Funding Opportunities

Environment Fund Priority Areas for 2011 to 2014:

From 2011 to 2014, there will be a particular focus on:

1. Freshwater - strategies that strive for the long term sustainability, protection and resilience of water quality and flows
2. Habitat Protection and Conservation - strategies that offer opportunities for broad community participation and engagement in development of solutions, whether in marine or land-based ecosystem.

In 2012, the Environment Committee grants budget is approximately $500,000.  Approximately one-third of the budget will be targeted towards each of the two priority areas. The remaining third is available for requests that meet our general environmental goals.

Multi-year requests related to the priority areas are encouraged and evaluation will be supported. We will likely only support two to three multi-year projects in each area.

Criteria for evaluating funding requests to each of our priority areas include projects which have the potential to result in measurable change over the next two to three years; address root causes of threats to the environment; create opportunity for grassroots community engagement; and demonstrate strong project collaboration.

Possible relevance to Guardian Watchmen programs: Environmental education and community outreach, stewardship activities, implementing and monitoring EBM plans, training programs.

Pacific Salmon Foundation supports citizens to become active in their backyard streams which in turn, leads to active, engaged citizens who are part of a self-determined community needed to address the complex issues facing salmon at the local, provincial and federal level. The Community Salmon Program (CSP) supports stewards who volunteer thousands of hours each year to monitor watersheds, develop and implement rehabilitation projects, educate and inform their community and advocate for the conservation and protection of our shared resource - salmon.  Relevance to Guardian Watchmen programs: Habitat assessment, habitat rehabilitation, stewardship and community planning, and stock assessments.

Through the Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP), Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada is supporting Aboriginal and northern communities to address risks and challenges posed by climate change impacts and to become more resilient.  This program, delivered by the Climate Change Division, is designed to support Canada's commitment to Aboriginal and northern peoples' pursuit of healthy and sustainable communities by allowing communities to prepare for challenges created by a changing environment.

CCAP is focused on working with organizations, institutions and communities that can take the lead in assessing and developing management strategies to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, undertaking risk and vulnerability assessments, and identifying appropriate actions required to reduce risks due to a changing climate and its impact.