Cooperative Agreement 72068722CA00002

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) awarded a $6,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to implement the "MWAKURI AIKA A RARAOI LBUKIMI 2 ACTIVITY" (MARI 2 ACTIVITY): WORKER PROTECTION AND FAMILY RESILIENCE project in Kiribati. The MARI 2 ACTIVITY aims to promote social justice and international labor rights through technical assistance, capacity building, research, and policy advisory services focused on advancing labor standards, decent...

This $1,207,852 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program will fund a 5-year collaborative research project focused on understanding how landscape structure influences tropical forest regeneration in Madagascar. The project aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of landscape properties like habitat amount, fragmentation, and matrix quality on seed dispersal and post-dispersal seedling recruitment in regenerating tropical forests. The...

This two-year, $227,885 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional CFDA program, will support the Wildlife Conservation Society in developing the capacity of a newly-formed community association in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve to sustainably manage a forestry concession. Specifically, the grantee will design and implement a community-based biological monitoring program to evaluate...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $325,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Conexion Guatemala, ONG to strengthen forest management and community enterprises in Peten, Guatemala. The grant supports Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Yaloch (ASOYALOCH) in providing training and technical assistance to implement sustainable forest management practices, harvest and sell xate palm, and undertake eco-tourism activities. These efforts aim to...

This $606,400 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support Asociacion Mesa De Ongs Comanejadoras De Areas Protegidas De Honduras Mocaph in delivering natural resource management and economic development services in communities surrounding the El Armado Wildlife Refuge in Honduras from April 2022 to April 2025. Specifically, MOCAPH will train community members in sustainable agriculture and watershed management practices....

This $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), will support Mystic Aquarium's efforts to integrate programs of animal care, conservation education, and research to aid in the recovery of endangered and threatened species. The funding will enable Mystic Aquarium to leverage its expertise in marine biology, aquarium operations, and conservation to make...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded $5.55 million under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program to the State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources. The funding will support major expansion of the Maui Bird Conservation Center managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in partnership with state and federal wildlife agencies. The award will fund planning, design, permitting, land clearing, and...

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $307,734 to the Federacion POR La Autodeterminacion De LOS Pueblos Indigenas (FAPI) to support indigenous land management and territorial autonomy efforts in Paraguay through March 2024. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), FAPI will work with local Mbya Guarani groups to develop and implement a land management plan to protect against forest fires and promote territorial autonomy on their...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) supports conservation initiatives in the Merendon Mountain range between Honduras and Guatemala. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Strengthen local water communities through legal support, 2) Continue monitoring biodiversity, key species, and illegal activities in protected areas, and 3) Support local stakeholders in watershed...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) grant program, awarded a $148,000 Project Grant to Corporacion Para El Desarrollo Del Medio Ambiente (CDMA) to conserve the natural resources of the Farallones de Cali National Natural Park in Colombia and address the migration of local youth from the area. The grant, which runs from August 2024 to August 2027, supports CDMA's community-led efforts to formalize ecotourism offerings and restore...