The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $121,248.83 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant supports the Northern Plains of Cambodia Pileated Gibbon Conservation Project: Phase 7, which focuses on the effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats through applied research on ape populations and...
The Wildlife Alliance Inc. was awarded a $659,930.94 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to strengthen local capacity for gibbon conservation in Cambodia. This funding supports the organization's delivery of products and services aligned with the Great Apes Conservation Fund program's goal of effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats through applied research on ape populations and habitats. Specifically,...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $120,461.31 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant funding supports the Wildlife Conservation Society's efforts to strengthen and further expand community-led patrolling models to protect northern white-cheeked gibbon populations in Laos. The Great Apes Conservation Fund...
The World Wildlife Fund, Inc. received a $222,131.87 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629). The grant will support efforts to recover the last viable population of endangered white-handed gibbons in Nam Poui National Protected Area in Laos from November 2021 through December 2024. Key activities to be undertaken by WWF-Laos under a sub-award include facilitating...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $121,645.60 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant supports the Replacement Awards for FY2019 - LAR Gibbon Protection in Thailand's Western Forest Complex project. This project focuses on effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats through applied...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $120,500 Project Grant to the Wildlife Areas Development And Welfare Trust through the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629). The grant will support Phase VIII of a partnership between February 2021 and January 2025 to improve protection of the Western Hoolock Gibbon population in Jeypore, India. As part of the Great Apes Conservation Fund's mission to support applied research and 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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $648,492.87 Project Grant to the Borneo Nature Foundation through the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) to support protecting ape habitat in two critical rainforest landscapes in southern Borneo from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023. The Great Apes Conservation Fund program aims to provide financial assistance for effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats, with a...
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 $510,885 to the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation - Germany E.V. under the Great Apes Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.629) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The project aims to protect western chimpanzees in Liberia through establishing the Krahn-Bassa proposed protected area as the country's largest national park. Key activities include increasing community ecomonitoring teams for smart...