Taronga Foundation Field Conservation Grants

The Taronga Foundation Field Conservation Grants offer vital funding and support for conservation initiatives worldwide, targeting measurable outcomes in wildlife protection and habitat regeneration. Grants of up to $20,000 are available to NGOs, community groups, and individuals with innovative projects. Since its inception in 2008, the program has allocated over $1.1 million to 105 projects, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between wildlife conservation and local communities to ensure a sustainable future.

Taronga’s Field Conservation Grants give funding and support to conservation projects that help wildlife, habitats and communities all over the world.
Taronga Field Conservation Grants are open to NGOs, community groups and individuals who have a new or established conservation project that could benefit from funding and expert support. Taronga will support the best in-the-field conservation programs with grants of up to $20,000 from a total of $200,000.
Since launching Field Conservation Grants in 2008, Taronga has given over $1.1million to 105 projects worldwide, from 72 different organisations. Projects that have benefited from a Taronga Field Conservation Grant have helped to protect and regenerate habitats, stop poaching and trafficking of wildlife and reduce conflict between communities and wildlife living side by side.
Projects are selected by a panel of reviewers from across the organisation, with each project being reviewed by 6 panel members and scores averaged out and calculated to determine conservation efficiency (CE), assessing conservation outcome and project costs. Projects are ranked and the highest scoring projects are selected for funding.
Taronga is for the wild. As a not-for-profit, Taronga has an absolute commitment to the conservation and securing a shared future for wildlife and people. Taronga Field Conservation Grants are one more way Taronga is working to achieve that vision.

Eligibility

Field Projects will be selected using the criteria listed below, but only after the following principles have been accepted; if any one of these principles cannot be satisfied, then the institution should consider very carefully whether the project should be undertaken at all.Only projects that demonstrate measurable conservation outcomes in the field will be supported;Projects must consider the implications of climate change effects on the success of their project;Project applications will specify a defined period of participation or support from Taronga;It is understood that in situ conservation projects do not need to have captive breeding/management components, nor that the focal/target species need to necessarily be held in zoos;Where in situ conservation projects involve reintroduction or relocation, such processes must be endorsed by relevant government bodies and adhere to all relevant policies and conventions governing the movement and reintroduction of animals and plants, and their component parts established by the IUCN (Reintroduction Guidelines and Position Statement on Translocation of Living Organisms), CITES and IATA;Humane treatment must be a priority for all animals impacted as part of this project and captive populations must be held in conditions considered acceptable by the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA);Taronga recognises the importance of sensitive integration of wildlife conservation goals and human needs in successful in situ conservation programs; andProjects and their personnel must adhere to all laws of the country in which the project is undertaken.Applications for projects ranging between 12 and 24 months will be considered.

Ineligibility

No project should present an unreasonable level of risk to participant safety, project financial stability or reputation.