Project Grant F17AP00310

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 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...

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 $584,550 project grant to the Hutan Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Project (doing business as Hutan Kocp) to support landscape conservation efforts for the Bornean elephant population in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah Borneo from October 13, 2021 through August 8, 2022. This award was made under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.621), which provides financial assistance to support...

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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $434,004 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the World Wide Fund For Nature-India (WWF-India) to create a strategy and action plan to secure elephant habitats, address threats, and perpetuate healthy elephant populations in northeastern India. The key objectives are to: 1) Establish baseline information on elephant populations, human-elephant conflicts, and habitat threats across...

This $518,973.78 Project Grant was awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) program. The grant supports two key objectives: 1) Continuing wildlife-specific veterinary education and training at the Center for Wildlife Studies and the Veterinary Faculty at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in collaboration with experienced wildlife veterinarians; and 2) Continuing the...

This $400,000 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) is supporting efforts to stabilize the endangered Asian elephant population in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. The primary objectives include better understanding elephant population dynamics through GPS-collaring and monitoring, improving human-elephant conflict mitigation and community engagement, and enhancing habitat protection to ensure...

This $471,220 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to conserve elephant populations and their habitats in Northeast India. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting research to understand elephant ecology, such as genetic connectivity, movement patterns, physiological stress, and feeding habits. Restoring 200 hectares of degraded elephant habitats in Assam...

This $635,122 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) aims to address the critical threats of illegal trade and poaching facing the endangered Asian elephant population. The primary objectives are to: 1) Assess the nature, scope, and scale of illegal trade threats to Asian elephants, 2) Conduct a policy and implementation gap analysis to promote compliance with CITES and other relevant...