Project Grant 22DG11132762278

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) is supporting efforts to stabilize the endangered Asian elephant population in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. The primary objectives include better understanding elephant population dynamics through GPS-collaring and monitoring, improving human-elephant conflict mitigation and community engagement, and enhancing habitat protection to ensure...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $434,004 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the World Wide Fund For Nature-India (WWF-India) to create a strategy and action plan to secure elephant habitats, address threats, and perpetuate healthy elephant populations in northeastern India. The key objectives are to: 1) Establish baseline information on elephant populations, human-elephant conflicts, and habitat threats across...

This $471,220 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to conserve elephant populations and their habitats in Northeast India. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting research to understand elephant ecology, such as genetic connectivity, movement patterns, physiological stress, and feeding habits. Restoring 200 hectares of degraded elephant habitats in Assam...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $516,646.90 Project Grant to Aaranyak to support the "LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO CONSERVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN NORTHEAST INDIA WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS TO ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA, INDIA" from October 13, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The grant is being administered under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to provide financial assistance that supports the effective long-term conservation of...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $603,086.39 Project Grant to Aaranyak under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619) to support grassland management activities in Manas National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in India from January 3, 2022 through December 31, 2025. The goal of the project is to replenish habitats for rhinos and tigers through grassland management. This work will boost conservation efforts...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,413,952.19 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) program. The goal of this 3-year project, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, is to recover elephant populations in three UNESCO World Heritage sites in Thailand - Huai Kha Khaeng, Kaeng Krachan, and Thap Lan - through effective protection and mitigation of human-elephant conflicts....

This three-year $542,996 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to strengthen human-elephant coexistence in the Chure Terai Madhesh Landscape of Nepal. The grant recipient, the National Trust for Nature Conservation, will implement a multi-faceted program to: 1) Increase human tolerance towards wild elephants through community outreach, behavior change campaigns, and development of a regional human-elephant coexistence...

This $635,122 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to address the critical threats of illegal trade and poaching facing the endangered Asian elephant population. The primary objectives are to: 1) Assess the nature, scope, and scale of illegal trade threats to Asian elephants, 2) Conduct a policy and implementation gap analysis to promote compliance with CITES and other relevant...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $249,718 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Inc. The five-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will support a research and conservation program to assess the distribution, habitat use, and patterns of human-elephant conflict across the Northern Eastern Ghats landscape of India. Key activities include occupancy surveys, camera...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) provides $519,324.67 to Wildlife Conservation International LIMITED, a foreign non-profit organization, to protect Sumatran elephants and their habitat in the Leuser Ecosystem of Indonesia. The project aims to implement regular elephant protection patrols, develop a bioacoustic early-warning monitoring system to detect elephant presence, and...