Project Title: Student Travel Awards Support for the IXth Neotropical Ornithological Congress in Cusco, Peru 8-14 November 2011

Partner Organization: Neotropical Ornithological Society

This grant will provide travel support to graduate students from Latin America and the Caribbean to attend the IXth Neotropical Ornithological Congress in Cusco, Peru from November 8 - 14, 2011.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-016
Grant Number: 96200-1-G244

Project Title: Support to the Graduate Program in Wildlife Management at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina

Partner Organization: Centro de Zoologia Aplicada

This grant will support the Graduate Program in Wildlife Management at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina, by providing funding for student scholarships, visiting professors, and practical field experiences that enhance coursework.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-015
Grant Number: 96200-1-J003

Project Title: Using Caribbean BirdSleuth to Develop a Conservation Constituency

Partner Organization: Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds

This project will create a curriculum and associated collaborative web tools that promote student environmental stewardship. The grantee will train project partners and educators in the use of BirdSleuth Caribbean curricula.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-001
Grant Number: 96200-1-J004

Project Title: Socialization Program for the New Cynegetic Region II & Institutionalization of Environmental-Cultural Education Program in Northwestern Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Partner Organization: Organizacion para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza y Desarrollo Comunitario (ORCONDECO)

This project will raise public awareness of the legal agreements pertaining to the Cyngetic Region II with community leaders and authorities. It also aims to institutionalize the Environmental-Cultural Education School Program.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-004
Grant Number: 96200-1-J005

Project Title: Building a Constituency for Jaguar Conservation, Reducing Human-Jaguar Conflict and Increasing Jaguar Survival in the East Section of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will combine community outreach with capacity building programs for ranchers within the southeastern Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) Buffer Zone to reduce negative perceptions about jaguars and increase the adoption of human-jaguar conflict management.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-005
Grant Number: 96200-1-J006

Project Title: Urban Natural Reserve System in the Rio Gallegos Estuary: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Management

Partner Organization: Asociacion Ambiente Sur

This project will increase local support and participation in the conservation of biodiversity and management of the Rio Gallegos estuary. The grantee will increase community awareness about the importance of the reserves and promote positive behavior changes through social marketing techniques.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-007
Grant Number: 96200-1-J007

Project Title: Changing Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Conservation Through Coordinated and Integrated Landscape Management in the Maya Golden Landscape Southern Beliz

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will increase participation and buy-in for the integrated management of the Maya Golden Landscape (MGL). It will bring together multiple stakeholders to identify and develop strategies that promote the sustainable use of natural resources.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-008
Grant Number: 96200-1-J008

Project Title: Proyecto Titi efforts to expand our sustainable development programs to foster Cotton-Top Tamarin conservation Colombia

Partner Organization: Fundacion Proyecto Titi

This project will expand sustainable development activities for rural communities in order to reduce forest resource extraction in cotton-top tamarin habitat. These activities will complement on-going youth environmental education programs in local schools.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-012
Grant Number: 96200-1-J009

Project Title: Reducing hunting and consumption of wild meat in the lower Purus Watershed, Amazonas, Brazil

Partner Organization: Instituto Piagacu

This project will test and compare the effectiveness of two types of interventions for reducing consumption and hunting of wild meat. The first intervention is to reduce the price of domestic meat alternatives and the second is to use social marketing techniques to increase community awarenes of the impacts of wild meat hunting.

Program: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Proposal Number: LAC 11-013
Grant Number: 96200-1-J010

Project Title: U.S. State agencies participation in the 2011 Canada/Mexico/US Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Trilateral Committee) in Mexico.

Partner Organization: Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

This grant supported U.S. state agencies (California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas) to participate in the Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management Annual Meeting, which took place in Oaxaca, Mexico from May 16 -20, 2011.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-066
Grant Number: 96200-1-G072

Project Title: Increasing elementary school teachers' knowledge in biodiversity conservation and their participation in the Mexican Program for the Conservation of Bats

Partner Organization: Bioconciencia, Bioconservacion, Educacion y Ciencia A.C.

