The Waterloo Foundation is currently accepting applications to protect tropical
rainforests for their value to the climate, communities and biodiversity,
principally through avoided deforestation.
Project Criteria
Local projects: Applications for practical local
projects that they will consider would typically be working on a specified
tropical rainforest area, defined in hectares. They will generally only accept
applications for the protection of areas larger than 10,000 hectares.
Applicants will need to demonstrate how their project involves:
- Exposing, addressing and
overcoming the local drivers of deforestation
- Management of the specified
area
- Methods to measure and monitor
the protected area
- Sustainable livelihoods for
forest-dependent communities
Strategic projects: They
will consider applications for strategic projects that are working on
addressing the drivers of deforestation on a wider or international scale.
These could include:
- Working on international or
regional forest policy
- Campaigning for improved
practices in commerce
- Innovative ways of reducing
deforestation e.g. financial systems or solutions based on the value of
forest ecosystem services
Funding Information
The majority of their
grants in this programme will be for a total of £50,000 - £100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The programme provide
funding support to UK-based charities, many of whom work in close
partnership with smaller local NGOs based in the countries in which they
operate.
- If you are an organisation
based outside of the UK you must send them contact details for a named
person who is willing to provide them with a reference for your work. This
must be someone who:
- Works for an international NGO
with offices in the UK
- Works for an organisation that
the Foundation has previously given a grant to
- Works for an organisation with
offices in the UK, which has been a current or former donor to your
organisation
- Works for an academic
institution, think tank or as an independent consultant who is based in
the UK, and which has evaluated your organisation.