Project Grant F21AP02723

This $192,164 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) program, aims to empower communities in El Salvador to enhance and sustain hawksbill turtle nesting productivity at three key sites: Jiquilisco Bay, Los Cbanos, and Punta Amapala. The primary products and services to be delivered include: Safeguarding over 600 hawksbill turtle nests and facilitating the successful production of...

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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Ecolibrium, Inc. a $205,573 Project Grant under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) program. The grant, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, aims to promote holistic sea turtle conservation efforts in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and wider Caribbean. The key objectives are to: 1) strengthen and coordinate international networks and conventions that advance multi-scale sea turtle conservation,...

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. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $158,600 project grant under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) to Grupo Tortuguero De Las Californias, A.C., a nonprofit organization based in Mexico. The grant, awarded in August 2024, aims to build on the experience and momentum of the initial phase of the "MARES COMUNIDAD" project. The key objectives are to: 1) Design and facilitate structured knowledge exchange workshops to co-develop...

This $174,160 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) will support community conservation efforts for leatherback turtles in the Playa Chacahua Sanctuary in Oaxaca, Mexico over three years. The key objectives are to: 1) Estimate the leatherback turtle nesting population through monitoring and nest protection activities, 2) Implement a strategy to manage invasive predators in the surrounding...

This Project Grant award of $170,957.53 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters will fund conservation activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 in Cambodia through the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) federal grant program. Key products and services delivered through the funding include recruiting local community members for in situ nest surveillance of one of the few remaining wild populations threatened by illegal fishing,...

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...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $138,770 Project Grant under the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.645) federal grant program to World Wildlife Fund, Inc. for the period of February 1, 2023 through April 30, 2025. The grant aims to promote recovery of the critically endangered Asian Giant Softshell Turtle in central Laos through community surveys, market surveys, workshops, and an action plan developed with government institutions...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $214,299 Project Grant under the Unallied Management Projects program (CFDA 11.454) to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). The funding will support DLNR's efforts to reduce threats to and promote recovery of four protected marine species in Hawaii: the endangered hawksbill sea turtle, the threatened central Pacific green sea turtle, the threatened oceanic whitetip shark, and the threatened...