This grantee has worked over 10 years with the Natural Sciences Academy of the National Teachers College of Mexico City to implement an educational program on biodiversity conservation. This project will train future teachers (currently in college) on various teaching methods and techniques, so they can help advance biodiversity conservation education in their professional careers as schoolteachers.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-002
Grant Number: 96200-1-G074

Project Title: Training and environmental education of indigenous people as agents of change: monitoring and conservation of pollinating bat habitat in the Priority Conservation Region Urique Batopilas, Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico

Partner Organization: Ecologia y Comunidad Sustentable A.C.

This grantee in cooperation with local partners is gathering ancestral knowledge from the Raramuris native group to design educational modules about local species. The grantee will work with the community to define areas of protection for bats and ultimately establish a habitat corridor.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-005
Grant Number: 96200-1-G075

Project Title: Training on sustainable natural resources management for subsistence farmers in the Region of Chilapa, Guerrero, Mexico

Partner Organization: Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, A.C.

This project will further advance the strategy to train subsistence farmers on sustainable land management, by considering the natural and socio-cultural environments and technical capacity. Particular emphasis will be given to women and youths in the area. The establishment of community reserves is also part of Grupo de Estudios Ambientales’ initiative to train peasant farmers.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-007
Grant Number: 96200-1-G076

Project Title: Management of two community owned Natural Protected Areas in the Lacandona Jungle and Sierra Costa in Chiapas – Phase IV

Partner Organization: Instituto para el Desarrollo Sustentable en Mesoamerica, A.C.

This project will provide continuing training for local land managers on long-term environmental monitoring, land management, zoning, and development, including protected areas management plans. Voluntary Conservation or Community Owned Natural Protected Areas (CNPAs) is a designation the Government of Mexico has created to achieve natural resources conservation at local communities or ejidos.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-015
Grant Number: 96200-1-G077

Project Title: Strengthening wildlife management and sustainable practices in Mexico

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

This project will increase capacity on wildlife management and sustainable use practices through three training workshops to government officials and key community personnel who are responsible for the management of natural resources in protected areas. Mexican authorities currently lack sufficient capacity to perform their duties to protect the country’s natural resources.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-016
Grant Number: 96200-1-G078

Project Title: Training on cultivation techniques of camedor palm (Chamaedorea radicalis) as a conservation and sustainable management strategy in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Partner Organization: Instituto de Ecologia Aplicada de la Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas

This project will train peasant farmers on the best practices and techniques to grow and manage camedor palm in a sustainable fashion. Workshops will teach peasants how to cultivate and grow commercial crops. By the end of this project, participants should be able to educate and pass on their knowledge to other community members.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-022
Grant Number: 96200-1-G079

Project Title: A sustainable model for recovery and conservation of the San Juan Micro - watershed in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR), Part II

Partner Organization: ALTERNARE, A.C.

This project will continue educating and training communities of the MBBR to adopt sustainable productive practices and recover the degrated ecosystems of the area. Restoration of the ecosystems in the San Juan micro-watershed is urgent because its forests shelter the western hemisphere’s monarch butterflies during hibernation, have a rich biodiversity, and capture rain water for the Balsas and Lerma Rivers, which are part of two important basins.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-036
Grant Number: 96200-1-G080

Project Title: Training to conduct community monitoring for wildlife resources

Partner Organization: Conservacion Biologica y Desarrollo Social, A.C.

This project is located in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve in the Canada Oaxaqueña region, where community groups conduct field trips to monitor and protect wildlife resources. This project will increase the technical and scientific capacity of these groups to monitor mammals, analyze data and communicate effectively. The grantee will work with communities to analyze monitoring results and to set goals and strategies for the management and protection of local wildlife.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-039
Grant Number: 96200-1-G081

Project Title: From My Forest Understory to the Canopy: a strategy on environmental education and the recovery of indigenous knowledge on mammals in Lacandon Communities, Chiapas, Mexico

Partner Organization: Tierra Verde Naturaleza y Cultura, A.C.

