Funding type

Equity, Grants, Loans, Guarantees

Project size funding

not specified

Target region/countries

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Eligible Organisations for funding

Private Entity, Individual, Non-profit or Civil Society Organization (NGO), Scholar Institution, Communities / Non-registered citizen groups

Ecosystem

Marine & Coast

Biodiversity Categories

Protected Areas and other conservation measures, Green Economy (incl. Ecotourism), Sustainable Use (of productive areas), Biodiversity planning and finance

Sector Tags

Finance, Environmental Protection and Conservation

Funding Criteria

topics:
- accelerator program & nature-based solutions
- transactional services: support venture financial readiness and capital mobilization

criteria:
- business model
- environmental and social positive impact on coral reefs and neighboring communities
- address at least one of the main threats to the MAR (e.g. lack of wastewater and solid waste treatment, overfishing, climate change)
- focus on 18 coastal and marine protected areas (CMPAs) in the countries of the Mesoamerican Reef

Application process

Call for application
https://mar-invest.org/#proposals

Additional information

Implemented by an alliance of Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MarFund), the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN)/Sureste Sostenible (SS), Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative (HRI), and New Ventures/VIWALA, funded by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR)
More information for alliance members:
MarFund: https://fire.biofin.org/single/mesoamerican-reef-fund-%28marfund%29
FMCN: https://fire.biofin.org/single/fondo-mexicano-para-la-conservaci%C3%B3n-de-la-naturaleza-%28fmcn%29---mexican-fund-for-the-conservation-of-nature
Viwala: https://fire.biofin.org/single/viwala
GFCR: https://fire.biofin.org/single/global-fund-for-coral-reefs%C2%A0