Project Grant F15AP00733

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $5,815,932.40 Cooperative Agreement under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Agence Nationale DES Parcs Nationaux in Gabon. The purpose of the agreement is to reinforce the capacity of the Gabon National Parks Agency (ANPN) to effectively manage protected areas and provide conservation leadership in Central Africa. Key activities include: (1) designing and implementing business best practices and a professional training...

This $610,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) supports African Parks Network's conservation management of Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo. The grant will strengthen long-term capacity for wildlife conservation through targeted community development, mitigation of human-wildlife conflict, and support for health and educational interventions. The project aims to protect the ecological...

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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded $510,885 to the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation - Germany E.V. under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The project aims to protect western chimpanzees in Liberia through establishing the Krahn-Bassa proposed protected area as the country's largest national park. Key activities include increasing community ecomonitoring teams for smart...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization, under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The grant, titled "Garamba Chinko Protected Area Activity (GCPA) II", will support comprehensive conservation management services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The project aims to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $677,476 to Cornell University for a 5-year project to build conservation capacity and improve understanding of forest elephant conservation needs in Central Africa. The project aims to: 1) Expand bioacoustics capacity building and research efforts at the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo to facilitate...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt VON 1858 E.V. (ZGF), a Germany-based non-profit organization. The purpose of this 14-month award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, is to increase the operational efficiency of the recently created Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Key activities include: Improving...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Great Apes Conservation Fund (CFDA #15.629), awarded a $897,128 Cooperative Agreement to the non-profit organization Re:wild. The objectives of this 5-year project, spanning from October 2023 to September 2028, are to: (1) maintain a comprehensive database on great ape populations, (2) increase capacity to assess conservation intervention effectiveness, and (3) produce bi-annual publications to communicate great ape distribution, status, and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $106,986 project grant to Wild Earth Allies, Inc. under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) to support conservation efforts for the endangered Pileated Gibbon in Cambodia from June 2021 through May 2022. The project focused on applied research and conservation activities to benefit the Pileated Gibbon population within Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Given the program's purpose of...