Quick Response Fund for Nature

Quick Response Fund for Nature

Overview: RESOLVE's Quick Response Fund for Nature (QRFN) accelerates habitat protection by creating a rapid response mechanism that matches scientific expertise and funds with conservation needs. The fund delivers funding within a week when necessary to conserve habitat essential to protecting rare and endangered species.

Focus Areas

• Protection of rare and endangered species
• Habitat and biodiversity conservation
• Species Rarity Sites (Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, Key Biodiversity Areas, ranges of threatened vertebrate species, and rare plants)
• Conservation of the world's most critical sites identified in the Global Safety Net

Geographic Scope

• Global operations across 25 countries spanning 5 continents
• Particular emphasis on Species Rarity Sites comprising 2.3% of Earth's remaining terrestrial habitat essential to avoiding extinctions

Track Record

• Since 2015: funded nearly 60 high-priority land conservation deals
• Conserved over 35,000 hectares of globally significant habitat
• Protected species include: cotton-top tamarin, Chinese pangolin, great green macaw, mountain tapir, black-footed ferret

Application Philosophy

• Rigorous review of applications
• Rapid funding delivery (within a week when necessary)
• Works with unparalleled speed

Contact

• Program Director: Carly Vynne (cvynne@resolve.ngo)
• Research Program Coordinator & Project Manager: Sanjiv Fernando

Strategic Direction

• Over the next five years, seeking to protect the world's most critical sites for rare species identified as Conservation Imperatives