and modern wisdom, and making significant contributions to global targets for conservation of biological diversity.
Focus Areas
- Site-based projects in production landscapes and seascapes should focus on mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services resulting in improved human wellbeing, through:
- Conserving, maintaining or revitalizing traditional sustainable practices, globally threatened species and/or sites of global significance for biodiversity conservation;
- Restoring degraded production landscapes and/or seascapes in a sustainable manner; and/or
- Implementing livelihood alternatives, e.g. sustainable agricultural, fisheries, or forestry production techniques for the sustainable use of terrestrial, freshwater or marine systems (or a combination of these)
Funding
The proposed amount should be around USD 85,000, and should not exceed USD 100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals are called for from the following Biodiversity Hotspots:
- Tropical Andes
- Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
- The applicant must:
- Be a legally registered entity and able to enter into a grant agreement with CI-Japan
- Be capable of taking the lead and be responsible for the overall project management and reporting
- Track the use of funds and report on the fund utilization following the GEF-Satoyama Project Requirements Demonstrate sufficient institutional capacity and financial systems to implement the proposed subgrant project
- Demonstrate at least the same amount of own funds as the amount requested (1 to 1 co-financing) for the implementation of the proposed subgrant project
- Be capable of communicating in English language.
- The subgrant project must:
- Be implemented within the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot Focus primarily on the mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services resulting in improved human wellbeing, and be aligned with the scope of the sub-grant projects provided in the former section “Subgrant Project Description”
- Be capable of achieving its goals within 3 years.
- Eligible Countries:
- Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
- Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles.
How to Apply
Applicants are requested to submit complete application form via email.
For more information, please visit GEF-Satoyama Project.
