Project Grant F21AP01530

The federal Project Grant award F24AP02949 for $1,618,099.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) program. The purpose of this 4-year project is to support elephant conservation efforts in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park and surrounding areas. Key activities include: conducting ground, aerial and marine law enforcement and monitoring patrols; deploying 16 elephant satellite collars to track...

This federal Project Grant award of $796,354.15, issued 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 reduce wildlife trafficking in Malawi through enhanced capacities of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) rangers and the judiciary. The grant seeks to provide critical support to DNPW rangers in Kasungu National Park, a key component of the Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,415,701.80 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization in Malawi. The grant aims to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies and judicial systems in Malawi and surrounding Southern African countries to combat transnational wildlife trafficking. The project focuses on disrupting organized crime networks...

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...

This $3,104,019.89 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) is intended to equip, educate, and empower law enforcement and the communities within Uganda's Queen Elizabeth Protected Area (QEPA) and Murchison Falls Protected Area (MFPA). The grant recipient, Focused Conservation Solutions, Inc., is a non-profit organization that specializes in international...

This Project Grant award from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), under the MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.002), provides $10,670,000.00 in funding to support global development initiatives in Zambia. The award aims to reduce poverty through economic growth by focusing on strengthening good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people in the partner country. Typical activities under this program include policy reform, institutional capacity building,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement awarded a $3,307,160.90 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to the non-profit Peace Parks Foundation. The purpose of this award is to reduce the ability of transnational criminal networks to profit from wildlife and other natural resource crimes in Mozambique. Specific activities to be delivered under this 2-year grant, ending September 30, 2025, include improving law enforcement...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,018,080.12 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the agency's ability to respond to combat wildlife trafficking and poaching, with a focus on the Queen Elizabeth Protected Area in Uganda. The project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, aims to build on the long-term partnership between WCS and the Ugandan Wildlife...

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...

This $1,220,711.32 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), aims to address complex environmental, economic, and security challenges in Tanzania through a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach. Key components of the project include extensive capacity building for law enforcement to combat transnational crime, such as wildlife trafficking and environmental...