Through extensive research and discussions with multiple charities, conservation organisations, researchers, and other funders, we have collated five themes that are underfunded and under-resourced, both historically and currently.
Our Themes
The following themes outline five possible topics that a project could address. To meet our criteria your project must be active in at least one of these themes.
See the themes for our previous 2024-2025 programme here.
Terrestrial Ecosystems
This category covers terrestrial habitat, landscape or ecosystem level conservation projects. Such projects could include those related to terrestrial habitat restoration and landscape scale conservation efforts, refuge and reserve creation, preventing deforestation or other terrestrial habitat conservation projects.
We do not typically fund purchases of land or property.
Marine & Coastal Ecosystems
This category includes support for work on marine and coastal habitats or ecosystems.
These projects can be related to fisheries and aquaculture, coastal lands and estuaries, marine protected areas (MPAs), marine pollution, marine habitat restoration, and other marine habitat conservation projects.
Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups
This category is focused on projects specifically related to under-researched or under-resourced taxonomic groups, namely invertebrates, fungi and plants.
Such projects may involve research and monitoring which leads to, or informs, practical real time conservation impact.
Food & Agriculture
This category covers projects related to improving the sustainability of food and agricultural systems.
This includes work on sustainable farming practices, research into the genetic diversity of agriculture, soil conservation and other projects relating to sustainable food and agriculture systems.
Freshwater Ecosystems
This category covers all projects relating to freshwater and wetland habitats or ecosystems.
This includes work related to lakes, rivers, canals, wetlands and other inland water systems protection or restoration, issues of groundwater contamination and water conservation, and other freshwater habitat conservation projects.
