Environment and Conservation Fund – 80 projects approved under 2017-18 Invitations for Environmental Education and Community Action Projects

     The Secretariat of the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) today (July 24) said that a total of 80 projects have been approved under the 2017-18 Invitations for Environmental Education and Community Action (EE&CA) Projects with a total grant of around $45 million.

     The EE&CA Projects Funding Scheme provides grants for local non-profit-making organisations to implement projects to raise the environmental awareness and knowledge of the public and to motivate behavioural changes for environmental conservation. Other than general theme projects, projects on special themes including "Nature Conservation of South Lantau", "Clean Shorelines", "Climate Change", "Biodiversity" and "Sustainable Use of Biological Resources" were approved. Details of the 80 approved projects are available on the EE&CA Projects website (eeca.ecc.org.hk/english/projects/list_detail2017.html?id=542).

     The 2018-19 Second Round Invitation for EE&CA Projects is tentatively scheduled for the third quarter of this year. Interested local non-profit-making organisations may refer to the EE&CA Projects website (eeca.ecc.org.hk/english/index.html) for details nearer the time.