A request for proposals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Asia Region has been issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). US and non-US NGOs and/or consortia are invited to apply for this opportunity.
Under the US Government’s Global Climate Change Initiative, the Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) has established the new Asia Regional Sustainable Landscapes Program to “strengthen capacities of developing countries in the Asia region to produce meaningful and sustainable reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the forestry-land use sector and to participate in and benefit from the emerging international Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)-plus framework.”
The closing date to submit applications is 14 October 2010. For more information, visit grants.gov and search for the funding opportunity number: USAID-RDMA-486-10-035-RFA.
