Conserving priority species threatened by the illegal trade to complement and facilitate existing efforts, USFWS has issued this notice of funding opportunity to provide financial assistance to…

Conserving priority species threatened by the illegal trade to complement and facilitate existing efforts, USFWS has issued this notice of funding opportunity to provide financial assistance to projects that address the illegal trade and trafficking of priority species. Wildlife trafficking is defined in the as the poaching or other taking of protected or managed species and the illegal trade in wildlife and their related parts and products. For the purposes of this funding opportunity, the term ⿿wildlife includes terrestrial and aquatic animal species and plant species subject to illegal trade. Priority will be given to proposals focused on: ⿢species whose conservation status⿿ has been categorized as threatened (including vulnerable, endangered, and ⿿critically endangered) by the international union for the conservation of nature (iucn) red list; designated as ⿿threatened or endangered under the endangered species act (ESA, 50CFR17); and/or listed in appendix i of the convention on the international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (cites). Proposals for species listed in appendix II cites and/or those that have yet to be listed but whose conservation statuses are greatly threatened by illegal trade will also be considered. ⿢species of interest to the USFWS that are immediately threatened by the illegal trade including african grey parrots (psittacus erithacus), pangolins (manis SPP. [phataginus SPP., and smutsia SPP.]), lions (panthera LEO), jaguars (panthera onca), hippos (hippopotamus amphibious), and giraffes (giraffa camelopardalis). Ineligible species: species that are eligible for funding under the USFWS international affairs multinational species conservation funds via the african elephant, asian elephant, rhinoceros and tiger, great APE, and marine turtle conservation acts, will be considered ineligible for this notice of funding opportunity. Applicants can review all funding opportunities on the USFWS international affairs how to apply page. Proposals may only be submitted to one program each fiscal year; therefore proposals that have already been submitted to another program (i.e., duplicate proposals) will be disqualified from this funding opportunity.