The program will provide financial and technical assistance via sub-grants to three national non-governmental organizations (ngos) in priority countries to investigate nature crime and to support…

This $2,811,226.54 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The grant aims to support three national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in priority countries to investigate nature crimes and assist authorities in building nature crime cases. Key objectives include strengthening capacities to uncover financial crimes linked to illegal logging and mining, empowering indigenous communities to monitor and report on nature crimes, and enhancing cross-border collaboration to combat illegal mining and logging activities. The grant also funds a nature crime journalism fellowship program and on-the-ground capacity building efforts with indigenous organizations in the Peruvian Amazon. Sub-awardees include Fundacion Para La Conservacion Y El Desarrollo Sostenible Peru, Mongabay, and the Rainforest Foundation US.

The program will provide financial and technical assistance via sub-grants to three national non-governmental organizations (ngos) in priority countries to investigate nature crime and to support authorities in making nature crime cases.