Environment and Nature Fund 2019

The grants scheme has been devised to enhance biodiversity in communities throughout the country by combining the expertise of qualified ecologists with the skills, experience and enthusiasm of local community groups.

Timeline:             
Opening Date for applications                      17 May 2019
Closing Date for applications                        28 June 2019
Grants will be made by                               End September 2019
Studies should be carried out                      Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
Progress Report due                                   Early December 2020
Community Biodiversity Plan due                March 2021           
Grantee Learning Event                              March 2021

A fund of €200,000 has been established and community groups are invited to apply for grant funding to engage an ecologist and develop a Community Biodiversity Plan (CBP) for their local area. Within the scheme, three levels of grant funding will be offered:

Strand 1: Grants of up to €5,000 for community groups to work with an ecologist to classify their local habitats, assess their condition and extent, map them, and define a suite of actions to enhance biodiversity

Strand 2: Grants of up to €7,500 for community groups who carry out the work outlined in Strand 1 in collaboration with one or two land managers/owners to classify habitats at landscape scale with a focus on field boundaries (hedgerows, treelines and stone walls), assess their condition and extent, map them and define a suite of actions to enhance biodiversity

Strand 3: Grants of up to €10,000 for community groups who carry out the work outlined in Strand 1 in collaboration with three to five land managers/owners to classify habitats at landscape scale with a focus on field boundaries (hedgerows, treelines and stone walls), assess their condition and extent, map them and define a suite of actions to enhance biodiversity.

More information on this funding and the criteria and application form is available here

Closing date 4:00 p.m. June 28^th 2019

For queries ph 01 8747354 or email: info@foundation.ie