Nature, Biodiversity & Environmental Quality
Support for innovative solutions that contribute to environmental protection and diversity.
Preserving biodiversity means protecting all the living species (animals, plants, insects etc.) that make up our ecosystems. Today this biodiversity is shrinking, a victim of factors such as climate change, pollution, over-exploitation and the destruction of natural habitats. Faced with such an enormous challenge, numerous groups are rallying to the cause. The King Baudouin Foundation is also acting to protect the environment and biodiversity.
Our activities
- the development of environmental and biodiversity projects
- proposing innovative solutions to philanthropists who would like to contribute to environmental protection and diversity.
Protecting the environment and biodiversity is part of the programme Climate, the environment and biodiversity
Calls for projects
2025 Ernest Solvay Fund
Fostering STEM Education, Planet progress and better life for communities around Solvay
Ongoing
2022 Ernest du Bois Prize for doctoral students
Support of a doctoral research on the theme of water
Selection announced
Fonds Bikes in Brussels - Call for projects 2022 B
Support for efforts in development and equipment to encourage cycle mobility in the Brussels-Capital Region.
Selection announcedGrantees
Universiteit Gent
By cocreating with girls and stakeholders, this research project aims to redesign parks to better serve girls.
Hasselt University
This project examines how PFAS affect children’s health. Findings will improve understanding of PFAS toxicity and guide policies to reduce related health risks.
Het Ringgenootschap
Collaboration with other citizens’ movements for the realisation of the Toekomstverbond for the redesign and covering of the Antwerp Ring Road.
Funds and philanthropic tools
Ernest Solvay (Fund)
Support to initiatives promoting scientific education, well-being and sustainable development, both in Belgium and abroad.
Professor T. Van Autenboer (Fund)
Geological research into the environmental impact (with an emphasis on groundwater) of the extraction, storage, processing and cleaning up of minerals, ores and secondary raw mat…
Invicta (Fund)
Support sustainable projects that contribute to environmental conservation in Belgium and around the world.
Press Releases
635,000 euros for 15 new cycle projects in Brussels
The Bikes in Brussels Fund supports 15 new cycling infrastructure projects (cycle paths, cycle shelters, cycle ramps), for a total of €635,000.
How to build a fairer Europe to reach a greener future: a blueprint
Following two years of listening to Europe’s most vulnerable people, the Fair Energy Transition for All project, led by the KBF, delivers its recommendations at European level.
The Bikes in Brussels Fund has allocated over 1.15 million euros to ten new cycle projects in and to Brussels
The Bikes in Brussels Fund is supporting 10 new cycling infrastructure projects (a cycle bridge, cycle paths and shelters), amounting to over 1.15 million euros.
Stories
Cycling moves up a gear in Saint Gilles
Nature, Biodiversity & Environmental Quality
"Encouraging travel by bike in Saint Gilles is a priority, particularly because our local population is very young."