Grants Approval Committees

All project proposals submitted in response to a BNCFF Call for proposal will initially be reviewed and have due diligence completed by IUCN and a minimum of two external experts. Following this, project proposals will be forwarded to a Grant Approval Committee, who will then select the winning projects.

Grants Approval Committee for the CfP on MPAs & OECMs

Launched in December 2022 and closed for submissions in February 2023.

Dorothée Herr

Ocean & Climate, International Processes & Sustainable Finance at GIZ

Lida Teneva

(former) Vice President, Oceans, Area-based Conservation at WWF

Hannah Wood

Director, Climate & Environment at the UBS Optimus Foundation

Eric Schauls

Senior Advisor, Government of Luxembourg, Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development

Grants Approval Committee for the CfP on Coastal NbS and Green Gray Infrastructure

Launched on 19 May 2022 and closed for submissions on 3 July 2022.

Dave Hampton

Senior Resiliency + Climate Adaptation Planner, LimnoTech

Brenden Jongman

Nature-Based Solutions Program Lead, The World Bank

Eric Schauls

Senior Advisor, Government of Luxembourg, Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development

Irina Likhachova

Global Lead for Biodiversity Finance, Climate Business, International Finance Corporation