Biodiversity and Ecosystems Funding Programs
This tab includes federal funding sources that have been used to support adaptation and examples of how state and local governments are funding and financing adaptation efforts related to biodiversity and ecosystems. This is not intended to be a list of available grants for adaptation.
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March 1, 2018
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Better Together Resilient Communities grant program funds initiatives to help California communities better prepare for, withstand, and recover from extreme weather events and other risks related to climate change. PG&E is investing $2 million over five years in shareholder-funded grants. In 2018, PG&E focused on projects to help communities prepare for increased frequency and severity of extreme heat events, and the 2019 Resilient Communities grant program will focus on wildfire risk.
Related Organizations: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
Resource Category: Funding
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The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Coastal Community Resilience Grants Program provides municipalities with financial and technical resources to advance innovative local efforts to plan for and adapt to coastal climate impacts, including sea level rise, storm surge and flooding. In 2018, more than $3. 2 million in funding was awarded to Braintree, Chatham, Chelsea and Everett, Dennis, Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. , Gloucester, Hull, Ipswich, Kingston, Marion, Mattapoisett, Nantucket, Provincetown, Salem, Wareham and Winthrop.
Related Organizations: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, StormSmart Coasts
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Habitat conservation project grants and cooperative agreements are awarded for habitat conservation activities including coastal and marine habitat restoration and protection. Projects are funded to carry out public policy pertaining to protection and restoration of the nation's wetlands and other coastal habitats including those of the Great Lakes.
Related Organizations: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
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June 7, 2016
The San Francisco Bay Clean Water, Pollution Prevention and Habitat Restoration Measure (Measure AA) is a $12-per-year parcel tax for the San Francisco Bay area of California - which passed with over 70% support in all nine Bay Area counties on the June 7, 2016. The measure is anticipated to generate $500 million over 20 years - approximately $25 million annually for critical tidal marsh restoration projects around San Francisco Bay. Measure AA was the first parcel tax in the history of the state to be levied throughout an entire region encompassing multiple counties.
Related Organizations: San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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2017
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Climate Adaptation Fund is a program to support projects that demonstrate effective interventions for wildlife adaptation to climate change. With funding provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and managed by the Wildlife Conservation WCS, the WCS Climate Adaptation Fund provided its first $2 million in competitive grants in its first year of grant-making in 2011, and in each year to follow. The Fund now provides a total of $2. 5 million in grant awards between $50,000 and $250,000 to conservation non-profit organizations each year.
Related Organizations: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) , Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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2013
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program is supporting projects that reduce communities’ vulnerability to the growing risks from coastal storms, sea level rise, flooding, erosion and associated threats through strengthening natural ecosystems that also benefit fish and wildlife. The program is funded by the 2013 Hurricane Disaster Relief Appropriations Act.
Related Organizations: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) , U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
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2014
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) administers the Coastal Resilience Grant Program through its StormSmart Coasts Program which provides financial and technical resources to advance local efforts to increase natural storm damage protection, flood control, and coastal community resilience. Eligible projects can be in the areas of: vulnerability and risk assessment; public education and communication; local bylaws, adaptation plans, and other management measures; redesigns and retrofits; and natural storm-damage protection/green infrastructure.
Related Organizations: StormSmart Coasts , Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM)
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The Fogarty International Center (FIC) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have identified ecological and evolutionary sciences, including field biology and mathematical modeling, and socio-ecology as essential disciplines to understand and predict transmission of zoonotic and other infectious diseases that involve biotic or abiotic vectors, including diseases of humans, other animals, and plants.
Related Organizations: John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF) , National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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April 4, 2011
The Coastal Conservancy’s Climate Ready program focuses on protecting important coastal resources and habitats from the current and future impacts of climate change, along the California coast and within the San Francisco Bay. The 'Guidance for Addressing Climate Change in California Coastal Conservancy Projects' provides grantees and Conservancy staff clarification, information and resources to assist in understanding and applying the Conservancy’s adopted Climate Change Policy and Project Selection Criteria.
Related Organizations: State of California, California State Coastal Conservancy
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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NOAA's Coastal Zone Enhancement Program (CFDA Number: 11. 419) provides formula grants to state and territorial coastal zone management programs to help jurisdictions enhance and improvement their management of coastal resources in nine "enhancement areas" (defined below). Funds are provided directly to states that can use those grants to assess their coastal management programs and identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of their programs. Grants are used to develop legal and policy changes and cannot be used for capital projects.
Related Organizations: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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