The Livestock Systems Chair is recruiting a PhD student (m/f/d) to work on nutrient cycling in grazed livestock systems. The aim of our group is to improve the understanding of the trade-offs between production, mitigation and conservation in livestock-based systems, and to identify innovative mechanisms to aid landscape-level management of these systems. We conduct modelling...Read More
The Conservation Nation Grant Program provides funding to help save endangered animals and their ecosystems by building a stronger, more diverse community of conservation practitioners. We believe there is great conservation progress to be made by broadening the field of committed individuals working to address the global wildlife conservation challenge. Conservation Nation supports innovative, on-the-ground...Read More
How to Apply for Funding from EOCA Applications for funding are invited from 1-15 June and 1-15 December. Our next funding round will be 1-15 June 2023. PLEASE READ OUR FUNDING CRITERIA BELOW BEFORE APPLYING There is an increasing urgency and awareness of the double threat that our world currently faces: the loss of biodiversity...Read More
We support research projects that produce rigorous, relevant, and impactful science, address global change, and actively involve citizen-scientist participants. We distribute requests for proposals (RFPs) annually. We evaluate proposals based on scientific merit, appropriateness of citizen-scientist activities, expected project outcomes and impacts, safety, and logistics. Earthwatch funding is intended to be supplemental to other sources...Read More
ZSL, Rainforest Trust and an alliance of conservation NGOs partner to launch a new fund aimed at safeguarding EDGE species. ZSL, Rainforest Trust and an alliance of conservation NGOs are proud to announce a bold new US$ 5,000,000 partnership to protect and conserve habitat for the world’s most threatened and evolutionarily distinct species. The EDGE...Read More
The MedFund provides sustainable funding for marine biodiversity conservation. MedFund launches a call for interest dedicated to support Mediterranean MPAs’ managers by funding day to day management costs of protected marine areas. The funding request must not exceed an average annual amount of €75 thousand. Applicants must be officially designated MPAs (or under designation process)...Read More
In compliance with the Tanzania Association of Foresters (TAF) Constitution Article 18, the TAF National Executive Committee is officially announcing that the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) and 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) are scheduled to take place on 22nd and 23rd November, 2023, respectively, in Morogoro, Tanzania. The 20th Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 The...Read More
The nascent biodiversity credit market is beginning to be used to finance measurable and positive outcomes for biodiversity. Not to be confused with biodiversity offsets, which compensate for the residual biodiversity impacts of development, credits have been used to conserve habitat for species such as spectacled bears and yellow-eared parrots. As the world looks forward...Read More
Verra will have a strong presence at the Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity (CIFB) conference this week. This event will bring together professionals from the finance, forestry, and conservation sectors to explore topics around environmental markets. Verra will host a side event on “The Use Case for Nature and Biodiversity Credits.” Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development...Read More
It has been well documented that the world is facing multiple environmental problems. One such issue is that of biodiversity loss as populations grow and urbanisation takes hold. England has sought to challenge this global threat at the local level through the imposition of far more rigid biodiversity net gain requirements in their planning system....Read More
