£88,439,752 invested in 781 projects in 155 countries since 1992
The Darwin Initiative
Darwin Initiative celebrates its 20th birthday with additional £8.5m funding announcement
Environment Minister Richard Benyon today announced £8.5m of funding for 33 new Darwin projects spanning across the globe. These include projects from the Galapagos to Papua New Guinea, from Mongolia to Madagascar, supporting issues from big cats to bees and wild coffee to Ugandan protected areas. Six of the successful projects will be for work in our Overseas Territories, totalling £1.4m to help them protect their precious wildlife.
Around 100 guests attended the celebratory event at London Zoo and heard speakers including Randal Keynes, Charles Darwin's great, great grandson, Professor David MacDonald, chair of the Darwin Expert Committee and Secretary of State Caroline Spelman. The Darwin Initiative was launched in the year of the 1992 Rio Summit.
Funded projects
The list of projects funded under round 18 is available below. Full details of each project will also be available on this website shortly.
Page last modified: Friday, 12 October 2012
Darwin 2012 - 20 years of the Darwin Initiative
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Fri May 17 12:38 | @clarestringer Darwin Plus will be earlier than last year but still plenty time before closing date. Potentially Sept for you. |
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Mon Apr 08 12:38 | Ecstatic to announce the launch of our Round 19 projects. Check out the http://Defra.gov.uk website for info. #biodiversity #conservation |
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Sat Mar 23 09:13 | Great workshop yesterday with new projects. Hopefully logframe isnt such a dirty word now. #mande #biodiversity |
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Fri Mar 22 14:22 | The workshop will serve as an induction to new projects. We're very much looking forward to meeting you all. #biodiversity |
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Wed Mar 20 14:21 | Demand for places for tomorrows workshop was so high we've run out of room. Never fear though we'll share the materials with those not there |
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