The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to Birdlife International, a global non-profit conservation organization, to support grasslands conservation efforts in Ecuador. The grant aims to fund research, assessment, and strategic planning activities focused on protecting migratory and endemic bird species and their habitats in the Ecuadorian Choco-Andes and Chaco regions. The project grant will...
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...
The federal Project Grant award of $625,000.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant recipient, American Forests, is a non-profit organization specializing in environmental conservation, forest restoration, and ecosystem management services for federal agencies. The grant funding supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial...
This $1,058,240 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664) supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. The awardee, Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), is a minority-owned, non-profit organization that specializes in environmental conservation, restoration, and habitat management services for federal agencies. The grant, with a performance period from...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program (CFDA 15.635), supports conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The $799,508 award, granted on May 23, 2024, will enable the prime recipient, Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, to acquire and protect priority habitat, restore 40 hectares of degraded land, and expand a remote...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has awarded a $886,895 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to enhance habitat connectivity in subtropical dry forests in Puerto Rico over a 3-year project period ending in May 2026. PDC, which has a strong track record of delivering federally-funded environmental conservation...
This federal Project Grant award of $172,169.84 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) will support a multidisciplinary training program on biodiversity and natural resource conservation from an indigenous perspective. The award, which runs from August 15, 2024 to May 31, 2025, will be carried out by the University of Montana's Research and Sponsored Programs division. The program aims to extend the Forest Service's efforts to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) provides $804,746 to support Birdlife International's conservation efforts in the Ecuadorian Choco-Andes region. The key products and services to be delivered through this 2-year grant include: Protecting at least 15,000 hectares of priority habitat for migratory and threatened endemic birds by establishing new private or sub-national protected areas....
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,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $123,903.36 Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684). This award, beginning on September 1, 2023, supports UNR's research on fire ecology in the Ecuadorian paramo over a 5-year period through August 31, 2028. The International Forestry Programs aim to improve forest policies and practices globally, address climate change, conserve critical forest...