Application Opens: 1 October 2015
Deadline: 18 November 2015
GEF-Satoyama Project is looking for subgranting projects that enhance livelihood, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services, which take into account the protection and use of traditional knowledge in conservation measures, as well as the equity among various population groups in the project sites including indigenous peoples, women and other vulnerable groups.
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).
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
- Be accompanied by a grant request between USD50,000 and USD100,000
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit all the application materials at the address given on the PDF.
For more information, please download this PDF.
