Project Grant F13AP00269

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $325,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Conexion Guatemala, ONG to strengthen forest management and community enterprises in Peten, Guatemala. The grant supports Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Yaloch (ASOYALOCH) in providing training and technical assistance to implement sustainable forest management practices, harvest and sell xate palm, and undertake eco-tourism activities. These efforts aim to...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $123,371.87 cooperative agreement to Fundacion Internacional Para La Promocion Del Desarrollo Sustentable Futuro Lati, doing business as Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, to support sustainable forestry management in the Sangay-Podoocarpus Conservation Corridor in Ecuador from March 10, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA #10.684) cooperative agreement, Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano will work to...

This $140,250 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Envirosurvey Inc., a Puerto Rico-based minority-owned non-profit organization, in implementing operational field strategies to promote habitat connectivity between remnant mature native forests and surrounding agricultural landscapes. The key objectives and activities include: 1) Identifying at least 5 coffee plantation properties...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,058,240 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 award, effective from August 13, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. Through this funding, PDC will deliver a comprehensive range of environmental conservation,...

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...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Alfonso Chacon & Sons of New Mexico under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund implementation of activities to expand and strengthen fuel breaks through forest restoration in the Vallecitos area of New Mexico from July 2021 through July 2024. Specifically, the grant will support healthy watersheds and reduce threats from wildfires, insects and...

This $606,400 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support Asociacion Mesa De Ongs Comanejadoras De Areas Protegidas De Honduras Mocaph in delivering natural resource management and economic development services in communities surrounding the El Armado Wildlife Refuge in Honduras from April 2022 to April 2025. Specifically, MOCAPH will train community members in sustainable agriculture and watershed management practices....

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $304,750 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) Project Grant to Fideicomiso Ecuatoriano De Cooperacion Para El Desarrollo (FECD) to deliver capacity building and digital connectivity services to community-based tourism ventures and cacao cooperatives in Ecuador's Napo Province from July 2021 through July 2024. FECD will train representatives of these groups in sustainable agricultural production, community tourism provision,...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $295,390 project grant to Conservación De La Naturaleza En Oaxaca, A.C. under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support eco-tourism and sustainable agriculture enterprises in Oaxaca State, Mexico from March 2023 through March 2026. The grant recipient will professionalize and expand markets for eco-tourism and agriculture businesses to generate income and improve quality of life while strengthening community abilities to promote...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $345,000 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro De Estudios Aplicados En La Ecologia Y Sustentabilidad Ambiental (ECOS) in El Salvador. The grant will provide training and technical assistance to members of the Association of Water Boards, as well as 25 local water boards, to improve water management in the municipalities of Libertad Centro and Libertad Norte in the Department of La...