Project Grant F14AP00486

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $1,110,258.42 to support an elephant conservation effort in Gabon. The key activities include: (1) deploying and adapting 100 mobile elephant-proof electric fences annually in Nyanga Province to mitigate human-elephant conflict; (2) installing a new provincial mobile unit office and recruiting/training staff; (3) providing training and...

This $880,420 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620), will support the Oelo organization's initiative to establish a replicable community-managed forest model that protects African forest elephants and their habitat in Gabon. The funding will enable Oelo to: (1) continue organizing a lake-wide association of seven villages to collect biodiversity data, lead lake patrols, and work towards...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,018,080.12 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the agency's ability to respond to combat wildlife trafficking and poaching, with a focus on the Queen Elizabeth Protected Area in Uganda. The project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, aims to build on the long-term partnership between WCS and the Ugandan Wildlife...

This $677,476 five-year Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) aims to enhance sustainable conservation of the critically endangered African forest elephant. The grant will expand the capacity of the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo to conduct passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) research and train a new generation of Central African...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $731,954 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to Panthera Corporation, a non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation and protection of endangered species. The grant supports a 3-year project to restore wildlife populations, particularly forest elephants, on the Batk Plateau in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Panthera is working in collaboration with Gabon's National Park Agency to secure critical...

This $796,957.09 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), provides technical assistance and training to Trace Wildlife Forensics Network LTD, a UK-based non-profit organization, to improve evidence security in wildlife law enforcement throughout the evidence chain, from acquisition to disposal, in Cameroon. The project aims to integrate evidence...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs awarded Wildlife Conservation Society a $3.1 million Project Grant on October 1, 2025, under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to combat natural resource crime in Mesoamerica through October 1, 2028. The initiative strengthens legislative and regulatory frameworks, enhances law enforcement capabilities, and fosters international cooperation to address wildlife trafficking and related...

This $2,811,226.54 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The grant aims to support three national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in priority countries to investigate nature crimes and assist authorities in building nature crime cases. Key objectives include...

This $278,646 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) aims to reduce the illegal and unsustainable songbird trade in Guyana. The project has three key objectives: 1) improve understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and ecological factors driving songbird trade, 2) strengthen enforcement of legal songbird trade regulations, and 3) pilot a songbird captive breeding program as a sustainable livelihood...