Project Grant SMX53022GR0079

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...

Cedo Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans Inc. will receive $108,957 through a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Park Service Intermountain Region under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963). The funding will support Cedo's efforts to preserve the endangered Sonoyta pupfish and longfin dace through an ex situ conservation refuge network in the Sonora-Arizona borderlands. Specifically, Cedo will provide technical assistance for ponds...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $309,396 cooperative agreement to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630). The agreement will support coastal and wetland restoration in two priority areas of the Northeast Ecological Corridor Nature Reserve in Puerto Rico. Specifically, Protectores De Cuencas Inc. will implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and improvement...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $295,390 project grant to Conservación De La Naturaleza En Oaxaca, A.C. under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support eco-tourism and sustainable agriculture enterprises in Oaxaca State, Mexico from March 2023 through March 2026. The grant recipient will professionalize and expand markets for eco-tourism and agriculture businesses to generate income and improve quality of life while strengthening community abilities to promote...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $299,670 to enhance equitable access and use of climate services among vulnerable farming populations in Guatemala and Mexico. The project will take a mixed methods case study approach to examine participation in local technical agroclimatic committees (LTACs) and use of agro-climatic bulletins (ACBs) by Mayan smallholders. Key...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $466,577, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461). The funding will support the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla, in collaboration with Protectores de Cuencas Inc. and Environmental Mapping Consultants LLC, to develop a Wetland Program Plan (WPP) for the coastal wetlands of Puerto Rico. The plan will address two core elements of the EPA's framework:...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $109,723 to Arizona State University (ASU) to assess information sharing rules and practices in four international environmental agreements (IEAs) that govern global biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. The project will analyze the formal IEA information sharing rules, examine the technical architectures and contents of IEA data...

Under a $810,369 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), Pronatura Noreste AC will implement a comprehensive watershed management approach in the Valles Centrales region of Mexico. The key activities include: Protecting 27,428 acres of critical grassland corridors through legal conservation agreements to prevent agricultural expansion Promoting sustainable rangeland management on 5,250...

This $374,473 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program to Conservation Science Partners, Inc. supports a collaborative research project to investigate the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in National Park units. The key activities under this project include assessing trends and drivers of climate impacts on stream temperatures, estimating thermal...

The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation awarded $385,500 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program to Comunidad Y Biodiversidad, AC (Cobi) to deliver the "Breaking Paradigms Towards Fishing Sustainability: Mobilizing Solutions and Resources for the Entrepreneurship of Youth and Women in Fishing Communities" project in Mexico from January 27, 2023 through January 27, 2026. The project aims to strengthen the bonds of...