Project Grant F19AP00451
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) provides $285,011.71 to Traffic International, a UK-based non-profit organization, to implement an innovative, multidisciplinary project aimed at reducing major threats to marine turtle populations in Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) increase knowledge, skills, and capacity for effectively interdicting wildlife trafficking operations...
- 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 Cooperative Agreement award is funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.679). The $141,759 project, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, aims to contribute to the conservation of 10 songbird species targeted for illegal trade in northern Brazil. The key objectives are to characterize the songbird supply chain, examine demand, evaluate conservation strategies, and co-create...
- 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...
- 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $530,290.58 Project Grant under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) to Sustainable Innovation Initiatives, Inc. (SII) to address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The 3-year project, awarded on June 5, 2024, will be carried out in partnership with Green Heritage Fund Suriname, Wildlife People Suriname, and the University of the West Indies School of Veterinary...
- This $216,590 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Indiana University to advance efforts to disrupt wildlife trafficking networks. The interdisciplinary research team will develop new algorithms and data discovery tools to automatically collect wildlife trafficking data at an unprecedented scale from multiple online platforms. Using analytical techniques...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651), awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to enhance wildlife conservation in Nouabale-Ndoki National Park and its surrounding areas within the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site. The key activities include: Counter-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching operations, such as strengthening information-led enforcement approaches and improving coordination...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $134,785.62 Cooperative Agreement to Birdlife International, a global non-profit conservation organization, under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.679). The project aims to enhance collaboration among recipients of the Species Conservation Catalyst Fund, strengthen their capacity, and raise public awareness to reduce illegal and unsustainable international songbird trade, with a focus on...
THE BIODIVERSITY, CULTURE, ECONOMY AND LOCATION OF VIETNAM HAVE MADE IT A KEY PRODUCER, CONSUMER AND TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR TRAFFICKED WILDLIFE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM BY DELIVERING THE FIRST-EVER MASTER'S DEGREE COURSE ON COMBATING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE IN VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND EMPOWERING A NEW GENERATION OF VIETNAMESE NATIONALS TO ADDRESS THEIR NATION'S SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE CONSERVATION OF A BROAD RANGE OF SPECIES OF FAUNA AND FLORA THAT ARE THREATENED BY ILLEGAL TRADE BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF VIETNAM'S HISTORICALLY LOW CAPACITY FOR COUNTERING A TRADE WITH WHICH IT IS PROFOUNDLY ASSOCIATED. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) ESTABLISHING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MASTER'S COURSE IN COMBATING THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF VINH (VINH CITY, NGHE AN PROVINCE), STARTING WITH TWO SHORT COURSES FOR MASTER'S STUDENTS AND APPROPRIATE NGO AND GOVERNMENT STAFF IN 2020 AND 2021; (2) FACILITATING WORK PLACEMENTS FOR COURSE PARTICIPANTS BY PARTNERING WITH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS; AND (3) COORDINATING COURSE PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH PROJECTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO ASPECTS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | ($56k) | 12/13/19 | ||
| Not listed | $56.0k | 8/26/19 |