Project Grant SINLEC21GR3310

This $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651), aims to enhance wildlife conservation in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park and surrounding areas within the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site in the Republic of the Congo. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: strengthening counter-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching operations through enhanced enforcement...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) awarded a $610,000 project grant to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization, to strengthen long-term wildlife conservation capacity in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (OKNP) in the Republic of the Congo. The grant aims to protect the ecological integrity of this critical conservation area through targeted community development initiatives, mitigation of human-wildlife conflict, and...

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. 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...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $1,885,164.45 to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to support the safeguarding of wildlife within Asia's protected and priority non-protected areas from poaching and trafficking. The grant's objective is to provide rangers and conservation law enforcement with the necessary equipment and resources to effectively protect...

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 $677,476 five-year Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) aims to enhance sustainable conservation of the critically endangered African forest elephant. The grant will expand the capacity of the Sangha Tri-National Center for Bioacoustics Training and Analysis in the Republic of Congo to conduct passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) research and train a new generation of Central African...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization based in South Africa. The award, titled the "Garamba Chinko Protected Area Activity (GCPA) II", will support comprehensive conservation management services, including wildlife protection, anti-poaching efforts, community development, and...

This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) aims to increase the operational efficiency of the recently created Lomami National Park (LNP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The key project activities include: (1) improving management and monitoring systems within LNP, (2) supporting communities in participatory mapping and development of management plans for community concessions in the park's buffer zone, and...

The Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $3,515,740 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to enhance legislation and regulations to prevent wildlife trafficking, improve law enforcement capabilities to investigate and prosecute wildlife trafficking cases, and develop greater international cooperation. This 2-year grant, which commenced on October 1, 2024, includes a sub-award to...