This grantee will work with native Lacandon ethnic groups to develop a conservation ethic and safeguard indigenous knowledge of land stewardship. Three of the principle Lacandon groups live in nine Natural Protected Areas in the Lacandon Jungle, where human activities are disturbing the biological integrity of the area and taking a toll on the cultural identity of these ethnic groups.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-053
Grant Number: 96200-1-G082

Project Title: Training local groups from the Maya Community of Hidalgo and Cortez as environmental guards for the sustainable management and development of their forest

Partner Organization: Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A.C.

This project will increase the capacity of communities of Hidalgo and Cortez (Mayan culture) to develop three economic activities under the Best Management Program for 300 hectares of forest. The National Forest Commission (CONAFOR) gave the communities authorization to sustainably use this area for 30 years. The grantee will promote the sustainable use of the land and economic development, while maintaining the traditions of the Mayan culture.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-054
Grant Number: 96200-1-G083

Project Title: Creating and increasing the capacity of conservation professionals in Mexico through the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (RECP)

Partner Organization: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)

This project addresses the training needs of employees of CONANP and SEMARNAT and other state government agencies of three critical regions in Mexico: (1) North and Sierra Madre Occidental, (2) Northeast and Sierra Madre Oriental, and (3) Gulf of Mexico-Coastal Plain. The grant will support three courses in conservation biology for decision makers and conservation professionals, to familiarize them with the tools and environmental education materials available in the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-056
Grant Number: 96200-1-G084

Project Title: Training for the earlier detection and monitoring of exotic marine invertebrates in Sinaloa, Mexico

Partner Organization: GEOMARE, A.C.

This project will create a contact guide and train aquaculturists, touristic, sport fishing and yacht cleaning service providers, government inspection officials and students on techniques to prevent, detect, and monitor existent and new exotic species of marine invertebrates. The state of Sinaloa, Mexico is very vulnerable to exotic species invasion due to its diversity of coastal ecosystems, aquaculture activities, the presence of two harbors, and the development of new marinas.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-059
Grant Number: 96200-1-G085

Project Title: Training landowners of the Sierra Manuel Diaz: management and sustainable use of natural resources in their private protected areas

Partner Organization: Pronatura Mexico A.C.- Region Veracruz

This grantee works with landowners in the central coast of Veracruz to protect and manage their land. This project will continue education for landowners on the environmental, economic and conservation value of their land, increasing their ability to manage privately owned protected areas. The landowners will enhance benefits from sustainable use of their natural resources and develop new economic opportunities in Sierra Manuel Díaz.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-061
Grant Number: 96200-1-G086

Project Title: RED Sustainable Tourism: linking natural resource conservation and sustainable economic alternatives in Northwestern Mexico

Partner Organization: RED Sustainable Tourism, a project of International Community Foundation

This project will develop a network of small community owned tourism enterprises in Northwestern Mexico that support conservation through direct financial contributions, and by involving community and tourists in conservation activities. This project addresses the relationship between the well-being of local communities and the health of marine environments by linking enterprises with sustainable livelihood alternatives.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-051
Grant Number: 96200-1-G087

Project Title: An environmental educators’ network

Partner Organization: Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C.

This project aims to strengthen an existing network of citizens committed to conservation from the coastal wetlands of Matzatlan, state of Sinaloa, Mexico. The grantee will form a network of young environmental advocates to advance the conservation of wetlands. The project will analyze the socio-economic situation and conditions of the local environment, and raise awareness about human-nature interactions.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-052
Grant Number: 96200-1-G088

Project Title: Monitoring biodiversity in community conservation areas in Oaxaca, Mexico through training of community promoters

Partner Organization: Centro de Estudios Andayú, S.C.

