Forest Conservation Fund > Call for Concept Notes - 2009

Call for Concept Notes - 2009

The Oversight Committee of the Forest Conservation Fund (FCF) is inviting interested local or regional NGOs, CBOs, and non-profit organizations involved in environmental, forestry or conservation activities in Jamaica to submit proposals for grant funding for projects to be implemented island-wide.

The Forest Conservation Fund (FCF) was created in Jamaica in September 2004 after the signing of three (3) agreements/contracts between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ), the Government of the United States of America (USG), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Jamaica Protected Areas Trust (JPAT) respectively.

The central vision of the Fund is to achieve measurable reforestation of target areas within the seven selected priority sites as shown in this map. The key objectives of the Fund are:

1. Promote reforestation activities in denuded areas in the priority sites;
2. Develop a program that has a long-term Promote the protection, conservation and maintenance of parks, protected areas and reserves;
3. orientation and focuses on sustainability;
4. Develop and support the livelihoods of persons living in or near a tropical forest in a manner that is consistent with protecting such areas;
5. Establish partnerships with stakeholders both at the governmental and local levels in efforts for environmental conservation and protection;
6. Promote the development and implementation of scientifically sound systems of management including land and ecosystems management;
7. Strengthen the capacity of organizations at the national and local levels for managing natural resources and those involved in conservation activities;
8. Develop and implement an effective information and communication system that reaches the wider stakeholder population.

Hard copies of these Forms may also be collected at the offices of the Forest Conservation Fund/Jamaica Protected Areas Trust, Suite 201, 72B Hope Road, Kingston 6; The Nature Conservancy, Unit 27, Devon House East, 2+1/2 Kings Way, Kingston 10, and all Forestry Department Offices islandwide.

Expressions of Interest Application Guidelines

Reporting Forms for Funded Applicants

• Quarterly Financial Report Form (40K MS Word file)
• Quarterly Financial Report Form (15K PDF file)
• Disbursement Request Form (38K MS Word file)
• Disbursement Request Form (15K PDF file)
• Disbursement Schedule (22K Excel file)
• Disbursement Schedule (14K PDF file)

Read about the funded projects with the links below!

• Dallas Forest Conservation Project
• Organisation and Development of the Forest Sector through the Jamaica Tree Growers Association
• Dolphin Head Forest Conservation and Appropriate Resource Utilization Project
• Restoration of the Native Plant Species of the Negril Great Morass
• Forest Conservation in the Blue Mountains
• Reforestation of 25 Hectares of Degrade Forest Reserve at Cinchona in the Yallahs Watershed
• Bull Head Forest Reserve Development Project
• Buff Bay Agroforestry Project