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The Indigenous Partnerships for Species at Risk (IPSAR)

October 30, 2024

Value

Project funding usually ranges from $10,000 to $50,000 per project, per year.

Description

The Indigenous Partnerships for Species at Risk (IPSAR), formerly known as the ‘Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk (AFSAR)’, is a Government of Canada program administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The program recognizes the important role Indigenous Peoples have in wildlife conservation by supporting Indigenous leadership in the conservation, protection and recovery of species at risk and culturally significant species, and their habitats on Indigenous lands or territories. The program also supports the development of Indigenous capacity to actively participate in the implementation of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

The IPSAR supports projects for terrestrial species including birds, land mammals, reptiles, and plants.

Since 2004, more than $56 million has been invested in over 900 Indigenous-led projects benefitting species at risk across Canada.

Eligible Applicants

All Indigenous communities and organizations located in Canada are eligible for funding, including:

  • Indigenous not-for-profit and for profit organizations
  • Territorially based Indigenous groups
  • Chiefs councils, District councils, and Tribal councils
  • Traditional appointed advisory committees
  • Indigenous corporations, partnerships, and groups
  • Indigenous research, academic, and educational institutions
  • Indigenous cultural education centres
  • Indigenous land/resource management authorities
  • Indigenous co-operatives
  • Indigenous societies, boards, and commissions
  • Other organizations (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) if mandated by one of the above eligible recipients

Eligible Expenses

  • Salaries and wages
  • Management and professional service expenditures
  • Contractors
  • Travel
  • Materials and supplies expenditures
  • Purchase of capital assets
  • Equipment rentals
  • Land acquisition, leases, easements, covenants, servitudes
  • Costs associated with eligible land securement initiatives and projects
  • Communications and printing, production and distribution expenditures
  • Vehicle rental and operation expenditures
  • Lease of office space
  • Overhead
  • Other expenditures
  • Expenditures for preparing an independent financial report
  • Further disbursement of ECCC funding to final recipient

Deadline Date

The deadline to submit an application is October 30 at 14:00 Eastern Time.

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