The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $287,828.11 Cooperative Agreement to the Forest Service International Foundation on August 7, 2024 under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684). This award will fund the organization's efforts to enhance natural resource management benefitting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada over a period ending on July 31, 2027. The Forest Service International Foundation, a non-profit focused on international environmental and...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $140,000 cooperative agreement to Fundación Comunitaria Puca from August 30, 2022 through July 31, 2024 under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The award will support the organization's efforts to promote beekeeping activity in the buffer zone of the Puca Wildlife Refuge in Honduras. As part of the International Forestry Programs, which aims to improve forest policies, practices, and stewardship...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $420,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Forest Service International Foundation under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) on August 13, 2024. The agreement supports the development of global wood identification tools to combat illegal logging. The funding will be used to build comprehensive tools and resources to improve the ability to accurately identify wood species and track the global timber trade, a key...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $196,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This funding supports IAWF's efforts to enhance collaboration in wildland fire management over a three-year period from April 2024 to December 2026. Through this Cooperative Agreement, IAWF will organize major international conferences and facilitate...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $599,940 cooperative agreement to World Forest Id Association from September 2022 through August 2025 under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. Through this award, World Forest Id will accelerate impact in Latin America by extending the Forest Service's efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally, address climate change, conserve and protect critical global forest environments and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $157,000 Cooperative Agreement to ADPP Angola, a non-profit organization, to fund forest protection activities in the Huambo Hula and Cuando Cubango regions of Angola. This award is part of the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684), which supports initiatives aimed at improving global forest policies and practices, addressing climate change, conserving critical forest environments and resources, and enhancing the lives of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,654,054.05 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc. (IAFC) on July 31, 2024. The grant is funded through the USDA's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), which supports wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands. Under this Cooperative Agreement, the IAFC will provide comprehensive support to the Wildland...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $110,000 cooperative agreement to Mesoamerican Development Institute Corp. from July 2022 through June 2023 under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) grant program. The agreement supports youth training and leadership activities for conservation and sustainable development in Honduras. Specifically, the funding will extend Forest Service efforts to improve forest policies and practices internationally by awarding a grant to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $5,807,887 Cooperative Agreement under the Inflation Reduction Act Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance program (CFDA 10.728) to Loamist, CO., a minority-owned small business, on January 20, 2025. The funding supports the transportation and utilization of timber, biomass, and other forest management byproducts removed during hazardous fuels reduction activities in California and surrounding regions. The objective is to enhance...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $123,371.87 cooperative agreement to Fundacion Internacional Para La Promocion Del Desarrollo Sustentable Futuro Lati, doing business as Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, to support sustainable forestry management in the Sangay-Podoocarpus Conservation Corridor in Ecuador from March 10, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA #10.684) cooperative agreement, Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano will work to...