Project Grant SINLEC20GR3208

This $2,159,657.05 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), will support the Environmental Investigation Agency UK in building awareness, providing mentorship, and strengthening cooperation between prosecutors to help ensure wildlife trafficking is tried as a serious crime in Nigeria. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30,...

This $929,888.19 federal Project Grant awarded 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) supports the Nigeria Wildlife Service Organization (NSWO) to assess, train, mentor, and connect the NSWO to other key law enforcement agencies in Nigeria. The goal is to enhance the NSWO's ability to interdict, investigate, and prosecute wildlife trafficking. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $796,354.15 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the International Fund For Animal Welfare Inc. (IFAW) to reduce wildlife trafficking in Malawi. The grant aims to enhance the capacities of the Malawi Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) rangers and the judiciary (judges, magistrates, and prosecutors) to combat wildlife trafficking. The project will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on Jan 4, 2025 under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651). The project aims to enhance wildlife conservation in Nouabale Ndoki National Park and its surrounding areas within the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site. Key activities include: Strengthening counter-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching operations through information-led enforcement, ecoguard...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $1,020,196 Cooperative Agreement under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CFDA 15.679) federal grant program to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to build capacity among emerging herpetologists in Kenya to combat the illegal hunting and trade of reptiles and amphibians. Through this three-year project, ZSL will select 10 fellows and co-develop a comprehensive training curriculum with input from key stakeholders such as the National...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $812,566.18 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Elephant Protection Initiative Foundation (EPIF), a foreign-owned non-profit organization based in the UK. The grant aims to build the capacity and capability of nine partner countries in Africa to effectively manage wildlife products once in government custody. The project will result in strengthened...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to significantly improve Indonesia's ability to interdict illegal wildlife products, deterring their movement from, through, and to Indonesia. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund WCS's efforts to combat wildlife trafficking in...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Traffic International under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The two-year award, issued on June 4, 2022 and concluding on June 3, 2024, will support efforts by Traffic International to reduce poaching and trafficking of endangered wildlife in South Africa. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational crime and criminal...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,018,080.12 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the agency's ability to respond to combat wildlife trafficking and poaching, with a focus on the Queen Elizabeth Protected Area in Uganda. The project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, aims to build on the long-term partnership between WCS and the Ugandan Wildlife...