1000th Rufford Small Grant Awarded

We are pleased to announce that the 1000th RSG has been awarded to Khaled Sawalha for his project in Palestine 'Ecotourism and conservation of biodiversity in Bani Naim'. Khalid says 'I express my gratitude to the Rufford Small Grants Foundation for its support of the first Palestinian project on conservation of local and national flora'. Read more about his project at http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org/rsg/projects/khaled_sawalha

Since the first RSG was awarded in 1999 more than 1100 grants have been awarded, totalling over £5.9 million.

In 2007-8, RSGF broke through the £1 million barrier for grants awarded in one year for the first time. In that year, 258 grants were approved, totalling more than £1.33 million.