Project Grant F16AP00456

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization based in South Africa. The award, titled the "Garamba Chinko Protected Area Activity (GCPA) II", will support comprehensive conservation management services, including wildlife protection, anti-poaching efforts, community development, and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $358,033 Project Grant to Mgvp Inc. under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The grant will support characterizing parasite communities in gorillas and chimpanzees in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda to determine parasite diversity and infection burdens. The project will also detect possible zoonotic parasite reservoirs affecting 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...

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 Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) will receive $460,436 under a three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant is part of the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629), which supports projects focused on long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats. PASA will conduct surveys, fecal analysis, botanical surveys, habitat mapping, and reforestation efforts to support protection of endangered...

This $168,682 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) will support Asociacion Educacional Para El Desarrollo Integral De LOS Movimientos Comunitarios (Entre Mundos) in delivering community-based tourism and organizational development training and services. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen partnerships and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Entre Mundos will work with community organizations in...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, provides $178,360.65 to the non-profit organization Groupe Utalii Kwetu to organize and handle logistics for a regional conclave that will bring together stakeholders working to preserve the Congo Basin and support economic opportunities for local communities. The award period is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684), supports the Regional Program for the Environment in Central Africa. The $101,870.65 award was granted on September 6, 2024, with a target completion date of March 31, 2025. The awardee, Actions Pour La Promotion Et Protection DES Peuples Et Especes Menaces En RDC, is a non-profit organization based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that...