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