This grant will continue support for community promoters to begin an inventory of the biological resources in their conservation areas over a six month period. Training on collection techniques, methods to assess the spatial dynamic of populations and technical tools to systematize data will precede the inventory part of the project. At the end of the project period, participants will be able to train other members of the communities on the subjects learned.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-050
Grant Number: 96200-1-G089

Project Title: Creating awareness through education concerning climate change and deforestation in the Sierra Tarahumara

Partner Organization: Sierra Madre Alliance, Inc.

This project will develop awareness about the importance of conserving the Tarahumara forests, which are home to pine-oaks known for sheltering a great amount of the biodiversity in Mexico. The grantee will educate local residents on climate change and deforestation, and provide lessons for good practices in forest management based on traditional knowledge.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-006
Grant Number: 96200-1-G090

Project Title: Replication of successful conservation strategies of the Sierra Gorda Ecological Group in Natural Protected Areas

Partner Organization: Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda, A.C.

This project will establish educational and participatory networks that link together stakeholders in order to strengthen the National System of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) in Mexico. On-site workshops and a virtual campus will introduce the networks, based on the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve's successful model of comanagement between the civil society and the federal government of Mexico.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-020
Grant Number: 96200-1-G091

Project Title: School for rural environmental and development advocates

Partner Organization: Centro Campesino para el Desarrollo Sustentable, A.C.

This project will focus on strengthening the capacities and outreach techniques of 20 rural environmental education and sustainable development promoters from Tlaxcala, Mexico. The training courses will focus on developing skills in outreach, leadership skills, activity planning, and teaching of sustainable agriculture alternatives under climate change.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: Mx 11-003
Grant Number: 96200-1-G092

Project Title: Course in environmental management of natural protected areas in the southeast of Mexico

Partner Organization: Ducks Unlimited de Mexico, A.C.

This project will provide training to build the capacity of protected areas managers from Mexico and Latin America to properly manage natural resources. The course is certified by the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), with 540 hours (2 months) of training.

Program: Mexico Program
Proposal Number: MX 11-031
Grant Number: 96200-1-G093

Project Title: Antiguan Racer Conservation Project: advancing the recovery of the world's rarest snake

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grant will continue support for an ongoing project to increase the Antiguan racer population in a group of small islets off the coast of northeast Antigua. The project will identify an additional island suitable for restoration and re-introduction of Antiguan racers, and translocate five Antiguan racers of each sex from the larger colony on Great Bird Island to the smaller colonies on Rabbit and York Islands. The grantee will also conduct invasive species control, field and sociological surveys, educational outreach to local schools, and training and exchange programs with West Indian students and conservation practitioners from other islands.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0216
Grant Number: 96200-1-G250

Project Title: Protecting and stabilizing spoon-billed sandpiper populations along their migration route in China and on the wintering grounds in Bangladesh

Partner Organization: National Audubon Society

This project will protect wintering spoon-billed sandpipers in southeastern Bangladesh and coastal mudflats used by migrating sandpipers in eastern China. The grantee will conduct winter field surveys in the Sonadia Island region, Bangladesh and surveys in China in the spring and fall, collaborating with Chinese government authorities to raise awareness and recommend key sites for protection along the species’ migration route. The grant will also support establishment of an incentive program to reduce hunting of shorebirds with nets and a community guard program at Sonadia sites.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0235
Grant Number: 96200-1-G254

Project Title: Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Program: ensuring the futue of the Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile in the wild

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will reintroduce at least 20 captive-bred Siamese crocodiles into the wild in southwestern and eastern Cambodia, rescue populations under immediate threat of dam construction in the Cardamom mountains, and establish community-based sanctuaries for crocodiles to be recognized by Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. The grantee will also identify alternative income-generating activities for local communities, establish a national task force, and recruit and train at least 20 community wardens to patrol wetlands, raise awareness about local wildlife, and report illegal activities.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0217
Grant Number: 96200-1-G251

