BRIDGE
Conservation with the private sector
What is the BRIDGE project?
The BRIDGE Project is an initiative that promotes strategic alliances between environmental funds in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa and the private sector through innovative financial mechanisms to contribute towards the global goals of conservation of biodiversity 2030.
The initiative is implemented by the Forever Costa Rica for the benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds (RedLAC) and the African Consortium of Funds for the Environment (CAFÉ).
Conservation with private sector
BRIDGE Project unites Latin America, Caribbean, Africa and private sector for international conservation goals.
Main components:
Innovation Fund
Mentoring and institutional capacity building
Knowledge management and
of information
The project represents an investment of €4,830,000 from various sources: the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) with €2,227,500, Mava Foundation with €357,500, and in-kind contributions and leveraged funds from RedLAC and CAFÉ member Environmental Funds (€2,245,000).
BRIDGE will run from 2022 to 2026.