BAHAMAS PROTECTED AREAS FUND

The Bahamas Protected Areas Fund (BPAF), is a corporate body established in 2014 by an Act of Parliament. The purpose of the Fund is to "ensure sustainable financing into perpetuity" for scientific and policy research, education, conservation and management of protected areas, including national parks. It is also mandated to support areas established for biodiversity conservation generally, the protection of carbon sinks, water resources, wetlands and blue holes, degraded or threatened ecosystems as well as areas established for adapting to and mitigating against, climate change. BPAF is a National Conservation Trust Fund that extends grants to various PA Managers including the Bahamas National Trust, the Bahamas Undersea Research Foundation, Waterkeepers Bahamas, the Forestry Unit of the Ministry of Environment, the Department of Marine Resources, the University of The Bahamas, and other Government Agencies, academic and research institutions, and environmental NGOs, whose project or..

Also known as: Bahamas, Bahamas National Trust

Primary location: Nassau Bahamas