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

This fact sheet, produced by WWF South Africa and the Wilderness Foundation Africa, provides a comprehensive directory of national and international emergency and relief funds and finance mechanisms established to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The list is categorized by focal areas, including human development, SMMEs (small, micro, and medium enterprises), tourism, conservation, agriculture, and other sectors, detailing the eligible applicants, funding values, and application status for each source.

• The document lists several high-value international funds for COVID-19 relief, including the African Development Bank's $10 billion response facility for sovereign member countries in Africa and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's $6.5 billion for medical equipment, SMME working capital, and government funding.
• South Africa has implemented specific national relief schemes, such as the Unemployment COVID-19 Temporary Relief Scheme with a value of R40 billion, which provides payments based on a sliding scale from 38% to 60% of an employee's salary.
• Financial support for SMMEs in South Africa includes the National Empowerment Fund's R200 million fund for black entrepreneurs manufacturing essential medical products and the Tourism Relief Fund's R200 million for tourism and hospitality SMMEs.
• Conservation-focused funding includes a $65 million commitment from the Wyss Foundation to support the management of four parks in Rwanda and Malawi and the potential acquisition of five new parks.
• Agricultural relief mechanisms include the Covid-19 Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, a $40 million global fund designed to support small-scale producers with crop, livestock, and fisheries inputs and market access.
• The SG Response fund provided $1 billion in its first nine months to help governments implement National Action Plans for Health Security and maintain critical services interrupted by the pandemic.

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} }