However, information alone cannot lead to real-world change—it takes the work of communities, organizations, and other stakeholders to turn this data in action. Now that we can see where trees are being lost, what can be done to slow or stop harmful forest destruction? How can we empower communities affected by poor forest management to use GFW to protect natural resources?
Enter the Global Forest Watch Small Grants Fund. The Fund, which we’re opening up for applications today, aims to support civil society organizations around the world to use the GFW platform in innovative and impactful ways. We have pledged an initial $375,000 for 2014 and are accepting applications through June 30. The Fund offers local organizations from around the world the chance to improve forest management in their own communities.
What Is Funded?
The Small Grants Fund seeks applications within the following categories to help meet our goal of improving forest management and enhancing local livelihoods:
Projects that support forest-dependent communities, grassroots organizations, and other local stakeholders to access, comprehend, and apply information in the GFW platform in ways that positively impact people’s lives;
Projects that use information in the GFW platform to conduct research or carry out advocacy to improve forest governance and law enforcement (e.g., through changes in laws, institutions, and/or practices);
Projects that provide new information to or validate existing information on GFW (e.g., creation of a new data layer, validating areas of tree cover loss); and
Other innovative projects that use GFW to empower civil society to better manage forests and sustain or mobilize local communities.
The Small Grants Fund supports projects ranging from 10,000 USD to 40,000 USD, with a completion date of no later than December 31, 2014.
The Small Grants Fund seeks applications within the following categories to help meet our goal of improving forest management and enhancing local livelihoods:
Projects that support forest-dependent communities, grassroots organizations, and other local stakeholders to access, comprehend, and apply information in the GFW platform in ways that positively impact people’s lives;
Projects that use information in the GFW platform to conduct research or carry out advocacy to improve forest governance and law enforcement (e.g., through changes in laws, institutions, and/or practices);
Projects that provide new information to or validate existing information on GFW (e.g., creation of a new data layer, validating areas of tree cover loss); and
Other innovative projects that use GFW to empower civil society to better manage forests and sustain or mobilize local communities.
The Small Grants Fund supports projects ranging from 10,000 USD to 40,000 USD, with a completion date of no later than December 31, 2014.