Project Grant SINLEC24GR5127

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 Wildlife Conservation Society was awarded a $3,515,740 Project Grant 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). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support enhancing legislation and regulations to prevent wildlife trafficking, improving law enforcement capabilities to deter, detect, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate wildlife trafficking cases, and developing greater...

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...

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 $700,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), aims to support the capacity development of Honduran public prosecutors. The funding will enable Honduran prosecutors to more efficiently and effectively manage criminal investigations and prosecute criminal cases. The National Center for State Courts, a non-profit organization, will implement this...

This $508,466.12 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), will enable the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to develop an innovative technological tool and empower law enforcement agencies to combat wildlife and natural resource crime effectively. The project aims to address gaps in previous interventions by providing technical assistance, training, and capacity building...

This $278,646 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) aims to reduce the illegal and unsustainable songbird trade in Guyana. The project has three key objectives: 1) improve understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and ecological factors driving songbird trade, 2) strengthen enforcement of legal songbird trade regulations, and 3) pilot a songbird captive breeding program as a sustainable livelihood...

This two-year, $227,885 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional CFDA program, will support the Wildlife Conservation Society in developing the capacity of a newly-formed community association in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve to sustainably manage a forestry concession. Specifically, the grantee will design and implement a community-based biological monitoring program to evaluate...

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...

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), aims to combat wildlife trafficking in Pakistan. The $535,746 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund a multi-faceted approach with three key objectives: Enhancing law enforcement capabilities by developing tailored training curricula for wildlife rangers on areas like...