Project Title: Support baseline studies to promote declaration of protected areas in Colombia

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will work toward the establishment of protected areas for the most important remnant populations of brown spider monkeys in the middle Magdalena River valley and adjacent foothills of the Central Cordillera, Columbia. Field surveys of species distribution and habitat will be used to develop a conservation management plan, and to select the area to be recommended for formal protection.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0285
Grant Number: 96200-1-G265

Project Title: Conservation strategies to protect the critically endangered Pennant's red colobus, Procolobus pennantii, on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Partner Organization: Drexel University

This project will enhance forest patrols in the southwestern corner of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, during the three-month post-rainy season (September-November) when high water discourages personnel from maintaining a regular patrol schedule. The grantee will also conduct market surveys in the urban Malabo (Semu) bushmeat market, continuing a 14-year-old monitoring program, and provide outreach to authorities to promote primate conservation on Bioko Island.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0211
Grant Number: 96200-1-G248

Project Title: Conserving great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) occupied landscapes through scientific understanding and Government-community participatory planning

Partner Organization: Wildlife Institute of India

This project will deploy at least 3 GPS tracking devices on great Indian bustards in western India to determine habitat use and seasonal migratory movements and to identify key habitat. The grantee will promote establishment of community reserves in Kachchh District and management actions that reduce threats in priority areas for great Indian bustards.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0292
Grant Number: 96200-1-G267

Project Title: Rehabilitation and release of the highly endangered Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) on an established island-wide sanctuary on the island of Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Partner Organization: Friends of the National Parks Foundation

This project will increase the genetic diversity of the remaining Bali starling population of 100 individuals on Nusa Penida, by introducing 10 birds with different blood lines purchased from reputable breeders. The grantee will also rehabilitate individuals in a newly constructed enclosure on Nusa Penida, then release and monitor rehabilitated birds during temple ceremonies to reinforce community support for conservation.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0210
Grant Number: 96200-1-G247

Project Title: Long-term conservation of maleo nesting ground in Northern Sulawesi through integrated nest site management, non-breeding habitat protection and corridor establishment

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia

This project will protect nesting grounds for the maleo on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, to increase the number of successfully hatched eggs at nesting sites and reduce the threats of illegal egg collection and invasive vegetation. The grant will support local guardianship at four managed sites and establishment of warden facilities at a fifth nesting site, Lagamuru, to maintain semi-natural hatcheries that prevent predators from destroying large clutches of eggs.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0265
Grant Number: 96200-1-G259

Project Title: Conservation of Grevy's zebra through citizen science and action

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Network

This project will increase access to water and forage for Grevy’s zebra in Kenya during the dry season through community outreach and management. The project will identify and manage water sources most used by Grevy’s zebra, provide supplementary feeding to lactating females and foals during periods of stress, improve livestock grazing management, and establish a scout-based monitoring database. Community puppet shows will be performed by village scouts, to raise awareness of the status and management of Grevy’s zebra.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0231
Grant Number: 96200-1-G253

Project Title: Protection of the ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) in Baly Bay National Park, Madagascar

Partner Organization: Chelonian Conservation Center

This project will establish a rapid communication system to report fires, intrusions, or similar activities in Baly Bay National Park to law enforcement. The grant will support village patrols and surveillance to detect illegal trade in live tortoises, and construction of a permanent field station at Beaboaly. The grantee will promote publicity and follow-up of illegal trade cases brought to court, and establishment of a traditional law (dina) for the protection of ploughshare tortoises.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0205
Grant Number: 96200-1-G246

Project Title: Reinforcing conservation activities to protect critically endangered lemurs in the Sahamalaza-Iies Radama National Park-Madagascar

Partner Organization: European Association for Lemur Study and Conservation

This grant will support development of operational ranger stations and ranger training, including manuals and a reporting system, to enhance patrol of core zones of a protected area in Madagascar. The grantee will recruit at least 4 more local villagers to be trained as rangers and construct two ranger stations, including one in the buffer zone to the east of Ankarafa Forest and one in the buffer zone on the eastern side of the Sahamalaza Peninsula.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0215
Grant Number: 96200-1-G249

Project Title: Capacity building in Latin America and Southeast Asia for endangered tapirs; International Tapir Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 16-21, 2011

Partner Organization: Houston Zoo, Inc.

