Nature-Based Climate Change Adaptation Projects

Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on March 5, 2018

WCS Issues Request for Proposals for Nature-Based Climate Change Adaptation Projects

The Wildlife Conservation Society is inviting proposals from nonprofit conservation organizations through its Climate Adaptation Fund.

Building on the society’s 120-year history in long-term conservation efforts, the WCS Climate Adaptation Fund will award up to $2.5 million in grants in 2018. The grants are designed to strengthen the capacity of wildlife and ecosystems to adapt to climate change by enhancing dynamic ecological processes and ecosystem functionality (as opposed to projects that benefit a particular species or landscape attribute). Projects should focus on improving the adaptive capacity of ecosystems rather than simply conserving or restoring their historic conditions.

Projects that implement joint mitigation and adaptation (JMA) approaches are encouraged.

To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S.-based nonprofit conservation organization with 501(c)(3) status that incorporates climate adaptation science into its proposal and uses strategic communications to increase the conservation impact of its results. The fund also seeks on-the-ground projects using strategic communications to leverage broader impact through replication of adaptation practices across landscapes.

See the Wildlife Conservation Society website for complete program guidelines, information about 2017 grant recipients, and proposal submission instructions.

Deadline: April 6, 2018

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