Project Grant F21AP04108

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620), awarded a $1,621,075 Project Grant to the South Luangwa Conservation Society in Zambia. The grant will fund a 2-year project from August 2024 to July 2026 to safeguard the at-risk elephant population in the South Luangwa Valley. Key activities include enhanced anti-poaching operations using foot patrols, specialized K9 and aerial units, as well as human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the management and protection of East Africa's largest remaining elephant population. The award will build on WCS's previous USFWS-funded efforts to consolidate elephant conservation in the Katavi National Park landscape of Tanzania and prevent human-elephant conflict along the migration routes into...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $496,387.35 Project Grant under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on June 1, 2024. The goal of this 4-year project is to increase the Kambas Sumatran elephant population and ensure its long-term stability and genetic health through active population management and conservation efforts. Key objectives include: 1) Stabilizing the elephant population at approximately...

This $746,242 Project Grant award issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) program will strengthen protection and human-elephant conflict response capacity in Tanzania's Nyerere National Park and Selous Game Reserve. The funding will provide aerial support for anti-poaching patrols, maintain vehicles to enhance ranger mobility, and increase the capacity of rapid response teams to prioritize community...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $731,954 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to Panthera Corporation, a non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation and protection of endangered species. The grant supports a 3-year project to restore wildlife populations, particularly forest elephants, on the Batk Plateau in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Panthera is working in collaboration with Gabon's National Park Agency to secure critical...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $1,110,258.42 to support an elephant conservation effort in Gabon. The key activities include: (1) deploying and adapting 100 mobile elephant-proof electric fences annually in Nyanga Province to mitigate human-elephant conflict; (2) installing a new provincial mobile unit office and recruiting/training staff; (3) providing training and...

This Federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $749,697 to support an elephant conservation effort in Mozambique's Maputo Province. The key activities funded under this 5-year project, which runs from August 2024 to January 2029, include: Deploying 8 new elephant GPS collars and 140 camera traps to enhance corridor planning and design; Supporting operations of human-elephant...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) provides $677,476 to Cornell University for a 5-year project to build conservation capacity and improve understanding of forest elephant conservation needs in Central Africa. The project aims to: 1) Expand bioacoustics capacity building and research efforts at the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo to facilitate...

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...