Cultivating Resilience: Nominate a Heritage Green Space Under Threat

We are now accepting proposals for sites looking to strengthen their resilience to climate change, share their knowledge, and plan for the future through the Cultivating Resilience program.

Description
Cultivating Resilience is a three- to five-year program with a global reach and a diversity of site types, statuses, threats, and uses. Whether you call them "gardens," "managed landscapes," "cultural landscapes," or "designed landscapes," sites where humans interact with, care for, and protect plants can serve a dual purpose. They can act as treasured places where traditional knowledge and practices about strengthening climate resilience are passed down, but they can also be laboratories for trialing new and innovative practices that will help future generations adapt to a changing world.
Building on years of work at the nexus of climate and culture, Cultivating Resilience joins WMF's suite of climate resilience and adaptation initiatives. This program intends to use cultural heritage as a key tool to help the communities associated with historic places adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
WMF welcomes applications for this exciting new program to safeguard green spaces large and small.

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
WMF support to address their specific conservation or cultivation issues
Assistance with site-specific climate risk assessments and climate adaptation planning
Membership in the international WMF Cultivating Resilience network
Access to information from Cultivating Resilience partners across the globe
Funds to share knowledge and build the adaptive capacities of other heritage green spaces in their region

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Applications will be reviewed by an independent scientific committee, and successful sites will be notified by August 31st, 2024.

Organizer
World Monuments Fund (WMF)

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