Deadline: 1 December 2015
Education for Nature(EFN) with renewed support from the UPS Foundation has announced a call for applications for its Reforestation Grant.
Since 2012, with UPS Foundation support, WWF’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature program has supported 34 local organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to plant over a 1,000,000 trees and train nearly 15,000 community members through its Reforestation Grant Program.
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.
Eligible Eco-regions
- 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 an organization must:
- be legally registered in an eligible country.
- conduct reforestation/restoration activities in a WWF-US priority ecoregion.
- submit all required documents by one of the application deadlines.
- 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.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications online via given website.
For more information, please visit Reforestation Grant.
