All projects funded under Darwin that are longer than one year must submit an Annual Report (AR) in the prescribed template. In addition, all projects must submit a Final Report (FR) within three months of closing. All Annual and Final reports are subject to a desk-based review by a biodiversity and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) […]

On January 9th and 10th we held workshops for Stage 2 applicants to the Darwin Initiative and its sister grant scheme, the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Challenge Fund. The objectives for the day were to: Better understand the fund requirements and eligibility criteria To meet key people and understand their role Obtain help to develop […]

This year, the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held in Bonn between the 6th and 17th of November. To mark the event, our latest newsletter is themed on how the Darwin Initiative is contributing to the international community’s commitment to climate […]

We are pleased to launch our latest edition of the Newsletter, celebrating 25 years of the Darwin Initiative! We invited articles from projects, past and present, to discuss how Darwin has supported them over the years. In this newsletter, you’ll read success stories from projects working on the conservation of biodiversity and the improvement of […]

Read our new Information Note documenting the key lessons from Mid Term Reviews in Belize! Darwin Mid Term Reviews (MTRs) are carried out on around 10% of Darwin projects each year. MTRs are formative evaluations intended to provide an independent assessment of project progress against its aims. They also offer an opportunity to capture and […]

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) seeks applications for members to join its Darwin Plus Advisory Group (DPAG). We are particularly seeking individuals who have good knowledge of environmental issues within the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) including biodiversity conservation and protection, management of the marine environment and climate change issues affecting the […]

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) seeks applications for members to join its Illegal Wildlife Trade Advisory Group (IWTAG). We are particularly seeking individuals who have good knowledge of the IWT Challenge Fund how it tackles the illegal wildlife trade and contributes to sustainable development in developing countries. We are looking for […]

We are pleased to announce that we are now inviting applications for the following grant schemes: Darwin Initiative Round 24 – all schemes except for scoping projects Darwin Plus Round 6 – projects and fellowships The deadline for Darwin Main Stage 1 applications is Tuesday 12th September 2017 and the deadline for Darwin Plus applications […]

May 22nd was the International Day for Biological Diversity, and the theme for 2017 was “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”. To tie in with this, we invited articles from Darwin projects on the theme of Sustainable Tourism. In this newsletter we hear from projects working across the world – including Myanmar (Burma), Madagascar and St Helena. […]

On May 30th and May 31st we hosted two events, a webinar and a workshop, for new projects. This was the first event which was open to grantees from from both the Darwin Initiative and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund! For those who may have missed the events, or would like to refresh their […]

This quarter, we invited articles from projects that related to one of the most common themes within conservation projects – conflict. Be it human wildlife conflict, or conflict within the communities that a project is working with, these updates from projects highlight not only the problems that these issues can cause but, more importantly, how […]

We are pleased to announce fifteen new projects and one fellowship under the Darwin Plus scheme – click here to see the full list! Darwin Plus grants are for projects working on environment or climate change issues in the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), and cover a range of priority issues such as the control of […]

The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) – https://cites.org/cop17 – will take place from 24th September to 5th October 2016 and it is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa. To tie in with this, for this quarter’s newsletter we invited articles from projects that highlight their work relating to both […]

We are pleased to have recently uploaded two Mid-term Reviews for Darwin projects in Uganda and Mozambique: Alternative sustainable livelihood sources for forest edge hunting communities (21-016) in Uganda, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland – find the full Mid-term Review here Balancing conservation and livelihoods in the Chimanimani forest belt, Mozambique (21-006), […]

We are happy to share with you our May 2016 Newsletter! The theme for this newsletter is Mainstreaming Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods, to tie in with this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22nd. Click here to read!

Round 22 of the Darwin Initiative saw a record breaking number of applicants and we have funded a fantastic range of new projects. We look forward to hearing how they progress, and wish them the best of luck!

We have produced three new information notes for the Darwin Initiative and broader conservation and development communities. Logical Frameworks Information Note: This information note is intended to help Darwin projects and applicants to understand Logical Frameworks (logframes) and their use, to help improve the Monitoring and Evaluation of projects. Indian Ocean Cluster Information Note: This […]

We’re happy to share with you 2 newsletters with stories and updates from Darwin Initiative projects. We’ve split the newsletter into 2. These are: News from the UK Overseas Territories Darwin projects and Traditional knowledge

https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/publications/workshop-proceedings/stage-2-applicants-workshop-oct-2015

Robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a requirement for all Darwin projects. M&E has been necessary for Darwin projects for many years, however, the standard required has increased in recent years. This briefing paper is intended to help Darwin projects teams and applicants to understand what we mean by M&E. Given the diversity of the […]

2016 Conservation leadership programme awards now open for applications