Forestry and Reforestation grants
24 listings tracked right now
Funding for afforestation, reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest-carbon projects. The money comes from the World Bank (PROGREEN), bilateral climate finance, the UK and EU, and large nature-focused foundations and corporate buyers. Listed below are the open forestry and reforestation grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
This is the most fragmented funding landscape on the site. Money comes from agriculture and environment ministries, the EU Common Agricultural Policy and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and a large conservation philanthropy sector including the Global Environment Facility and the major nature foundations. Cheque sizes span four orders of magnitude, and eligibility frequently turns on land tenure, on partnership with a local organisation, or on both.
This page lists open forestry and reforestation grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 24 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is forestry and reforestation work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
20 distinct funders are publishing the forestry and reforestation grants on this page. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls, which is why the listing names the funder on every opportunity it opens.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, EUROPE, GLOBAL-SOUTH, AFRICA, ASIA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
7 of these close within the next 30 days. Deadlines are taken from the source listing and re-checked on every refresh, but the originating funder remains the authority — always confirm against the official notice before you submit.
ADOPT Facilitator support grant: round 12
Innovate UK
This grant provides £2,500 to farming, growing, or forestry businesses in England to hire an external Project Facilitator who will help develop a Full ADOPT Grant application. It is a preparatory funding stream for businesses seeking larger innovation grants.
Research Grant Competition 4 (RGC4)
GCBC
Open research competition funding mixed-portfolio projects addressing drivers of biodiversity loss and enabling transformative change in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Coral Triangle. Projects must be led by a research organisation, include GEDSI planning, and partner with an ODA-eligible implementing organisation.
Agency grant in worldwide: FORESTPathways: International call for the forestry sector, closes 2 Dec 2026
Agency
International call for research, innovation, and deployment projects in the forestry sector, supporting climate mitigation and sustainable forest management. Open to organizations across participating countries with applications due 2 December 2026.
FORESTPathways – International Call for the Forest Sector
Swedish Energy Agency
An international call for proposals targeting innovation and development in the forest sector, including bioeconomy applications. Eligible applicants from participating countries can submit projects advancing forestry, sustainable forest management, and forest-based value chains.
European partnership: Forests and Forestry for a Sustainable Future
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
Horizon Europe partnership call funding research and innovation to build knowledge and solutions for resilient forests and sustainable forest-based economies. Intended for European research organisations, universities, forest stakeholders and consortia working on forestry and forest-based value chains.
Applied Conservation Grants – Long-Term Projects
Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation for Applied Conservation
Funds applied conservation research and community-based conservation projects longer than six months, including habitat protection, community engagement, and policy work focused on non-human primate conservation. Eligible applicants are conservationists residing in primate range countries with a direct connection to primate conservation.
Community Tree Planting Programme
Nova Wakefield
This grant funds community-led tree planting and reforestation initiatives within the Wakefield District. It supports local organizations and community groups to deliver environmental and social benefits through woodland creation and habitat restoration.
Foundation grant in United States: Impact Grant (1 Year / $150K), up to $150K, closes 15 Dec 2026
Foundation
Grants up to $150,000 for US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits that protect, restore, or manage water and environmental resources through responsible land and water management, community education, and implementation of conservation methods. Eligible organizations work on watershed protection, land stewardship, and environmental resource management with demonstrated community engagement.
Project Grants
Forest Conservation Fund
The Forest Conservation Fund provides grants to protect and restore native forest ecosystems threatened by commodity production (palm oil, timber, soy). Eligible applicants include NGOs, community organizations, indigenous groups, research institutions, and private forest managers working on projects covering at least 500 contiguous hectares.
Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe networking call funds coordination among living labs to scale up nature restoration solutions and remove barriers to their implementation. It is aimed at consortia of research, public and civil society actors working on nature restoration across Europe.
Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe call funds living-lab consortia that co-create and test solutions for ecosystem restoration, addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks. It is aimed at research and innovation consortia, including universities, research institutions, public bodies and local stakeholders working on nature restoration.
