Cooperative Agreement 72051723CA00002

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $599,924.02 Cooperative Agreement under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) to Re:wild, a non-profit organization, to combat the illegal collection and international trafficking of endemic and globally threatened wildlife in the Lesser Antilles. Over an 18-month period, Re:wild will collaborate with law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent the Grenadines to: 1)...

This $278,646 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) aims to reduce the illegal and unsustainable songbird trade in Guyana. The project has three key objectives: 1) improve understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and ecological factors driving songbird trade, 2) strengthen enforcement of legal songbird trade regulations, and 3) pilot a songbird captive breeding program as a sustainable livelihood...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $134,785.62 Cooperative Agreement to Birdlife International, a global non-profit conservation organization, under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.679). The project aims to enhance collaboration among recipients of the Species Conservation Catalyst Fund, strengthen their capacity, and raise public awareness to reduce illegal and unsustainable international songbird trade, with a focus on...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.679 - Combating Wildlife Trafficking) provides $129,805.02 to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and its partners to research and address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in the Southern Caribbean and Guiana Shield regions. The key activities include: 1) assessing songbird health and welfare, 2) synthesizing data on wild songbird declines, 3) mapping the songbird trade value...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $530,290.58 Project Grant under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) to Sustainable Innovation Initiatives, Inc. (SII) to address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The 3-year project, awarded on June 5, 2024, will be carried out in partnership with Green Heritage Fund Suriname, Wildlife People Suriname, and the University of the West Indies School of Veterinary...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $1,020,196 Cooperative Agreement under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CFDA 15.679) federal grant program to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to build capacity among emerging herpetologists in Kenya to combat the illegal hunting and trade of reptiles and amphibians. Through this three-year project, ZSL will select 10 fellows and co-develop a comprehensive training curriculum with input from key stakeholders such as the National...

This Project Grant award of $1,500,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 - Trans-National Crime) will support more effective enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of wildlife crimes in Honduras, Colombia, Guyana, and the Dominican Republic. The award aims to work in partnership with criminal justice sector actors in these countries to strengthen their capabilities in combating transnational wildlife trafficking. The...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651), awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to enhance wildlife conservation in Nouabale Ndoki National Park and the surrounding Sangha Tri-National landscape. The project aims to strengthen anti-poaching and counter-wildlife trafficking operations, build the capacity of ecoguards, improve park management and infrastructure, conduct aerial wildlife surveys, and...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement has awarded a $1,885,164.45 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to support the safeguarding of wildlife within Asia's protected and priority non-protected areas from poaching and trafficking. The 2-year grant, which commenced on October 1, 2024 and runs through September 30, 2026, will enable WCS to implement comprehensive...

This Cooperative Agreement award is funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.679). The $141,759 project, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, aims to contribute to the conservation of 10 songbird species targeted for illegal trade in northern Brazil. The key objectives are to characterize the songbird supply chain, examine demand, evaluate conservation strategies, and co-create...