Project Grant F19AP00477
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Headquarters Region 9 awarded a $192,164 Project Grant through the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) to Asociacion Procosta, a non-profit organization in El Salvador. The project aims to empower local communities to enhance and sustain hawksbill sea turtle nesting productivity at three key sites in El Salvador: Jiquilisco Bay, Los Cbanos, and Punta Amapala. Key activities include safeguarding over 600 hawksbill...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded the Marine Research Foundation (MRF) a $227,500 Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) grant to mitigate bycatch of endangered sea turtles in shrimp trawl fisheries in Sarawak, Malaysia. The two-year project, commencing on August 1, 2024 and concluding on July 31, 2026, aims to introduce and provide turtle excluder devices (TEDs) to local fishers, raise their capacity to adapt TEDs to single and double net vessels, and develop enforcement...
- 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...
- The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $148,083 Project Grant to the Environmental Justice Foundation Charitable Trust to support combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and ending the illegal killing of, and trade in, sharks and rays in Indonesia through capacity building with journalists and civil society organizations. The grant falls under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705), which aims to minimize the...
- Summary: Hawaii Island Hawksbill Project Cooperative Agreement The Hawaii Island Hawksbill Project (HIHP), awarded $100,000 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Projects program (CFDA 11.454), supports the recovery of endangered hawksbill sea turtles through targeted research and conservation activities on Hawaii Island's southern coast. The three-year cooperative agreement, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, delivers critical...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $111,020.00 to restore suitable nesting habitat for the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Puerto Rico. The goal is to reduce threats and enhance the quality of nesting beaches across approximately 128 acres along the southwest, south, and southeast coasts of the island, including Vieques. Planned restoration actions include constructing...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) program, awarded a $135,413 project grant to the Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation. This grant, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will support conservation efforts for six highly threatened tortoise and freshwater turtle species in Bangladesh. The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation will utilize a three-pronged approach of conservation breeding, rewilding, and community engagement to...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.679 - Combating Wildlife Trafficking) provides $129,805.02 to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and its partners to research and address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in the Southern Caribbean and Guiana Shield regions. The key activities include: 1) assessing songbird health and welfare, 2) synthesizing data on wild songbird declines, 3) mapping the songbird trade value...
- This $199,744.75 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) supports comprehensive conservation efforts for the critically endangered Burmese star tortoise and Burmese roofed turtle in Myanmar. The grant funds activities to: 1) permanently mark captive and reintroduced tortoises, 2) strengthen community-based monitoring and protection of tortoise populations, 3) continue conservation...
- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was awarded a $450,930.54 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The award period is from April 6, 2021 to April 6, 2023. Under this award, WCS will implement a set of activities to improve the counter-wildlife trafficking commitment and capacity of frontline staff in Indonesia. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the...
GLOBAL HAWKSBILL POPULATIONS HAVE DECLINED BY 90% IN THE LAST CENTURY. INDONESIA WAS ONCE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST HAWKSBILL POPULATION WHICH ARE NOW DEPLETED BUT STILL EXPLOITED FOR SHELL ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN INDONESIA BY REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR SEA TURTLE PRODUCTS AND BY SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AT PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED MANUFACTURING CENTERS AND TRADING POINTS. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) CREATING A SUPPORTER'S NETWORK IN THE INDONESIAN TRAVEL INDUSTRY; (2) IMPLEMENTING AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF TURTLE SHELL TRADE; (3) DEVELOPING AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR (USING THE SLOGAN ''KEREN TANPA SISIK - COOL WITHOUT SCALES'') AND TO DESIGNATE TURTLE PRODUCTS AS ''OUT OF FASHION;'' (4) CONDUCTING MARKET SURVEYS TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES; (5) ESTABLISHING A CERTIFICATION APPROACH TO REWARD SHOP OWNERS WHO DISCONTINUE SELLING TURTLE SHELL PRODUCTS; (6) UNDERTAKING AN INVESTIGATION AT IDENTIFIED MANUFACTURING CENTERS AND TRADING POINTS; AND (7) SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT BY ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS AND REPORTING RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/29/21 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 9/18/20 | ||
| Not listed | $95.8k | 9/13/19 |