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. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,885,164.45 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) 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. This effort includes providing rangers and conservation law enforcement with the necessary equipment and resources to effectively protect wildlife across the region, which may...
This $3,515,740 federal Project Grant award was provided 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 award will enable 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...
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was awarded a $450,930.54 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The award period is from April 6, 2021 to April 6, 2023. Under this award, WCS will implement a set of activities to improve the counter-wildlife trafficking commitment and capacity of frontline staff in Indonesia. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the...
This $346,856.49 federal Project Grant award, provided 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 Protection Society of India to deliver 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 supports international initiatives to...
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 $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 program (CFDA 19.705) aims to strengthen law enforcement and judicial capacity in South Africa to effectively combat wildlife crimes. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025, will support efforts to improve transparency, coordination, and prosecution capabilities at national and provincial levels. The grant recipient...
This Project Grant award of $535,746.00 was provided 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 award aims to combat wildlife trafficking in Pakistan by enhancing law enforcement capabilities, strengthening judicial capacity, and improving interagency coordination. Key interventions include developing specialized training curricula for wildlife rangers, creating educational...
The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $382,477 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to host or take part in bilateral gatherings of conservation scientists on topics of global interest and hold up to six trainings for scientists and conservationists. This award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and...
This $699,761 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 - Trans-National Crime) supports efforts to strengthen wildlife policy and legislation, and enhance the application of wildlife protection laws in Vietnam. The award aims to promote the investigation, arrest, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of criminal organizations perpetrating wildlife crimes. The grant recipient, ENV Wildlife Conservation Trust, will...