The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
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The initiative funds projects that help countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to meet their objectives under one or more of the following biodiversity conventions:
* the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
* the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
* the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
* the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
* the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
* the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Projects typically try to address threats to biodiversity such as:
* habitat loss or degradation
* climate change
* invasive species
* over-exploitation
* pollution and eutrophication
The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
The initiative funds projects that help countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to meet their objectives under one or more of the following biodiversity conventions:
- the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
- the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
- the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Projects typically try to address threats to biodiversity such as:
- habitat loss or degradation
- climate change
- invasive species
- over-exploitation
- pollution and eutrophication
