EOCA to fund five new conservation projects
23/11/2018
It has said it received 85 applications for funding from non-profit organisations around the world. After all were assessed, a shortlist was drawn up of projects that met its requirements. These include that they: address a threat to a habitat, landscape or species; have a link to outdoor enthusiasts; work with and benefit local communities; involve and educational element; and leave a legacy.
An online public vote was held to select three projects for funding, with a further two chosen by EOCA members. The public vote saw 26,000 votes cast.
The projects that will receive funding are:
• Mending Paths and Protecting Arctic-Alpine Habitat on Carn Liath, Scotland – to go towards urgent path repairs and the building of new paths caused by the growth in popularity of hillwalking;
• Obsolete Facilities, Alps – to help with the removal of disused equipment, such as barbed wire, abandoned ski lifts and cables, from natural mountain areas (pictured);
• Repairing Paths and Protecting Peat Bog on Cut Gate, UK – in support of a project to repair a popular upland bridleway that has been eroded and is prone to flooding;
• The Reds Return: Securing the Future of the Red Squirrel, Scotland – an initiative to create suitable habitats for the UK’s red squirrels in order to strengthen their conservation status;
• Restoring the Wetlands of the Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta – in aid of a project to restore 200 hectares of degraded habitat in Cambodia’s nature-rich wetlands.
Image credit: Steven Wassenaar.
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