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program for Non-Federal Lands
USDA-FS
This USDA Forest Service grant program funds landscape-scale forest restoration projects on non-federal lands, such as watershed, wildfire-resilience, and forest health work. It is aimed at state, tribal, local, and nonprofit partners that can lead or join multi-stakeholder restoration efforts.
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program for Tribes
USDA-FS
USDA Forest Service grant program supporting federally recognized Tribes in landscape-scale forest and watershed restoration projects that address wildfire, forest health, and ecosystem resilience. Eligible applicants are Tribal governments seeking funding for restoration work on or near tribal and federal lands.
Strategic Nature Projects
European Commission (EC) - LIFE
Strategic Nature Projects funds conservation, biodiversity protection, and nature-based solutions across Europe through the LIFE programme. The grant supports projects that advance environmental sustainability and climate resilience through strategic nature interventions.
Grant in worldwide: A Nature-Based Funding Round, up to $15K, closes 22 Apr 2027
organisation
A quadratic funding round for nature-based projects that combines community support with matching funds from a pooled pool, with individual projects receiving between $2,000 and $15,000. Projects spanning restoration, conservation, agriculture, water, energy, and community resilience can apply and receive greater matching allocations based on breadth of supporter engagement.
Enhance protection of nature and biodiversity, natural heritage and natural resources. Develop green and blue infrastructure
GIP l'Europe à Mayotte
This French ERDF-funded call under objective 2.10 (Restore) supports nature restoration, biodiversity protection and green and blue infrastructure in Mayotte after cyclone Chido. It is aimed at public and associative project promoters working to repair damaged forest and natural habitats.
Completing the Natura 2000 Scheme
Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
This Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional framework co-finances Natura 2000 contracts that protect habitats and species on designated sites, and it encourages landowners to sustain the investment through a long-term contractual commitment (ORE). It is aimed at public and private rights-holders of Natura 2000 land, with agricultural operators limited to specific non-agricultural actions.
Kenya-UK PACT: Call for Proposals for the Nature-based Solutions sector
UK PACT (UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions)
This is a call for proposals funding nature-based solutions projects in Kenya through the UK PACT programme. Eligible applicants can submit proposals to advance climate mitigation and adaptation through natural capital and ecosystem-based interventions.
Developing knowledge and solutions for resilient forests and a sustainable forest-based future
Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)
This joint research and innovation call from the FOREST partnership funds projects on climate-resilient forests, adaptive multifunctional forest management, innovative wood products, and forest value chains and governance. It is aimed at research organisations, universities, and companies across participating European and partner countries, including French applicants through ANR.
How to respond to and prepare woodlands for extreme weather
Forestry Commission
This grant funds woodland owners and managers to prepare their forests for extreme weather impacts and build long-term climate resilience through adaptive management practices. It is open to landowners, woodland managers, and organizations responsible for woodland stewardship in the UK.
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
DOI-USGS1
This USGS cooperative agreement lets an affiliated partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit conduct applied natural resource science in the Great Lakes and Northern Forest region. It is aimed at universities, research institutions, and nonprofit partners that can support federal ecosystem research and management needs.
Foundation grant in worldwide: Large-scale projects (gala beneficiary), up to $55K, closes 30 Nov 2026
Foundation
This grant funds a single large-scale community, environmental, or heritage project selected as the annual gala beneficiary, with funds disbursed after end of 2027. Eligible projects are self-contained initiatives in environment, community development, or heritage conservation.
FORESTPathways – international call for the forestry sector
Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency)
FORESTPathways is an international research and innovation call under the European FOREST partnership, with Swedish funders financing only themes 3 (timber and innovative wood-based products) and 4 (forest value chains, markets and governance). It targets researchers and innovators seeking to build a resilient, knowledge-intensive, circular bioeconomy forest sector, via a two-stage application with three-year projects starting in 2028.
Environmental Protection
Fondation Alfred et Eugénie Baur
This grant supports environmental protection projects with a global reach, funding initiatives in Switzerland and internationally. Eligible projects advance environmental conservation and sustainability outcomes across multiple sectors.