This project will assist up to eight tapir conservationists from Latin America and Southeast Asia to attend the International Tapir Symposium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October 2011.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0305
Grant Number: 96200-1-G281

Project Title: Putting New Caledonia's National Emblem on the map

Partner Organization: BirdLife International

This grant will support field surveys for the kagu in New Caledonia with acoustic monitoring units, training for community members to collect field data and report kagu sightings to a coordinator, and outreach to promote kagu conservation.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0261
Grant Number: 96200-1-G258

Project Title: Community-based conservation of the endangered flare-horned markhor in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project aims to increase the number of local resource committees for markhor conservation in northern Pakistan from 23 to 34, and to increase the number of deployed community rangers from 62 to 88. The grant will support biannual field surveys, and the creation of conservancies that join together neighboring communities to manage markhor populations across landscapes.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0270
Grant Number: 96200-1-G260

Project Title: Vulture Safe Zone

Partner Organization: World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan

This project will develop a refuge for the white-backed vulture in southeastern Pakistan and awareness campaigns to reduce the use of veterinary drugs harmful to vultures, such as Diclofenac. The grantee will collaborate with veterinary pharmaceutical companies to reduce accidental vulture mortality and test drug alternatives, such as Meloxicam, promoting them if they are found to be safer, through veterinarian outreach and a free vaccination program for the livestock in local communities.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0281
Grant Number: 96200-1-G264

Project Title: Expanding protection for snow leopards in Pakistan

Partner Organization: International Snow Leopard Trust

This project will reduce the killing of snow leopards in response to livestock depredation at 12 sites in the Chitral District, northern Pakistan. The grantee will conduct community outreach to promote conservation in over 900 households from 12 communities in the Torkho, Mastuj, and Laspur Valleys, including school outreach to promote environmental education with 11 schools and a vaccine delivery campaign to improve livestock health in return for a commitment from communities to limit herd sizes and to refrain from killing snow leopards and their primary prey.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0287
Grant Number: 96200-1-G266

Project Title: Saving the pygmy three-toed sloth from extinction

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

This grantee will collaborate with local authorities and community organizations in Escudo de Veraguas Island, Panama, to reduce poaching of pygmy sloths and destruction of mangrove habitat. The grant will support a refurbished park ranger facility, field surveys of sloth populations and habitat, and socio-economic surveys of local community members. The grantee will hold at least 4 environmental workshops for fishermen and their families, and organize a fishermen’s committee to be incorporated into a regional development and conservation association, ADEPESCO.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0199
Grant Number: 96200-1-G245

Project Title: Community-based conservation of the white-winged guan in the Lambayeque-Cajamarca Biological Corridor, Northwest Peru

Partner Organization: Asociacion TuTierra

This grant will support an effort to develop and implement community-based conservation plans for the white-winged guan in northwestern Peru. The project will provide support for communities to register land as private conservation areas, for outreach to local schools, and to recruit and train at least 4 conservation agents to provide leadership within the community and monitor white-winged guan presence.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0278
Grant Number: 96200-1-G262

Project Title: Anti-poaching measures to protect the Argut snow leopard population in Russia's Altai Republic

Partner Organization: Earth Island Institute

This project will establish and train an anti-poaching patrol team in the middle section of the Argut River watershed in southern Russia, consisting of local village residents, NGO staff, and inspectors from the Altai Republic’s Game Management Committee. The team will conduct patrols to remove snares for snow leopards and other wildlife, and apprehend poachers according to Russian and Altai Republic law.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0223
Grant Number: 96200-1-G252

