Cooperative Agreement AID512A1600002

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 $2,811,226.54 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) to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The grant aims to support three national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in priority countries to investigate nature crimes and assist authorities in building nature crime cases. Key objectives include...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program provides $2,453,417 to Yale University to study how forest fragmentation and climate change impacts the Amazon rainforest ecosystem. The key products and services to be delivered include: Field-based measurements of forest dynamics, animal exclusion experiments, and remote sensing mapping to examine how changes in tree species and animal populations affect the resilience of Amazon forest edges to...

This $185,138.14 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) aims to reduce threats to the critical ecosystems of the Podocarpus-Yacuri Connectivity Corridor (CCPY) in southern Ecuador. Key activities include: (1) establishing two technical conservation-focused working groups to support CCPY governance, (2) training local stakeholders to produce biodiversity data for decision-making, (3) training and equipping...

This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $982,190 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. The funding will support research and capacity building at the Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area in Belize. The key deliverables include: Quantifying demographic parameters (e.g., survival) for priority migratory bird species along gradients of silvicultural intensity in the RBCMA, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program awarded a $800,161 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, a non-profit organization, to support conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The primary objectives of this 2-year grant are to: (1) acquire 91 hectares of priority habitat to establish connectivity with a globally important wetland, (2) monitor migratory bird use of overwintering habitat, (3)...

This $216,169.90 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640), supports the ongoing conservation efforts in the Northern Tropical Andes of Peru. The funding will allow Nature and Culture International (NCI) to consolidate and promote the Utcubamba Huayabamba Conservation Corridor spanning over 500,000 acres. Key objectives include promoting good governance through a...

This $201,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640), will support conservation efforts for the critically endangered yellow-naped Amazon parrot in eastern El Salvador. Key objectives include: Protecting parrot nests through community-based monitoring and conservation incentive payments in the San Miguel and Usulután departments. Engaging local community members in a ranger...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters supports a conservation effort in the Somuncura Plateau in Patagonia, Argentina. The $277,560 grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to increase habitat for endangered species, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and promote ecotourism as a sustainable activity. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) managing water sources to protect them from trampling,...