The overall objective is to build the division of quarantine's capacity to prevent the introduction and further spread of injurious pests and diseases into and within the marshall islands

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance received a $308,785.73 project grant awarded on November 6, 2025, under the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant supports the Division of Quarantine's capacity-building initiatives to prevent the introduction and spread of injurious pests and diseases throughout the Marshall Islands. Funding will be used to procure specialized equipment, tools, supplies, and fieldwork trucks necessary for conducting quarantine inspections, eradication and control programs, monitoring and surveillance activities, and developing and implementing response plans in compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.

Additionally, the grant enables the Division to build institutional capacity by engaging and training nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, and local personnel in quarantine inspection procedures, pest and disease identification, eradication techniques, and control program implementation. The project period extends through September 30, 2029, with deliverables designed to safeguard the Marshall Islands' agriculture, livestock, and natural biodiversity while maintaining internationally acceptable standards for quarantine operations and ecosystem conservation.

This entails conserving ecosystems, species and genetic diversity in the republic of the marshall islands; safeguarding agriculture, livestock and the RMI's natural biodiversity; maintaining an internationally acceptable level and quality of activity. DOI TAP funding will be used to procure equipment, tools, supplies and a specialized fieldwork trucks that will enable the division to carry out quarantine inspections according to legislations and regulations, perform eradication and control programs, conduct monitoring and surveillance as well as develop and implement response plans. The division will also use funding to build capacity by engaging and training ngos, community based organizations and local personnel in quarantine inspections, identification, eradication, monitoring and control programs.