Darwin Initiative

About this project

The Darwin Initiative is the UK’s flagship international challenge fund for biodiversity conversation and poverty reduction, established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The Darwin Initiative is a grant scheme working on projects that aim to slow, halt, or reverse the rates of biodiversity loss and degradation, with associated reductions in multidimensional poverty. To date, the Darwin Initiative has awarded more than £195m to over 1,280 projects in 159 countries to enhance the capability and capacity of national and local stakeholders to deliver biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction outcomes in low and middle-income countries. More information at https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-darwin-initiative. This page contains information about Rounds 27 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 26, please see the Darwin Initiative website -https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 14Life Below Water
• 15Life on Land

Published by

Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs · Government

Countries

Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Bolivia, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Mali, India, Somalia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Morocco, Guatemala, Peru, Pakistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Malawi, Honduras, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Brazil, São Tomé & Príncipe, Benin, Senegal, Thailand, Guinea, Tajikistan, Namibia, Ecuador, Ghana, Cameroon, Armenia, Nigeria, Timor-Leste, Mongolia, Guinea-Bissau, Colombia, Bangladesh, Congo - Kinshasa, Uzbekistan, Laos, Costa Rica, Belize, Gabon, St. Lucia, South Africa, Liberia, Afghanistan, Côte d’Ivoire, Comoros, Fiji, Haiti, Mexico, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tunisia, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Guyana, Rwanda, Eswatini, Bhutan, Maldives, Angola, Kazakhstan, Botswana, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Congo - Brazzaville, Djibouti, Eritrea, Georgia, Mauritius

Sectors

Biodiversity

Focus

Biodiversity · Main focus

Funded by

Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

Implemented by

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association, Bangor University, Bethlehem University, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Bioclimate Research and Development Ltd, Birdlife International, BirdLife International Cambodia, Birdlife Zimbabwe, Blue Ventures, CAMPFIRE Association Zimbabwe, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Charles Sturt University, Community Health And Sustainable Environment Africa, North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo), Chimpanzee Trust, Coral Cay Conservation, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Accountable

Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

Published by Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: GB-GOV-7-DarwinInitiative.

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