Cooperative Agreement 72052720CA00003

This $1,388,877 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program investigates the biogeochemical cycling and environmental impacts of mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities in Ghana. The research employs mixed methods including community mapping, interviews, biogeochemical sampling, and environmental modeling to: 1) assess the local and regional fate of mercury...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,855,128.17 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the World Resources Institute (WRI), a non-profit research organization, to counter illegal gold mining and logging in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. The grant, awarded on Oct 1, 2024, with a completion date of Oct 1, 2026, supports technical assistance, training, and capacity-building initiatives to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to support understanding and disrupting key convergence nodes of illicit gold and mercury supply chains in Latin America and Africa. The grant was awarded on February 15, 2021 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) with a completion date of January 31, 2026. Under the award, the Colorado School of Mines will work to analyze and develop interventions for illicit trade networks...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $119,900 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Asociacion Civil Para La Gestion Del Agua En Cuencas Agua C (AGUA-C) in Peru. The grant supports AGUA-C's efforts to improve livelihoods by managing natural resources and strengthening a women-led enterprise. Specifically, the funding is used to establish water reservoirs based on ancestral practices, restore landscapes, and produce agave and other native...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $274,510 Project Grant to the women-led Collagua indigenous association Artesanos Asociados Sumac Pallay Sibayo (AASUPASI) to strengthen the productive capacity of smallholder alpaca farmers and artisans in the highlands of Arequipa, Peru. The 3-year grant, which runs from August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2026, aims to further sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, share indigenous culture, generate income through textiles and...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $430,000 project grant under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to the World Economic Forum. The grant will support the Amazon Origin Sustainable Cocoa to the World initiative from March 2021 through May 2022. This project aims to improve forest policies and practices, address climate change, conserve critical forest environments and resources, and improve livelihoods for forest-dependent communities in Peru by extending the...

This $382,800 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) aims to strengthen indigenous conservation capacity in the Yura, Inuya, and Sepahua watersheds of Peru. The key objectives and activities include: (1) enhancing community vigilance and monitoring through equipment, training, and technology; (2) improving management of the Yura communal conservation concession; (3) implementing new...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $232,175 project grant to the Asociacion De Mujeres Afroecuatorianas Timbire En El Futuro (AMATIF) in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. This 3-year grant supports community-led initiatives to address environmental degradation, economic and social exclusion, and gender-based violence impacting Afro-Ecuadorian residents. AMATIF is training women cacao producers to improve agricultural yields for food...

This $4,800,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on December 29, 2023 by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to improve governance, management practices, and alternative livelihoods for indigenous communities in the central and southern Amazon region of Ecuador. Specifically, the 5-year project implemented by the non-profit organization Fundacion Pachamama will promote the conservation and sustainable...

This Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $249,800 to the Associação do Desenvolvimento Agrícola e Comunitário de Lagoa da Boa Vista (ADAC) community association to empower women smallholder coffee farmers in Brazil's Chapada Diamantina region through May 2024. As part of IAF's Sustainable Agriculture and Women Investing in Growth and Security initiatives, ADAC will provide technical skills and processing capabilities to add value to green coffee beans—including...