Cooperative Agreement 22IC11132762244

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $490,002 cooperative agreement to Alianca DA Terra, doing business as At, to support the Brazil Fire Prevention and Preparedness project from July 23, 2021 through July 1, 2026. The funding is provided through the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) grant program. Under this cooperative agreement, At will work with the Forest Service to deliver fire prevention and preparedness activities in Brazil. The International Forestry...

This $47,000,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) grant program. The goal of the funding is to support projects that contribute to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The award recipient is Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico E Social - Bndes, a...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 29, 2023 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program. The purpose of the grant is to support a range of projects and activities that address deforestation and support the restoration of forest areas. The ultimate completion date for the grant is June 30, 2024. The prime awardee...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $769,637 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Smithsonian Institution, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects, for a 5-year collaborative research project. The project aims to study spatial and temporal patterns of carbon dioxide and methane emissions across tropical wetland ecosystems in the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado). Researchers will collect high-resolution field data on greenhouse gas fluxes,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Sky Harvest Resources, LLC, a small business based in Dallas, Texas, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award supports the "Carbon Credit Landowner Access Project" with a performance period from August 6, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The project aims to help underserved private forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets,...

This $1,999,950 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The project, awarded to the Urban Forest Carbon Registry in August 2024, delivers three key solutions over 3 years to enable hundreds of land trusts to enroll thousands of rural landowners in carbon offset and ecosystem services programs: Technical assistance toolkits to help landowners assess eligibility,...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $183,000 project grant to Unique Land Use GMBH under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to support the "ETHIOPIA MRV OF LIVESTOCK GHG EMISSIONS IN OROMIA" effort. The May 6, 2022 award provides funding through March 31, 2024 for measuring, reporting, and verifying greenhouse gas emissions from livestock in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. The International Forestry Programs aim to improve forest policies and...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) supports Wageningen University in the Netherlands to enhance forest monitoring capabilities through advanced satellite technology. The key project activities include: Adapting deforestation alert methods to meet specific country needs and implementing them in open-source platforms like R, SEPAL, and Google Earth Engine to facilitate broader...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $132,709 Cooperative Agreement under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to Agro-Map for a project to support landscape restoration in the Republic of Congo. The project, which has a performance period from January 7, 2025 to March 31, 2026, aims to improve global forest policies and practices, address climate change, conserve critical forest environments, and enhance the lives of forest-dependent communities in the...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $402,329.64 Project Grant to Biofund - Fundacao Para A Conservacao DA Biodiversidade of Mozambique under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The grant will support Biofund's efforts to improve and protect Mozambique's protected areas network from November 2021 through September 2025. Specifically, the funding will extend the Forest Service's work with Biofund to enhance forest policies and practices in...