EOCA Selects Four New Conservation Projects
to Receive Funding

Published by Mountainblog on 12/15/2023.

At the end of a nearly six month selection process, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is delighted to announce that €180,000 has just been committed to four new conservation projects in four different countries.

For the autumn funding round, non profit organisations could apply for funding from EOCA of up to €60,000 for specific nature conservation projects. Following receipt of over 250 applications, EOCA carried out a thorough selection process to shortlist those which best matched its funding criteria and which delivered the most impact on the ground. The association’s panel of Scientific Advisers were, as ever, on hand with their expertise in different areas of conservation to guide the decision making process. EOCA then held two votes on its new website to select which of the projects received funding. Firstly, following a tense online public vote, the general public selected two projects:

Rewilding Yu: Reconnecting People with Nature to Save Tigers, Malaysia
Be wild and rewild the mountains in the Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa

Following the public vote, EOCA members then had the opportunity to vote for their favourite projects and chose a further two:

It’s Up To Us! – An Teallach, Scotland.
Metamorphosis: saving Transylvania’s rare butterflies in a recreational landscape

Details of these projects as well as all the other projects supported by EOCA and its members during 2023 can be found here: https://www.eocaconservation.org/our-projects/current-projects/. In total, EOCA committed €390,000 to new conservation projects during the year. An additional €164,500 was committed by Summit Members during the year – EOCA members who support their own projects through EOCA, with EOCA managing the projects on their behalf. In total therefore, over half a million Euros of funding was committed by EOCA and its members to vital conservation projects during the year.

Catherine Savidge, General Manager at EOCA said “The process of selecting which projects receive funding is a stringent one, taking many months. We are delighted that the projects selected are varied in their locations, habitat types and methodologies, but all have the same focus of conserving important, threatened and beautiful biodiversity.”

INFO: European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA)

Our Vision: The outdoor sector and the millions of people who enjoy the great outdoors are active champions for the conservation of nature and wild places*

* EOCA defines 'wild places' as non-urban environments and ecosystems occurring in as natural a state as possible, given the area's location and use. This may include for example moorland, hills, mountains, coasts, rivers, forest, grassland, peatland, lake and ocean areas.

There are currently over 150 members of this not-for profit Association, stretching from Norway to Italy, and Spain to Poland. As a charitable organisation directly funding specific conservation projects with money raised from the European outdoor industry, EOCA enables the industry to work together to make a real difference.
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