Today is World Environment Day!
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day (WED)is “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.” The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources, says UNEP, which celebrates the World Environment Day every year to increase awareness and encourage positive action to protect our planet.
As climate change issues have occupied the global stage, many large and small donor agencies have now started increasingly focused upon providing grants for environmental conservation and promotion. There are several funding opportunities for NGOs working in the area of environment, conservation and climate change.
Finding the relevant open funding opportunity is not easy, but we have made it easy for you! Here are 10 Open Funding Opportunities (2015) for the organizations, institutions, researchers, groups and individuals on the sector of Environment. Scan through the opportunities, and secure funding for your project!
First People Worldwide’s Keepers of the Earth Grants: Empowering Indigenous Communities around the World
Deadline: 31 October 2015
The First People World Wide Keepers of the Earth grants supports projects that empower Indigenous communities. Applicants can be grassroots organizations, groups, societies, associations, consortiums, Tribes, or group representing an Indigenous-led project. The grant aims to empower Indigenous communities around the world. Grants are provided to the projects that seek to control, utilize, leverage, retain, create, and increase the assets of Indigenous communities.
The First People World Wide Foundation focuses on cultural development as well as works to connect grantees with each other providing new ways to share their learning with a broader community.
The largest possible grant award is US$20,000. The first time grant seekers will be granted amount from $500 to $5,000 while the applicants who has already been awarded this grant earlier are more likely to be approved for a larger grant for their next project.
Priority Areas
- Food security
- Securing rights to ancestral lands
- Mitigating the effects of climate change
- Preserving and renewing cultural values and traditional knowledge
Regions/Country wise Grants by now
- Africa (19 countries) – US$481,686 to 63 unique organizations (Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia).
- Asia (12 countries) – US$194,738 to 32 unique organizations (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand).
- North America (3 countries) – US$222,605 to 22 unique organizations (Canada, United States, and Mexico).
- Central America (6 countries) – US$242,458 to 14 unique organizations (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua).
- South America (6 countries) – US$196,832 to 22 unique organizations (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru).
- Oceania (7 countries) – US$83,700 to 10 unique organizations (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Kirabati, New Zealand, Palau, and Vanuatu).
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