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F24AS00158 - Marine Turtle Conservation Fund

Closed Closed March 18, 2024 Opportunity F24AS00158 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$150,000
• Total funding$2.0 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 may be individuals, multinational secretariats, foreign national and local government agencies, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, for-profit organizations, community and Indigenous organizations, U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education, and U.S. territorial governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Marine Turtle Conservation Fund awards averaged $165,375; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (71% 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, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its financial and technical assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. In response to the alarming decline of marine turtle populations worldwide and serious threats to their long-term survival, the U.S. Government enacted the Marine Turtle Conservation Act (MTCA) of 2004, and subsequently amended. The purpose of the MTCA is to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and their nesting habitats in foreign countries and U.S. territories by supporting projects that conserve marine turtles in their habitats, conserve the nesting habitats, and address other threats to the survival of marine turtles. The goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Marine Turtle Conservation Program is to recover and sustain viable populations of marine turtles in the wild by reducing threats to these marine turtles in their natural habitat. We do this through financial and technical assistance to support evidence-based, quantifiable interventions with regular evaluations that shape our conservation strategy to carry out the purpose of the MTCA. Our strategy encompasses the following key objectives to meet our goal: Marine Turtle Conservation on Nesting Beaches: Conserving marine turtles in their nesting habitats (including undisturbed nesting turtles, in-situ nests and hatchlings reaching the surf unobstructed) through collaborative, measurable actions to reduce threats from coastal development including artificial lighting and other human-induced disturbances, while promoting responsible beach use and coastal resiliency. Reducing Exploitation: Supporting community-driven initiatives to curb poaching by developing alternative livelihoods, co-developed with local stakeholders, and launching behavior change outreach programs based on social science concepts. Combating Trafficking: Strengthening legal protections for marine turtles by collaborating with governmental and regional entities and building partnerships that focus on sharing intelligence in a timely and coordinated manner to identify and address gaps in law enforcement capacity and judicial processes.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

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