Title(19 June) UK Government — Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund2023-05-31 06:16
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The Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Challenge Fund supports innovative and scalable solutions to reduce pressure on wildlife from illegal trade and reduce poverty in developing countries. Projects must address one or more of the following themes: (1) Reducing demand for IWT products; (2) Ensuring effective legal frameworks and deterrents; (3) Strengthening law enforcement; (4) Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT. Applications are accepted in three schemes: (1) Extra; (2) Main; and (3) Evidence. The Extra scheme invites projects aimed at expanding activities that have already demonstrated success and impact through landscape or replication scaling or systems change. Projects under the Main scheme are expected to successfully tackle IWT and poverty reduction based on good evidence and demonstrate the potential to scale using new and innovative interventions. Evidence grants will be provided to projects that gather evidence to design an intervention where there is a gap in approaches. Grants amount varies depending on each scheme, ranging from £20,000 to £1,500,000. Projects must be implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa, East and Southeast Asia and Latin America.


Maximum Amount: up to £1,500,000

Submission Deadline: 19 June, 2023


Relevant material is attached herewith.   

For more information and guidelines on how to apply, please visit here.

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