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What is the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund?
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is a significant philanthropic endowment established to do the following:
- Provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives
- Recognize leaders in the field of species conservation; and
- Elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate.
The fund’s reach is truly global, and its species interest is non-discriminatory. It is open to applications for funding support from conservationists based in all parts of the world, and will potentially support projects focused on any and all kinds of plant, animal and fungus species, subject to the approval of an independent evaluation committee.
In addition, the fund will recognize leaders in the field of species conservation and scientific research to ensure their important work is given the attention it deserves and to elevate the importance of species in global conservation discourse.
The fund will consider all applications, but as part of the CBD's 2010 International Year of Biodiversity the fund would like to encourage applications for conservation projects targeting species with total wild populations of less than 250 individuals.
The fund has an initial endowment of €25,000,000, of which a small portion will be spent each year on grants. Our recently launched species conservation case study web site shows up-to-date information on where these funds have been allocated so far.
It is envisaged that the fund’s establishment will act as a catalyst to attract additional donations from third party sources to ensure the fund’s annual contribution to direct species conservation initiatives increases over time.
To view the Fund's Annual Report for 2009, please click here.