Caribbean Biodiversity Fund: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Facility Second Call for Proposal
The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through its Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility (EbA Facility), is seeking applications for projects that utilize Ecosystem-based Adaptation approaches to assist in climate change adaptation efforts within the marine and coastal zones of the insular Caribbean.
The EbA Facility resources are composed of a 45 million EURO contribution from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety through KfW, the German Development Bank.
Types of projects to be supported:
Successful projects need to show a clear EbA focus, i.e., the use of natural systems and ecosystem services to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
Projects can include restoration and rehabilitation of ecosystems, management of protected areas, reduction of land-based stressors, measures to reduce physical damage to ecosystems, measures to reduce pressures on ecosystems, installation of artificial reefs, and hybrid solutions (grey-green infrastructure) relevant to the EbA approach. Actions exclusively focused on protected areas management will not be supported by the EbA Facility, as the CBF manages another financial instrument, the CBF Endowment, focused in protected area management. However, protected areas management support can be considered in protected areas that are relevant to ecosystembased adaptation. The grants shall be focused on helping people adapt to adverse effects of climate change, reduce disaster risk, and build resilient ecosystems and economies. In addition, grants may focus on the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services and on developing and replicating successful models.
Projects to be supported should contribute to the realization of the 2 strategic objectives of the EbA Facility, which are:
- Strategic Objective 1: To sustainably manage EbA supporting marine and coastal zone habitats, incorporating social and economic resilience to climate change.
- Strategic Objective 2: To rehabilitate and restore EbA-supporting marine and coastal zone habitats incorporating social and economic resilience to climate change.
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Country Eligibility: ODA qualified countries in the insular Caribbean, as determined by the OECD DAC. These countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In exceptional circumstances, additional Caribbean countries may receive support through their participation in multi-country projects. Multi-country projects are projects involving activities in more than one country, and the majority of countries (at least threequarters) must be on the list of eligible countries referenced above. These multi-country projects could benefit the following additional insular countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Organization Eligibility: Local, national, regional or international NGOs, registered national conservation trust funds, CBOs, government agencies, regional organizations, private sector companies, universities and other academic institutions, and consortia of organizations
