The World Monuments Fund (WMF) “Cultivating Resilience” program is now accepting proposals for historic places, to strengthen their resilience to climate change, share relevant knowledge, and supporting future planning.
“Cultivating Resilience” is a three‑ to five‑year global program encompassing sites of diverse types, statuses, threats, and uses. Whether called “gardens,” “managed landscapes,” “cultural landscapes,” or “designed landscapes,” these places where people interact with plants, care for, and protect greenery have dual value. They are not only valuable sites for transmitting traditional knowledge and practices that enhance climate resilience, but also laboratories for innovative practices, helping future generations adapt to this changing world. Places participating in this project must meet the following conditions: they must be actively used and valued by local communities; must demonstrate that their climate resilience knowledge or practices are under threat; must articulate how building resilience can simultaneously address global challenges, such as land degradation or the biodiversity crisis.
Additionally, applicant sites must also meet the following conditions: clearly demonstrate a conservation or stewardship issue that can be addressed with WMF support; currently lack a climate risk assessment and/or climate adaptation plan; demonstrate the potential and willingness to disseminate knowledge, share best practices, and build capacity in their region.
Selected sites will receive the following support: professional support from WMF on specific conservation or stewardship issues; assistance with site‑specific climate risk assessment and climate adaptation planning; membership in the international WMF Cultivating Resilience network; access to information from global Cultivating Resilience partners; funding support for sharing knowledge and strengthening the resilience of other heritage green spaces in their region.
Interested applicants should contact the organizers to express their interest (in Chinese or English) before August 16, 2024, to obtain more information. Contact email: gardens@wmf.org.
For submission and more details, please see: https://www.wmf.org/cultivating-resilience-nominate-heritage-green-space-under-threat
