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All legacy money donated to the trust is either given directly to grants, partner project funding or goes into habitat management, creation and conservation on our sites. We aim to place focus on species that have been forgotten or are on the very edges of their ranges.
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THE OTTER TRUSTS OVERSEAS GRANTS & AWARDS
The following grants offered by the Otter Trust aim to place focus on species that have been forgotten or are on the very edges of their ranges; that are common elsewhere, but maybe rare in specified locales; they may be ugly, quirky, small and hard to find but no less important. We believe that assumption of status can be dangerous and that potentially unidentified species and sub species could slip quietly into extinction if neglected. The species below meet one or more of these criteria. We aim to fill data deficiencies. Shine a light into the dark and in doing open doors to new research and conservation opportunities.
our grants & AWARDs
THE OTTER CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANT (OCREG)
Welcomes proposals from small charities, organisations and individuals who aim to work with the species, within the geographic range specified, see page for more details.
WEST AFRICAN OTTER RESEARCH GRANT (WAORG)
The Otter Trust welcomes proposals from small charities, organisations and individuals who aim to work with the species, within the geographic range specified
WEST AFRICAN RESEARCH GRANTS (WARG)
These grants aim to offer seed or match funding to enable research into population, habitat management or scientific research pertaining to endangered, range restricted and understudies species within West Africa.
The PHILIP WAYRE AWARD (PWA)
This award is offered once every three years. Applicants can be nominated or apply directly. The award is available to a researcher aged between 18 and 30 yrs.
Legacies
Otter trust grants and awards are enabled via legacies. The Otter trust would like to acknowledge and offer heartfelt thanks to all legacy donors past, present and future for their support in otter and wetland conservation; without them much of our work would not have been, and will not continue to be possible.
Grant Terms and Conditions
Please read our terms and conditions link below before applying for these grants.
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IUCN red-LISt
Anyone can access the IUCN red-list species database, search for a species and see its conservation status. For example, the Eurasian Otter is classed as ‘near threatened’’.
For example, the Eurasian Otter is classed as ‘near threatened’ which is only one rank higher than ‘least concern’ which in layman’s terms means they are doing just fine. and a quick glance at the distribution map shows that the Eurasian Otter can be found across much of the Northern and parts of the Southern hemisphere.
