The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $418,000 cooperative agreement to Fondo Mexicano Para La Conservacion De La Naturaleza, A.C. on September 28, 2022 under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The agreement will support efforts to sustainably manage natural resources in Mexico and increase landscape conservation through August 31, 2027. Specifically, the awardee will work to improve forest policies and practices, address climate change,...
This federal Project Grant award, F24AP00360, provides $1,016,986.00 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to support a 2-year wetlands management project in the Marismas Nacionales region of Mexico. The project, led by the non-profit organization Voces POR La Naturaleza, A.C., will focus on implementing innovative policies and best practices to conserve and restore wetland habitats and associated...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $103,320 cooperative agreement to Fondo Mexicano Para La Conservacion De La Naturaleza, A.C. under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The award will support initiatives in the sustainable management of natural resources in Mexico from January 8, 2021 through June 30, 2022. As part of the International Forestry Programs, which aims to improve forest policies, practices, and protections internationally,...
This $476,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization based in Monterrey, Mexico, in implementing novel approaches to grassland conservation in the Chihuahuan Desert region. The project, which has a performance period from September 2024 to July 2029, will focus on empowering local communities to build climate resilience through comprehensive...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $297,505 Project Grant under the Latin America Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) to the Mexican non-profit organization Bioconciencia A.C. The grant will fund a 2-year project (12/1/2024 - 11/30/2026) to expand the Jaguares de la Selva Maya program's efforts to mitigate human-jaguar conflicts in the Southern Maya Forest region of Mexico and Guatemala. Key activities include: (1) training 3 field schools to educate livestock...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish & Wildlife Service awarded a $878,353 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico. This two-year grant from July 2024 to June 2026 will support comprehensive efforts to increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of the Janos GPCA grasslands in Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting 17,526 acres of priority grassland properties through legal...
The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,501,173 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization, for a 2-year project. The grant will support conservation, restoration, and sustainable management activities across 5,948 acres in the Grassland Priority Conservation Areas of Cuchillas de la Zarca and Malpais in Mexico. Key activities include establishing conservation reserves with native grasslands,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,000,000.00 and issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, seeks to build population resilience for two species of sea turtles and one species of albatross in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The award, which runs from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2028, supports conservation and mitigation efforts to address the risk posed to these species from the ingestion...
This $1,182,160 federal project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) supports a range of conservation, restoration, and environmental education activities in Mexico. Key products and services delivered through this 2-year grant (award date: May 22, 2024, completion date: May 22, 2026) include: (1) Securing private conservation agreements to protect over 15,689 acres of land in the San...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,456,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The 5-year award, effective January 16, 2025 through January 15, 2030, will support the Amazon Biocorridor Initiative in Ecuador. Through this initiative, TNC will provide a range of conservation, habitat restoration, ecological research, and technical services to help manage complex...