Cooperative Agreement F21AP03394

This $382,800 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) aims to strengthen indigenous conservation capacity in the Yura, Inuya, and Sepahua watersheds of Peru. The key objectives and activities include: (1) enhancing community vigilance and monitoring through equipment, training, and technology; (2) improving management of the Yura communal conservation concession; (3) implementing new...

This $216,169.90 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640), supports the ongoing conservation efforts in the Northern Tropical Andes of Peru. The funding will allow Nature and Culture International (NCI) to consolidate and promote the Utcubamba Huayabamba Conservation Corridor spanning over 500,000 acres. Key objectives include promoting good governance through a...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program awarded a $800,161 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, a non-profit organization, to support conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The primary objectives of this 2-year grant are to: (1) acquire 91 hectares of priority habitat to establish connectivity with a globally important wetland, (2) monitor migratory bird use of overwintering habitat, (3)...

This $185,138.14 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) aims to reduce threats to the critical ecosystems of the Podocarpus-Yacuri Connectivity Corridor (CCPY) in southern Ecuador. Key activities include: (1) establishing two technical conservation-focused working groups to support CCPY governance, (2) training local stakeholders to produce biodiversity data for decision-making, (3) training and equipping...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program (CFDA 15.635), supports conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The $799,508 award, granted on May 23, 2024, will enable the prime recipient, Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, to acquire and protect priority habitat, restore 40 hectares of degraded land, and expand a remote...

This $811,254 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) supports efforts by the American Bird Conservancy, a non-profit organization, to conserve migratory songbirds in northern Peru. Key products and services to be delivered include planting 135,320 new trees and coffee plants across 247 acres to establish new bird habitat, working with local farmers to adopt bird-friendly land use practices,...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,350,485 Project Grant through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program to Fundación Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservación (Fundaeco) to support a 3-year project focused on "Improved Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Conservation through the Expansion of Fully Protected Zones and Connectivity Between Protected Areas in Caribbean Guatemala." The project aims to expand fully protected zones and...

This Project Grant award of $185,629 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program supports habitat restoration and community engagement in Colombia's Western Andes. The funding will enable the recipient, Saving Nature, Inc., to reforest 594 hectares with over 650,000 native trees by 2024, expanding non-breeding habitat for 18 species of neotropical migratory birds, including 5 priority species. To...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $674,360 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Fundacion De Conservacion Jocotoco, a non-profit organization in Ecuador. The two-year project aims to reduce habitat loss and information gaps on 114,000 acres, forming ecological corridors in northern Ecuador. Key activities include patrolling the Jocotoco Narupa Reserve to mitigate threats, monitoring migratory bird...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,500 project grant to the Asociacion De Productores Agropecuarios Conservacionistas De Huamanpata (APACHU) to support fish farming and processing in Peru under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. APACHU will expand its fish hatchery and manufacturing of fish feed from locally-sourced fruits and vegetables while adding value through processing fish into frozen fillets. This community-led effort aims to...