Biodiverse Landscapes Fund open for applications

Fund aims to reduce poverty, protect and restore biodiversity and lessen climate change impacts in six environmentally critical landscapes

The United Kingdom’s £100 million Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) will help biodiverse landscapes around the world to:

• protect and restore biodiversity
• reduce poverty
• reduce the impact of climate change

BLF will run from 2022 to 2029.

Programmes will be funded in six biodiverse landscapes covering 18 countries:

• Andes Amazon – covering areas of Ecuador and Peru
• Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area – covering areas of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Lower Mekong – covering areas of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• Mesoamerica – covering areas of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
• Western Congo Basin – covering areas of Cameroon, Gabon and Republic of Congo
• Madagascar (funding already agreed)

Types of programmes

Programmes wil be funded that help to:

• reduce poverty and create sustainable economic development for communities living in, and dependent upon, environmentally precious landscapes
• protect and restore ecosystems and biologically diverse landscapes
• reduce climate change by preserving carbon sinks and ecosystems
• address the causes of environmental degradation
• support national and local governments, park authorities and communities to achieve long-term sustainable management and use of natural resources

Who can apply

You can apply for funding if you’re working in biodiversity, climate change and poverty reduction, and are:

• a non-governmental organisation (NGO)
• a civil society organisation (CSO)
• a private sector partner
• a multilateral organisation
• a social development organisation
• a United Nations body
• an academic institution

How to apply

Find more information on the fund objectives and structure and more details on how to apply to the fund.

Applications will open and close on different dates, depending on which landscape your programme covers.

First published 2 August 2022