Project Grant F21AP04152

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. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $435,118.95 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to the African People & Wildlife Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New Jersey. The three-year grant project, titled "From Conflict to Coexistence: Conserving African Elephants in Tanzania's Greater Mkomazi Landscape," aims to address escalating human-elephant conflict in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem. Key...

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...

This $685,543.45 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) supports a range-wide conservation effort for African elephants. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will leverage its technical expertise and extensive network of conservation specialists to: Manage and optimize the most comprehensive African elephant population database to reassess extinction risk and recovery...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under 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, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, aims to safeguard the at-risk elephant population in the South Luangwa Valley. Key products and services to be delivered include: Enhancing anti-poaching capabilities through year-round foot patrols, a specialized K9 unit, quick...

This Project Grant award for $677,476 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) supports efforts to improve understanding of forest elephant conservation needs and build capacity for conservation in Central Africa. The 5-year project will expand bioacoustics research and monitoring capabilities at the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo. This will facilitate evidence-based decision...

This Project Grant award of $336,129 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to support the implementation of priority conservation actions outlined in the Kathmandu Declaration for Asian elephant conservation. The project will work in collaboration with all 13 Asian elephant range countries to promote the development of national guidelines on wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure, support the creation...

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. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) provides $519,324.67 to Wildlife Conservation International LIMITED, a foreign non-profit organization, to protect Sumatran elephants and their habitat in the Leuser Ecosystem of Indonesia. The project aims to implement regular elephant protection patrols, develop a bioacoustic early-warning monitoring system to detect elephant presence, and...

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...