Interdepartmental Recovery Fund
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Introduction
As part of the National Strategy for the Protection of Species at Risk, the federal government has established the Interdepartmental Recovery Fund (IRF) for federal departments and departmental corporations. The IRF became operational in the 2002-2003 fiscal year.
The IRF provides funding to federal departments and departmental corporations for implementing recovery activities for species designated by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as nationally extirpated, endangered or threatened that are on federal lands or under federal jurisdiction. IRF also supports surveys of endangered, threatened and extirpated species on federal lands. As such, it supports federal organizations in their efforts to meet the requirements of the proposed Species At Risk Act. This program also fosters partnerships among federal organizations and with other organizations interested in the recovery of species at risk.
The IRF is one of five main federal funding programs centered on the protection and recovery of species at risk that add to the investments made by Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Parks Canada Agency and many other federal departments and departmental corporations in the recovery of species at risk. The other federal funding programs involved in the protection and recovery of species at risk are the Habitat Stewardship Program, the Endangered Species Recovery Fund, the Aboriginal Capacity Building Fund, and the Critical Habitat Protection and Recovery Fund.
Call for proposals for IRF funding takes place between mid-September and mid-December of each year.
For more information, please click on the links below:
The IRF Program
Funded Projects
The Application Process
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