The PCLG is excited to announce that it is piloting a new small grants initiative. The new funding mechanism will foster multi-stakeholder collaboration and learning between conservation and development and/or rights focused organisations in three great ape range states.

Themes of Interest

Potential themes of interest include:

• Responses to emerging conservation and development challenges in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Indigenous Peoples and local communities and conservation – including equity, justice, governance and/or human rights
• Issues relating to conservation and wellbeing – including, for example, negative social impacts of conservation, benefit-sharing from conservation, conflict in the context of conservation and development interventions.
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Gender equity in conservation approaches
• The role of communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
• Large scale infrastructure projects and/or land acquisition, communities and conservation

Funding Information

• The minimum PCLG small grant you can apply for is USD$ 500.
• The maximum PCLG small grant you can apply for is US$ 5000.
• Please note that our overall grant budget is approximately USD$ 25,000 and we hope to fund more than five grants with this amount.

Key Requirements

• Identify a key learning issue
  • For the first round of PCLG small grants, we are particularly keen to support activities that respond to COVID-19 and the challenges this disease is creating in great ape range states for conservation and development.
• Create a learning group
  • To be eligible for a small grant, at least two eligible applicants (including the lead applicant) must collaborate to form a learning group. These learning groups must demonstrate:
    • Collaboration between conservation and development or rights-focused organisations,
    • Learning on the great ape related conservation and development issue you tackle, and
    • Timely and relevant activities in the context you are working.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible countries - Activities must take place in one or more of:
  • Cameroon
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Uganda
• Eligible applicants - Learning groups must be made up of:
  • Community-based associations or organisations
  • Community-based enterprises and cooperatives
  • Women's associations or organisations
  • Indigenous or ethnic minority groups or associations
  • Youth groups or associations
  • Non-governmental organisations

For more information, visit PCLG Small Grants.