Project Grant F17AP00311

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $615,919.64 Project Grant to Wildlife Conservation International LIMITED, doing business as Forests For People, under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund program. The grant will support the continuing development of elephant and wildlife veterinary teaching, training, and research capacities at the Veterinary Faculty of Kyiah Kuala University in Indonesia from October 13, 2021 through December 31, 2024....

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...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded $235,021.52 under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) federal grant program to Fauna & Flora International for a project titled "IMPROVING HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT MITIGATION AND SECURING SUMATRAN ELEPHANT POPULATION IN ULU MASEN, SUMATRA." The three-year project, which commenced on November 19, 2021 and is set to conclude on December 31, 2024, will focus on applied research,...

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 has awarded a $1,413,952.19 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) program. The goal of this 3-year project, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, is to recover elephant populations in three UNESCO World Heritage sites in Thailand - Huai Kha Khaeng, Kaeng Krachan, and Thap Lan - through effective protection and mitigation of human-elephant conflicts....

This $677,476 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) aims to expand bioacoustics capacity building and research efforts to facilitate evidence-based decision making for forest elephant conservation in Central Africa. The 5-year project, led by Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs, has two key goals: 1) Improve understanding of forest elephant conservation needs and implement...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $316,640 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) program. The grant supports research from October 2021 through December 2025 to study elephant behavior in Thailand and develop conflict mitigation tools. Through two subawards totaling $80,193 to the Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation, the grant funds four...

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...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,092,648 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to The International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc. (doing business as The Wild Foundation), a non-profit conservation organization. The grant will support the Mali Elephant Project, which aims to develop and apply models of inclusive, community-based natural resource management to protect the internationally important population...