Funding type

Grants

Project size funding

not specified

Target region/countries

Brazil

Eligible Organisations for funding

Non-profit or Civil Society Organization (NGO), Private Entity, National goverment, Subnational goverment, Towns & Municipalities

Ecosystem

Forest & Woodlands

Biodiversity Categories

Protected Areas and other conservation measures, Restoration, Sustainable Use (of productive areas)

Sector Tags

Environmental Protection and Conservation, Finance

Funding Criteria

topics:
- Prevention and control of deforestation with sustainable economic models, agroforestry, restoration, environmental governance, capacity-building, monitoring, research and technology, rural environmental registry
- Amazon biome as main priority, for other Brazilian biomes (e.g. Cerrado) or tropical countries limited to monitoring forest cover and controlling deforestation
https://www.fundoamazonia.gov.br/en/amazon-fund/guidelines-and-criteria/

principles:- compliance with REDD+ safeguards
https://www.fundoamazonia.gov.br/en/monitoring-evaluation/REDD-safeguards/

Application process

Application language

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Particular consideration of

Indigenous Peoples (IP), Local Communities (LC)