They cover a range of work including monitoring marine mammals, enhancement of school grounds for nature, beach cleaning, adult nature education and support for restoration work at the Fort Field.
It is being shared between organisations including the National Trust, the Clean Earth Trust, La Societe Guernesiaise, the Pollinator Project and St Martin’s School.
‘It’s always exciting to receive applications for such a wide variety of environmental projects and provide funding for these projects to succeed,’ said Angela Salmon, head of operations and education at the Nature Commission.
Senior natural environment officer Julia Henney added: ‘We have received another excellent set of applications for the Strategy for Nature Fund this year, and we are very pleased to be able to provide support for a fantastic range of community and charitable projects.
‘The work of these projects is essential to help deliver the Strategy for Nature’s aims of learning more about our environment, enhancing biodiversity and engaging with the local community.’
A further £9,000 is being made available for student bursaries for people completing graduate or postgraduate degrees in a relevant subject with a commitment to carry out data collection for their research project in Guernsey or Herm.
The bursary is being relaunched after there were no applications received last year. The deadline is Sunday 1 March.
The Strategy for Nature Fund was established in recognition that the Strategy for Nature is not simply a government document, but a framework that requires support and action from the whole community to achieve its goals and objectives.
All need to address one or more of the threats to our natural environment as reported in the 2024 State of Nature report, including invasive species, pollution, lack of land management, climate change and gaps in knowledge and understanding.
This is the third year that the Nature Commission has worked in partnership with Agriculture, Countryside and Land Management Services to administer the Strategy for Nature Fund.
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