Project Grant F21AP03385

This $201,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640), will support conservation efforts for the critically endangered yellow-naped Amazon parrot in eastern El Salvador. Key objectives include: Protecting parrot nests through community-based monitoring and conservation incentive payments in the San Miguel and Usulután departments. Engaging local community members in a ranger...

This $434,625 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) will fund a multi-year effort by the Mexico-based environmental organization Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. to support the conservation and recovery of the endangered thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha). The key activities to be delivered under this grant include: managing nesting areas and...

This two-year, $227,885 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional CFDA program, will support the Wildlife Conservation Society in developing the capacity of a newly-formed community association in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve to sustainably manage a forestry concession. Specifically, the grantee will design and implement a community-based biological monitoring program to evaluate...

Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. received a $1,006,816 two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program. This grant will enable Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. to deliver critical on-the-ground conservation activities in Mexico like habitat protections and restoration, species monitoring and inventories, and environmental training programs from June 2023 through June 2025....

Pronatura Sur, A.C., a non-profit community development organization, has been awarded a $793,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) to support conservation efforts for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler in Mexico. Through this 2-year grant, Pronatura Sur will: Protect 1,300 hectares of indigenous community forest habitat and establish a legal conservation mechanism on 2,000 additional hectares of communal...

This $885,040 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program supports Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico, in implementing a comprehensive habitat conservation and management project in the Sierra Madre Oriental region. The key activities include: Protecting over 91,143 acres of critical habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife across two state protected...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...

Under a $810,369 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), Pronatura Noreste AC will implement a comprehensive watershed management approach in the Valles Centrales region of Mexico. The key activities include: Protecting 27,428 acres of critical grassland corridors through legal conservation agreements to prevent agricultural expansion Promoting sustainable rangeland management on 5,250...

Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. was awarded a $925,835 Project Grant through June 13, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant supports the "Reduction of Threats of Priority ANM, Altiplano Potosino, Fase III" project under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program. Through this funding, Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. will deliver critical on-the-ground conservation activities in Mexico's Altiplano Potosino...

This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the...