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SFOP0009001: Countering Wildlife Trafficking in South and Southeast Asia

Closed Closed July 25, 2022 Opportunity SFOP0009001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases (OFOP0003790). Status: Closes November 9, 2026 (2 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$1.0 million
• Total funding$6.0 million
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

• U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); • U.S.-based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code; • Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); • Foreign-based educational institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Trans-National Crime awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (62% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Wildlife trafficking and environmental crimes are lucrative forms of transnational organized crime (TOC) that continue to decimate species populations, driving endangered species such as elephants, rhinos, pangolins towards extinction. Wildlife trafficking and crimes that affect the environment fuel corruption, threaten the rule of law and peace and security, spread disease, and destabilize communities that depend on wildlife for biodiversity and eco-tourism revenues. Criminal organizations are increasingly involved in this illicit trade, especially the illegal movement of wildlife from source countries to demand countries, such as the movement of ivory from Africa to South and Southeast Asia. Traffickers exploit porous borders and weak institutions to profit from trading in illegal wildlife and timber. Wildlife and wildlife products are transported through multilevel illicit networks of criminal intermediaries and government officials. South and Southeast Asia are key source, transit, and destination areas for illegal wildlife products. As these regions act as a lynchpin nexus of the global wildlife trafficking supply chain, any successful effort to stop the global scourge of wildlife trafficking must include South and Southeast Asia. To that end, funds will support work that increases the ability of South and Southeast Asia to counter wildlife trafficking (CWT). The ultimate goal of this program is to increase South and Southeast Asia’s will and ability to CWT and the criminal organizations that perpetrate these heinous crimes.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0003790, which is open now.

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