Grant Programmes

The Convention oversees grant programmes, which provide funding for small to medium size projects aimed at the conservation and wise use of wetlands.

The Secretariat oversees the management of these grant programmes, evaluates project proposals, makes recommendations on their suitability and performs the monitoring and follow-up functions.

Call for Grant Applications

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The Nagao Wetland FundThe NWF supports projects that help implement the goals of the Convention in eligible countries of Asia and Oceania (Maximum Support: 30,000 USD).31 March 2023Here

The Nagao Wetland Fund

CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN FOR 2023 In 2016 the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) in Japan made a generous voluntary donation to establish the Nagao Wetland Fund (NWF), to be...

Wetlands for the Future

Since 1997, the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), the United States State Department, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service have operated a special initiative,...

Action for Wetlands Fund

The Action for Wetlands Fund, established in 2022 in partnership with the global food company Danone, seeks to support innovative ideas and approaches that offer solutions and accelerate actions to...