Ecology Fund

The Jersey Ecology Fund is a financial resource available for whole or partial support of local environmental projects.

It was established in March 1991 by the States of Jersey with a sum of money received as an insurance settlement from the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker disaster of 1978. The fund is invested by the States Treasury to generate an income that can be used in whole or partial support of local environmental projects.

The five Trustees of the Fund, appointed by the States of Jersey Environment and Public Services Committee, meet regularly to consider applications received.

Annual income from the invested sum varies dependent on interest rates; current yearly income is of the order of £25,000.

What kind of project may be eligible for funding? (Extract from States report [P 32 1991] )

practical conservation tasks, including scrub clearance, pond renovation and woodland management;

monitoring and survey programs, including studies and surveys of flora, fauna and vegetation;

surveys of marine environment, perhaps to be carried out as part of, or in conjunction with, undergraduate or postgraduate studies;

participation in British and European projects, such as biological studies;

other conservation tasks, not included above, which the trustees of the Fund believe to be of importance to the Island.

School children working in an area built with assistance from the Jersey Ecology Fund.