Project Grant SINLEC18GR2074

This $288,083 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), will support efforts to dismantle Nepal's role in the international illegal wildlife trade. The project will build on previous experience to enhance the performance of local law enforcement agencies in Nepal, developing and demonstrating best practice approaches. The grant will be awarded to...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $270,413.77 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) to the Wildlife Trust of India. The funding will be used to implement activities in and around nine targeted border areas along the Indo-Nepal border to address illicit wildlife markets and transnational crimes. This grant is part of the broader Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program, which focuses on minimizing the impact of transnational...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement has awarded a $337,443.77 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Wildlife Protection Society of India. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will run through September 30, 2026 and aims to provide authorities in the target area with optimized resources, including actionable intelligence, skills, knowledge, and link analysis capabilities, to successfully prevent or...

This $517,873 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement through the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), aims to combat wildlife trafficking in Pakistan. The key objectives are to: 1) Enhance law enforcement capabilities through tailored training for rangers on wildlife crime prevention, crime scene investigation, wildlife handling, and ranger health/safety, 2) Strengthen judicial capacity by creating...

The National Trust For Nature Conservation (NTNC) was awarded a $790,726 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant was awarded under the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.619) federal grant program to support reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade threats while sustaining rhinoceros and tiger populations in Nepal's Chitwan-Parsa wildlife complex from February 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement awarded a $1,999,924 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to strengthen law enforcement capacity globally to address transnational wildlife crime and trafficking. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will be implemented by Traffic International, a non-profit organization with expertise in providing technical assistance for wildlife conservation and combating illegal...

The National Trust For Nature Conservation (NTNC) was awarded a $323,095 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant is part of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.619), which provides financial assistance for projects focused on effective long-term conservation of rhinoceros and tigers. Under this award, NTNC will work to prevent habitat fragmentation and secure the future of tigers in Nepal through...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement awarded a $1,799,898.95 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) on September 30, 2023. The purpose of the funding is to strengthen criminal justice institutions in Laos to undertake successful enforcement, investigative, and prosecutorial functions for wildlife crimes. Key activities include building law enforcement capacity, enhancing...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), will continue support to the Sabah Wildlife Department in Malaysia to build investigative, enforcement, and prosecutorial capacity to combat wildlife trafficking. The $1,553,722.71 award, spanning from October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2026, will fund law enforcement intelligence and capacity-building efforts to...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $3,257,870 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705). This 2-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enable WCS to enhance legislation and regulations to prevent wildlife trafficking, improve law enforcement capabilities to deter, detect, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate wildlife trafficking cases, and develop...