{"id":8815,"date":"2024-01-04T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=8815"},"modified":"2024-01-04T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:07:35","slug":"waterloo-foundation-environment-fund-tropical-rainforests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/waterloo-foundation-environment-fund-tropical-rainforests","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Foundation \u2014 Environment Fund: Tropical Rainforests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why we want to help:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world has approximately 4 billion hectares of forest, representing almost 30% of the Earth’s landmass, with roughly 56 percent of these forests lying in tropical and subtropical areas. More than 1 billion people rely heavily on forests for their livelihoods, and they are the most biologically-diverse ecosystems on land, home to more than half of all terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. Forests also play a vital role in global climate<\/a> regulation through the sequestration and storage of carbon.
\nBut despite increased awareness of their importance, forests are experiencing escalating impact from human activities<\/a>. In recent years we have lost over 3.5 million hectares of primary forest annually, and yet more forests are becoming degraded<\/a> or fragmented. It has been calculated that the deforestation of tropical forests<\/a> is responsible for about 20 percent of current global carbon emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change.<\/p>\n

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What we will support:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under our Tropical Rainforests programme, preference will be given to initiatives working to protect\u00a0tropic<\/em><\/a><\/strong>al\u00a0rainforests<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0for their value to the climate, communities and biodiversity, principally through avoided deforestation. We will consider both practical local projects<\/a>, and strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n

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Local projects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Applications for practical local projects that we will consider would typically be working on a specified tropical rainforest area, defined in hectares. We will generally only accept applications for the protection of areas<\/a> larger than 10,000 hectares. Applicants will need to demonstrate how their project involves:<\/p>\n