Project Grant 22DG11132762231

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 its surrounding areas within the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site. The key activities include: Counter-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching operations, such as strengthening information-led enforcement approaches and improving coordination...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), through its Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651), awarded a $610,000 project grant to African Parks Network to strengthen wildlife conservation and management capacity in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (OKNP) in the Republic of Congo. The project aims to protect the ecological integrity of this critical conservation area by supporting targeted community development initiatives, mitigating human-wildlife conflict, and enhancing health and...

This $677,476 five-year Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) aims to enhance sustainable conservation of the critically endangered African forest elephant. The grant will expand the capacity of the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo to conduct passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) research and train a new generation of Central African...

This $880,420 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620), will support the Oelo organization's initiative to establish a replicable community-managed forest model that protects African forest elephants and their habitat in Gabon. The funding will enable Oelo to: (1) continue organizing a lake-wide association of seven villages to collect biodiversity data, lead lake patrols, and work towards...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization based in South Africa. The award, titled the "Garamba Chinko Protected Area Activity (GCPA) II", will support comprehensive conservation management services, including wildlife protection, anti-poaching efforts, community development, and...

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) will receive $460,436 under a three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant is part of the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629), which supports projects focused on long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats. PASA will conduct surveys, fecal analysis, botanical surveys, habitat mapping, and reforestation efforts to support protection of endangered...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $1,110,258.42 to support an elephant conservation effort in Gabon. The key activities include: (1) deploying and adapting 100 mobile elephant-proof electric fences annually in Nyanga Province to mitigate human-elephant conflict; (2) installing a new provincial mobile unit office and recruiting/training staff; (3) providing training and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $648,492.87 Project Grant to the Borneo Nature Foundation through the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) to support protecting ape habitat in two critical rainforest landscapes in southern Borneo from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023. The Great Apes Conservation Fund program aims to provide financial assistance for effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats, with a...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Pan African Sanctuary Alliance to advance conservation efforts at Loma Mountains National Park in Sierra Leone under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The grant will support Pan African Sanctuary Alliance's delivery of services to improve forest policies and practices, address climate change, conserve and protect critical forest environments and resources, and enhance the...

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...