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F21AS00426: Great Ape Conservation Fund-Asia

Closed Closed May 26, 2021 Opportunity F21AS00426 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Total funding$3.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Applicants can be individuals; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; non- profit non-governmental organizations; for-profit organizations; public and private institutions of higher education, U.S. territorial governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Gorilla, Chimpanzee and Bonobo Conservation Fund awards averaged $264,850; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (74% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its financial assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. In response to the decline of ape populations in Africa and Asia, the U.S. Government enacted the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000. The Act provides for the conservation and protection of apes by supporting conservation programs in countries within their ranges and the projects of persons and organizations with demonstrated expertise in ape conservation. The Service works closely with national governments, U.S. agencies, and a range of other partners to ensure a strategic, results-based approach to ape conservation in Africa and Asia. This funding opportunity aligns with the Service mission. The Great Ape Conservation Fund (GACF)-Asia program is soliciting project proposals for the conservation of orangutans (Pongo spp.) and gibbons (family Hylobatidae) throughout their ranges. Proposal objectives should align with one or more of the desired results identified below under the relevant funding priority. The Great Ape Conservation Fund supports projects that promote conservation through: Development and execution of ape conservation management plans; Reducing trade in, and consumer demand for, illegally harvested apes and ape products; Applied research on ape populations and their habitats, including surveys and monitoring, and disease; Conservation and management of protected areas and other ape habitat, including corridors connecting habitats; Strengthening local capacity to implement ape conservation programs that lead to conservation stewardship; Compliance with applicable treaties (such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of apes or regulate the use and management of ape habitat; Wildlife inspection, law enforcement and forensics skills; Enhanced protection of at-risk ape populations; Reduction of human-ape conflicts; Ape-relevant conservation education and community outreach; Transboundary ape conservation; Emerging issues Proposed project work should occur within the ape range or, if work is to be…

Category: Environment.

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