Project Grant SINLEC23GR0445

The federal Project Grant award of $699,761 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) aims to strengthen wildlife policy and legislation, and enhance the application of wildlife protection laws in Vietnam. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2026, will fund initiatives to promote the investigation, arrest, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of criminal organizations...

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...

This Project Grant award of $346,856.49 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 - Trans-National Crime) will enable the Wildlife Protection Society of India to provide optimized resources, including actionable intelligence, skills, knowledge, and link analysis capabilities, to authorities in the target area to successfully prevent or reduce wildlife crimes. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement has awarded a $3,515,740 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (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 greater international cooperation to combat this issue in Peru. This grant is funded through the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $508,466.12 Project Grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on October 1, 2024 under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705). The grant will support WCS in developing an innovative technological tool to empower law enforcement agencies in Mongolia to combat wildlife and natural resource crimes more effectively. The project aims to address gaps in previous interventions by...

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was awarded a $1,885,164.45 project grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705). The purpose of this 2-year award, effective October 1, 2024, is to support the safeguarding of wildlife within Asia's protected and priority non-protected areas from poaching and trafficking. WCS, a prominent non-profit organization, will leverage its global...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to enhance wildlife conservation in Nouabale Ndoki National Park and the surrounding Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site. The project aims to strengthen anti-poaching and counter-wildlife trafficking operations, build the capacity and performance of ecoguards, improve management and infrastructure at the Makao...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,415,701.80 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705) to the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization in Malawi. The grant aims to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies and judicial systems in Malawi and surrounding Southern African countries to combat transnational wildlife trafficking. The project focuses on disrupting organized crime networks...

This $845,597.17 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705), aims to strengthen law enforcement and judicial capacity in South Africa to effectively tackle wildlife crimes. The award supports efforts to improve transparency, coordination, and prosecution capabilities at national and provincial levels. The grant was awarded to the Endangered Wildlife Trust, a South...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), provides $999,304.09 to the African Parks Network to strengthen the law enforcement capacity of wildlife rangers in Malawi's protected areas. The project aims to combat wildlife trafficking, secure endangered species, and engage local communities in conservation efforts over the period from October 1, 2024 to September...