# Environment: Tropical Rainforests

From The Waterloo Foundation. Listed on naturefunding.org, a free directory of nature restoration and conservation funding where every fact is read from the funder’s own page or the organisation that runs the programme for it.

- Status, from the check on 2 November 2026: Windows each year: Deadlines on 1 June and 1 November every year. The funder’s page doesn’t say whether one is open now.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Not found on the pages we read
- Who can apply: NGOs
- Where: Not found on the pages we read
- Rounds: Fixed rounds with deadlines
- Co-funding required: Not found on the pages we read
- Restoration approach (our classification): Protected areas and Community conservation
- Last checked: 2 November 2026. Every quote below was read on or after this day.

How to apply, who can apply and where are our categories, from the funder’s words; the quotes are below.
- Listing: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/
- Funder’s programme page: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmenttropicalrainforests/

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: Funds work that keeps tropical rainforests standing by stopping deforestation, mostly strategic policy work but also local projects run by Indigenous peoples and local communities over large areas. Applications go by email to the foundation.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, how to apply:** Apply directly. When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

> “Please note that all applications must be submitted to applications@waterloofoundation.org.uk.”

Source: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmenttropicalrainforests/, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#access

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, amount:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#amount

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, where:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#geography

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, who can apply:** NGOs

> “We prioritise providing funding support to UK-based charities, many of whom work in close partnership with smaller local NGOs based in the countries in which they operate.”

Source: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentapplications/, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#applicant_types

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “Each year we have 2 deadlines per programme for applications to our Environment Fund.”

Source: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentapplications/, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#window

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, co-funding required:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#co_finance_required

## The call

### Twice-yearly deadlines

Call page: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentapplications/

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, Twice-yearly deadlines, status:** Windows each year; the page doesn’t say if one is open now

> “The 2 deadlines for applications to our Tropical Rainforests programme fall on the following dates every year: 1st November 1st June”

Source: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentapplications/, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#call-standing-status

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, Twice-yearly deadlines, dates each year:** Deadlines on 1 June and 1 November every year

> “The 2 deadlines for applications to our Tropical Rainforests programme fall on the following dates every year: 1st November 1st June”

Source: https://waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentapplications/, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#call-standing-recurring

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**Environment: Tropical Rainforests, reporting:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/#reporting

## How to cite

naturefunding.org, “Environment: Tropical Rainforests”, checked 2 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/waterloo-tropical-rainforests/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

## Something wrong?

Report a problem: https://github.com/Restoration-Scope/rs-naturefunding/issues/new?title=Problem+with+Environment%3A+Tropical+Rainforests&body=Listing%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnaturefunding.org%2Fp%2Fwaterloo-tropical-rainforests%2F%0A%0AWhat+is+wrong+%28deadline%2C+amount%2C+eligibility%2C+link%E2%80%A6%29%3F%0A%0A%0AWhere+did+you+see+the+correct+information%3F+A+link+to+the+funder%E2%80%99s+own+page+helps+most.%0A&labels=listing-problem
Funders can correct their listing: https://github.com/Restoration-Scope/rs-naturefunding/issues/new?title=Funder+correction%3A+Environment%3A+Tropical+Rainforests&body=Listing%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnaturefunding.org%2Fp%2Fwaterloo-tropical-rainforests%2F%0A%0AYour+name%2C+role+and+organisation%3A%0A%0AWhat+should+change%2C+and+the+page+on+your+website+that+says+so%3A%0A%0AWe+change+a+listing+only+after+confirming+it+on+your+own+website.+Listings+can%E2%80%99t+be+bought.%0A&labels=funder-correction