IUCN
Relevent Country: Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Type of work: Project and Program Management
Last Date: 20-10-2023
The Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP), supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in association with KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau), promotes and supports tiger conservation while considering the needs of local communities.
The ITHCP follows an integrated approach, combining the conservation of species and their habitat with the socio-economic development of local communities. The objective of this call is to continue and expand the scope of tiger conservation leading towards improved management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas, stabilizing and increasing the prey base, enhancing protection measures, managing conflicts with humans, and strengthening sustainable management of resources, thereby contributing to the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP) and Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
This call aims to grant € 10.7 million and to build on the strengths of the first three phases, while diversifying sufficiently to adapt to changing global needs and maximising impacts not only on tigers, but also on other species that contribute to tiger conservation. Therefore, in addition to tigers, this call also supports two other cat species: the common leopard (Panthera pardus) and clouded leopards, both the mainland clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and the sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi). These two Pantherine species have habitat requirements comparable to those of tigers and are both involved with and victims of human-wildlife conflicts. Therefore, they serve as flagship species for the conservation or restoration of habitats where tigers might live again and prepare the ground for tiger recovery through an extended approach to habitat and human-wildlife conflict management.
In addition to the six Tiger Range Countries previously funded under ITHCP, namely India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Indonesia, in this call, Cambodia and Thailand are also eligible for funding.
Funding Information
The overall indicative amount available for this call is € 10.7 million. Project grant size can vary from a minimum of € 0.5 million to a maximum of € 2 million. A minimum of 20% in match funding is required for each project.
Project Duration
The minimum duration of the proposed project should be 24 months and the maximum 30 months. The start date of the project will be determined by the date of the signature of the grant agreement.
Eligible Activities
Within eligible DPAs, projects must:
Eligible Species
The projects should target one or more of the following species: tigers (Panthera tigris), leopards (Panthera pardus), and clouded leopards, both mainland clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa) and Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi). All projects should indicate how the activities proposed will contribute to tiger conservation directly or indirectly, for example, explain how conservation actions targeting common and clouded leopards in areas where tigers are absent can help prepare the ground for tiger recovery.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must be:
Source: https://speciesgrants.iucn.org/