Project Title: Conserving Critically Endangered Salmonids, Koppi River, Russian Far East

Partner Organization: Wild Salmon Center

This project will recruit members of the Salmon Council and Hunters and Fishers Society to enroll in the Khabarovsk inspector certification process and to join public-private patrol teams to reduce illegal harvest of the Sakhalin taimen in southeastern Russia. The grantee will conduct market surveys to detect threatened fish species and provide angler outreach to promote best fishing practices.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0245
Grant Number: 96200-1-G255

Project Title: African penguin chick bolstering project, South Africa: an action plan towards bolstering wild populations

Partner Organization: Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds

This project will supplement existing wild colonies of African penguin in South Africa through construction of a chick-rearing facility at SANCCOB and rehabilitation and release of abandoned chicks. Field monitoring of juveniles with tracking devices and other efforts will increase understanding of how environmental change affects the viability of colonies and how to assist wildlife adapt to climate change.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0253
Grant Number: 96200-1-G256

Project Title: Institutionalize the conservation for the Crticially Endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in Vietnam

Partner Organization: Vietnam National Parks and Protected Areas Association (VNPPA)

This project will establish a stakeholder working group with members from government wildlife and scientific authorities, and hold a one-day workshop in Hanoi to promote awareness and reduce threats to the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in northern Vietnam. Community-based teams and rangers will be trained to patrol and collect field data as well.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0260
Grant Number: 96200-1-G257

Project Title: Decreasing snaring mortality on transboundary source populations of African wild dogs in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia through community-based law enforcement

Partner Organization: South Luangwa Conservation Society

This project will provide support and equipment for community-based snare-removal teams to decrease the incidences of snared wild dogs, and for aerial surveillance to guide ground patrols. The grant will also support training courses for wildlife scouts in data collection, and training for a government veterinarian in wildlife immobilization and treatment.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0274
Grant Number: 96200-1-G261

Project Title: Conserving the endangered African wild dog in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

Partner Organization: African Wildlife Conservation Fund

This grant will support a long-term, sustainable education, and conservation project for African wild dogs in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA). The grantee will develop a regional photographic database, and produce a large carnivore conservation plan for the GLTFC. Vaccination campaigns will improve domestic dog health and reduce the risk of disease transmission to wild carnivores.

Program: Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: EA-0280
Grant Number: 96200-1-G263

Project Title: Probiotic method to reduce the threat of chytridiomycosis to Panamanian Golden Frogs II

Partner Organization: Smithsonian Institution

This project will test the ability of anti-fungal bacteria to persist on Panamanian golden frog skin and confer resistance to the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is affecting golden frog populations. Skin swabs of Panamanian frogs will determine if these beneficial bacteria can colonize and persist on the skin of the species, and laboratory trials will treat the frogs to determine if anti-fungal bacteria improves survival of frogs exposed to Bd.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0072
Grant Number: 96200-1-G269

Project Title: Building a future for the Chinese giant salamander: a consolidated approach to the conservation of Andrias davidianus

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

This project will build a long-term program for conservation of the Chinese giant salamander. The grantee will conduct field surveys and genetic analysis of giant salamander populations in Anhui, Guangxi, Shaanxi, and Qing’hai, including surveillance for emerging infectious diseases. The project will also build capacity for networks of Chinese experts and stakeholders at key institutions, and train Chinese conservationists in field and laboratory protocols.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0074
Grant Number: 96200-1-G270

Project Title: Supporting communities to conserve the critically endangered golden mantella frog in Madagascar

Partner Organization: Madagasikara Voakajy

This project will engage the government of Madagascar to support community-based organizations to conserve the golden mantella frog. The project will restore and protect breeding ponds damaged by gold mining, train at least 5 community members to collect field data, and establish a community-based conservation organization in Lakato Village. Community outreach will promote amphibian conservation and establish a traditional law to protect the breeding ponds.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0076
Grant Number: 96200-1-G271

Project Title: Can we prevent a chytridiomycosis epidemic in the Philippines?

