Project Grant F17AP00991

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $682,677 Project Grant to the National Trust For Nature Conservation to strengthen human-tiger co-existence in western Terai landscape in Nepal. The grant is funded through the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.619) and will support projects focused on effective long-term conservation of rhinoceros and tigers from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Specifically, the grant will enhance...

The Tiger Research And Conservation Trust was awarded a $220,524 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619). The grant will support efforts to reduce human-large carnivore conflict and facilitate coexistence of people and wildlife in the buffer forest of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in India from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. Key deliverables include...

The National Trust For Nature Conservation (NTNC) was awarded a $323,095 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant is part of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), which provides financial assistance for projects focused on effective long-term conservation of rhinoceros and tigers. Under this award, NTNC will work to prevent habitat fragmentation and secure the future of tigers in Nepal through...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $121,897.60 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support conservation of tigers in Bukit Barisan Selatan, Indonesia. Funded through the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), this award will support improved law enforcement and reduced human-tiger conflict from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program aims to...

The National Trust For Nature Conservation (NTNC) was awarded a $790,726 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant was awarded under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.619) federal grant program to support reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade threats while sustaining rhinoceros and tiger populations in Nepal's Chitwan-Parsa wildlife complex from February 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The...

The Aaranyak organization will receive $331,300 under a three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant will support Aaranyak's work to deter wildlife crime and illegal wildlife trafficking of rhinoceros and tiger body parts in the Transboundary Eastern Himalayas region of India. This award is provided through the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.619), which aims to support effective long-term...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded $527,053 under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.619) federal grant program to the Wildlife Trust of India. The project aims to reduce human-wildlife conflict involving tigers and leopards in four high-conflict villages in India through efficient response mechanisms, trained frontline staff, and increased community engagement in conflict management and conservation activities. Specifically,...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $123,185.61 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support conservation efforts of tigers in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia. The grant was awarded under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), which provides financial assistance for projects focused on long-term conservation of rhinoceros and tiger populations. Specifically, the grant will...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $121,697 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program. The grant supports the "Conservation of Tigers Through Law Enforcement, Volunteer Network, and Wildlife Student Training in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand, Year 12" project providing $121.7k in funding from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The project...

The Centre For Wildlife Studies, Inc. will receive $1,212,435 under a four-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant will fund the "WILD SEVE: ADDRESSING HUMAN-TIGER CONFLICT IN INDIA'S WESTERN GHATS TIGER RESERVES" project from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. The funding is provided through the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (RTCF), whose purpose is to support effective long-term conservation of...