Project Grant F18AP00673

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $760,640 project grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to support an elephant conservation effort in Zambia's North Luangwa National Park and surrounding areas. The grant will fund: (1) providing 3,300 field ration packs for extended anti-poaching patrols, (2) refurbishing the project's aircraft engine to enable sustained aerial monitoring operations, and (3) procuring two new vehicles and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620), awarded a $435,118.95 project grant to the African People & Wildlife Fund, Inc. The 3-year grant, which began on Sep 15, 2024, supports efforts to address escalating human-elephant conflict in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem of Tanzania. Key activities include tracking elephant movements via GPS collars, deploying human-elephant conflict resolution officers, and collaborating with local...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,621,075 project grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to the South Luangwa Conservation Society, a non-profit organization in Zambia. The grant supports a two-year project to safeguard the elephant population in the South Luangwa Valley by enhancing anti-poaching capabilities and mitigating human-elephant conflict (HEC). Key activities include year-round anti-poaching foot patrols, aerial surveillance, K9 unit operations,...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the management and protection of East Africa's largest remaining elephant population. The award will build on WCS's previous USFWS-funded efforts to consolidate elephant conservation in the Katavi National Park landscape of Tanzania and prevent human-elephant conflict along the migration routes into...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $731,954 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to Panthera Corporation, a non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation and protection of endangered species. The grant supports a 3-year project to restore wildlife populations, particularly forest elephants, on the Batk Plateau in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Panthera is working in collaboration with Gabon's National Park Agency to secure critical...

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...

This Federal 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 $749,697 to support an elephant conservation effort in Mozambique's Maputo Province. The key activities funded under this 5-year project, which runs from August 2024 to January 2029, include: Deploying 8 new elephant GPS collars and 140 camera traps to enhance corridor planning and design; Supporting operations of human-elephant...

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...

This $309,457.02 Federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 supports an elephant conservation effort in Zambia under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620). The purpose is to strengthen elephant protection and biological monitoring in Nsumbu National Park and surrounding game management areas to support elephant population growth and range expansion. Key activities include: 1) Provisioning anti-poaching patrols...