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ENVIRONMENT

Rotary supports activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance
environmental sustainability, and foster harmony between people and the environment. At Rotary,
environmental sustainability means ensuring the responsible care and use of Earth’s natural resources for
the greatest benefit of living things in a way that supports ecological integrity, planetary health, and future
generations.

Area of Focus Statement of Purpose and Global Objectives

TRF enables Rotary members and partners to protect, preserve, and conserve the environment through a
variety of project pathways in order to:

I. Conserve nature and biodiversity, from species to landscape-scale protection

II. Mitigate climate change, by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions or ensuring that they are
absorbed or stored in natural carbon sinks

III. Facilitate sustainable and adaptable livelihoods with smaller ecological footprints that maintain
people’s social well-being in compatibility with flourishing natural systems

IV. Strengthen environmental equity by addressing socio-environmental issues that disproportionally
affect marginalized communities

Eligible grant projects will demonstrate one or more of the environment area global objectives (above)
and match at least one action goal (below).

Eligible Action Goals and Activities

TRF considers the following activities to be within the scope of the environment area of focus:

1. Protecting and restoring land, coastal, marine, and freshwater resources
a. Protecting and restoring terrestrial ecosystems through initiatives such as preventing
deforestation and habitat degradation, planting native vegetation, promoting reforestation
and habitat restoration, and removing invasive plant and animal species

b. Protecting and restoring coastal, marine, and freshwater ecosystems through initiatives such
as protecting and propagating native plant and animal species, removing invasive species,
and addressing overfishing, pollution, coastal erosion, and ocean acidification

c. Prioritizing action to monitor and guard nature against threats of degradation

d. Supporting targeted initiatives to improve aquifer and groundwater recharging, water
conservation, water quality, and watershed management (in conjunction with the policy
statements and guidelines for water, sanitation, and hygiene)

e. Preserving biodiversity by protecting habitats, conserving native species, preventing
poaching, and monitoring and protecting endangered species

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