The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition: Covid-19 Emergency/Relief Funds and Finance Mechanisms List

The document is a fact sheet listing various funding sources to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19. It categorizes funds by focal area, including human development, small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs), tourism, conservation, and agriculture. The list includes both South African national funds and global initiatives, detailing their target beneficiaries, available values, and application statuses.

• The document lists several high-value international funds, including the African Development Bank's "$10 billion response facility curb covid-19" and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's "$6,5 billion" for medical equipment and SMME working capital.
• South African national relief includes the Unemployment Covid-19 Temporary Relief Scheme with a value of "R40 billion", and the National Empowerment Fund's "R200 million" for black entrepreneurs manufacturing essential medical products.
• Conservation-specific funding includes the Wyss Foundation's "$65 million in total" to support the management of parks in Rwanda and Malawi, and the IUCN Rapid Action Grant for projects in South Africa with a maximum size of "EUR 100,000".
• Agricultural support is provided through the Covid-19 Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, a "$40 million" global fund aimed at helping small-scale producers maintain crop, livestock, and fisheries production.
• Tourism relief in South Africa includes the Tourism Relief Fund with "R200 million" for SMMEs in the tourism and hospitality sector, and the Tourism Transformation Fund offering grants of up to "R5 million per successful applicant".

APA

WWF South Africa (n.d.). The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition: Covid-19 Emergency/Relief Funds and Finance Mechanisms List. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/covid19_relief_funds_list_sustainable_landscape_finance_coalition.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition: Covid-19 Emergency/Relief Funds and Finance Mechanisms List. n.d. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/covid19_relief_funds_list_sustainable_landscape_finance_coalition.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfsouthafricandsustainable, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition: Covid-19 Emergency/Relief Funds and Finance Mechanisms List}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/covid19_relief_funds_list_sustainable_landscape_finance_coalition.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }