Project Grant F19AP00787

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621), awarded a $748,691.07 project grant to Panthera Corporation. The grant will support a 3-year initiative to increase site protection for Bornean elephants in the Deramakot landscape of Malaysian Borneo. Key components include: Assisting the establishment of a community-managed conservation area to close a critical gap in landscape protection and deter poaching from...

This $1,447,928.41 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), aims to increase Indonesia's capacity to counter wildlife trafficking and prosecute related crimes. The grant will be implemented by the non-profit organization Yayasan IAR Indonesia (Yiari) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The project will focus on building prosecutorial capacity and enhancing...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $615,919.64 Project Grant to Wildlife Conservation International LIMITED, doing business as Forests For People, under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund program. The grant will support the continuing development of elephant and wildlife veterinary teaching, training, and research capacities at the Veterinary Faculty of Kyiah Kuala University in Indonesia from October 13, 2021 through December 31, 2024....

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 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $496,387.35 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on June 1, 2024. The goal of this 4-year project is to increase the Kambas Sumatran elephant population and ensure its long-term stability and genetic health through active population management and conservation efforts. Key objectives include: 1) Stabilizing the elephant population at approximately...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $706,836 Project Grant to Planet Indonesia through the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629). The grant will support Planet Indonesia's efforts to protect Bornean orangutans, white-bearded gibbons, and Abbott's gray gibbons in West Kalimantan, Indonesia from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. As stated in the program description, the Great Apes Conservation Fund aims to support conservation...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded Wildlife Asia Limited $687,857.30 under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The key products and services to be delivered through this Project Grant funding are improving community protection of orangutans and their forest habitat near three research stations in Indonesia by establishing and enhancing community patrol teams. Specifically, the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $309,968.42 Project Grant under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) to the Monitor Conservation Research Society, a Canadian non-profit organization. The three-year project, beginning January 1, 2025, aims to reduce illegal trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles (TFT) in Malaysia. The project will map the TFT supply chain and identify potential formal and informal guardians who can help prevent illegal...