Rainforest Trust UK

Rainforest Trust UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1169111).

Rainforest Trust UK is a British charity, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, that works in partnership with Rainforest Trust globally to protect the planet's remaining rainforests and other tropical ecosystems. It channels restricted donations to Rainforest Trust for conservation projects around the world, creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement and donor support. A total of £2,353,862 of restricted money was transferred to Rainforest Trust in the U.S. for disbursement to these projects.

Priority Areas

Rainforest Trust UK channels restricted donations to Rainforest Trust for conservation projects around the world. Its support helps non-profit organisations, Indigenous Peoples and communities protect tropical and subtropical ecosystems critical to endangered species and climate mitigation, by creating or expanding protected and conserved areas. Project implementers must be legally registered non-government organisations authorised to work in the project country. Projects are expected to have government and community support, protect globally significant endangered species populations or important tropical habitat, and provide for sustainable management. The approach is collaborative: Rainforest Trust works with applicants to cover area management, community engagement and long-term funding mechanisms, with the aim of establishing protected and conserved areas that endure.

Themes

• Tropical habitat conservation
• Endangered species
• Climate mitigation
• Protected area creation

Geographic Focus

Priority: Around the world.

Organisations submit a concept note; if it is successful, a Rainforest Trust staff member invites them to submit a detailed application via the online portal.

Deadlines: Protected or Conserved Area Creation Awards of $250,000 and above have deadlines on March 1, July 1 and October 1 each year.

Application windows:

• Protected or Conserved Area Creation Awards of $250,000 and above
  • Applications are accepted on March 1.
  • Applications are accepted on July 1.
  • Applications are accepted on October 1.

Who can apply:

• The Project Implementer must be a legally registered non-government organization and authorized to conduct work in the country of the project.
• All applicants must be legally registered, non-government organizations that are authorized to conduct work in the country of the proposed project.

What the charity says:

• Projects should demonstrate relevant government and Indigenous Peoples’ or local community support, with free, prior and informed consent properly conducted.
• Projects should have, or plan to establish, a management system that sustains in situ biodiversity conservation.
• Applications are developed collaboratively, and applicants may receive guidance on the project structure and application language.