Project Grant F12AP00255

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $496,387.35 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on June 1, 2024. The goal of this 4-year project is to increase the Kambas Sumatran elephant population and ensure its long-term stability and genetic health through active population management and conservation efforts. Key objectives include: 1) Stabilizing the elephant population at approximately...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $764,425 Project Grant to the Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt VON 1858 E.V. doing business as the Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt to support conservation and monitoring of Sumatran elephants in Bukit Tiga Puluh, Indonesia from October 13, 2021 through December 31, 2026. This award supports the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund program objectives to provide long-term conservation of Asian elephants...

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...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $121,897.60 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support conservation of tigers in Bukit Barisan Selatan, Indonesia. Funded through the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), this award will support improved law enforcement and reduced human-tiger conflict from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program aims to...

The Forum Konservasi Leuser received a $137,556 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The award was made under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) to support protection of Sumatran orangutan populations and their habitats in three research stations within the Western Leuser Ecosystem of Aceh, Indonesia. Specifically, the funding will be used to support applied research and conservation activities focused...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $225,794.27 Project Grant to Yayasan Penyelamatan Orangutan Borneo under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629). The grant will support the reintroduction and protection of wild Bornean orangutan populations in Indonesia by expanding orangutan reintroduction and post-release monitoring efforts in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest. It will also enhance the capacities of local government...

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, through the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621), awarded a $748,691.07 project grant to Panthera Corporation. The grant will support a 3-year initiative to increase site protection for Bornean elephants in the Deramakot landscape of Malaysian Borneo. Key components include: Assisting the establishment of a community-managed conservation area to close a critical gap in landscape protection and deter poaching from...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $123,185.61 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support conservation efforts of tigers in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia. The grant was awarded under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), which provides financial assistance for projects focused on long-term conservation of rhinoceros and tiger populations. Specifically, the grant will...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $706,836 Project Grant to Planet Indonesia through the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629). The grant will support Planet Indonesia's efforts to protect Bornean orangutans, white-bearded gibbons, and Abbott's gray gibbons in West Kalimantan, Indonesia from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. As stated in the program description, the Great Apes Conservation Fund aims to support conservation...