Partner Organization: San Francisco State University

This project will comprehensively survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the Phillippines and attempt to lower Bd infection intensity by treating frogs with beneficial bacteria. The grantee will treat free-ranging amphibians with native mutually beneficial bacteria, and monitor the treatment’s success against the fungal pathogen responsible for chytridiomycosis.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0084
Grant Number: 96200-1-G272

Project Title: Conserving threatened amphibians of the Ethiopian highlands

Partner Organization: University of Basel

This project will develop management plans for at least four target amphibian species in the Ethiopian highlands, including revision of the species’ IUCN Red List assessments and public outreach. The grantee will conduct disease surveillance and field surveys of species distribution and habitat, including less developed forest sites in Bale Mountain National Park and the Simien Mountains, and training for government wildlife authorities in amphibian conservation and field data collection.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0088
Grant Number: 96200-1-G273

Project Title: Conserving Peru's Lake Titacaca frog

Partner Organization: Denver Zoological Foundation

This project will reduce harvest of the Lake Titicaca frog in Peru and increase awareness of the conservation status of the species. The grantee will conduct field surveys to assess population trends, sampling for genetic analysis and fungal chytrid pathogen, and public outreach to promote amphibian conservation. An amphibian breeding center will be established at the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano (UNA) at Puno.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0089
Grant Number: 96200-1-G274

Project Title: Evaluation and impact of chytridiomycosis on the endemic, highly threatened amphibians of the Western Ghats

Partner Organization: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society-Zoo Outreach Organization

This project will sample for the presence of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the threatened amphibians of the Western Ghats, India. The grantee will conduct a field survey of the status of Bd in at least 10 locations, develop a policy document that addresses exotic species in the aquarium trade, and coordinate public outreach to promote amphibian conservation.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0090
Grant Number: 96200-1-G275

Project Title: Rough moss frog habitat protection project

Partner Organization: CapeNature

This project will restore at least 1,350 hectares of habitat for the rough moss frog in southern South Africa by controlling an invasive pine tree that increases the risk of catastrophic fire. The grantee will also conduct at least 6 field surveys of rough moss frog abundance.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0098
Grant Number: 96200-1-G276

Project Title: Emergency action for the conservation of Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae), a species at the verge of extinction

Partner Organization: Fundacion Ontaga

This project will establish a captive assurance colony for a species of poison arrow dart frog, Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi, in central Ecuador. The grantee will conduct field surveys and behavioral studies of wild individuals in the Valle de los Chillos, including disease surveillance to determine frequency of infection and chytrid’s impact on the survival of target species. The grantee will also protect and restore habitat for the species, including re-routing of a visitor path.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0103
Grant Number: 96200-1-G277

Project Title: Identifying antifungal cutaneous bacteria for potential biocontrol of the amphibian chytrid fungus in Costa Rica

Partner Organization: University of South Dakota

This grant will support the costs of culturing bacteria from amphibian populations that have survived chytridiomycosis epidemics to search for microbes that may increase resistance to the disease. The grantee will grow different types of bacteria found on at least 20 wild frogs from 10 populations in Costa Rica, and conduct trials to identify the bacteria species that inhibits the fungal pathogen responsible for chytridiomycosis.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0107
Grant Number: 96200-1-G278

Project Title: Conservation of Bioko Island's endangered amphibians, Arlequins krebis and Didynamipus sjostedti

Partner Organization: Drexel University

This project will prevent immediate destruction of critical habitat for two endangered frogs on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. The grantee will conduct a habitat assessment and coordinate with a road construction company, Razel Inc., to mitigate the effects of a new road. The grantee will also promote amphibian conservation to local authorities.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0113
Grant Number: 96200-1-G279

Project Title: Conservation of Cameroon's caecilian amphibians

Partner Organization: The Natural History Museum

This project will support five species of poorly known caecilians in Cameroon by building national capacity in caecilian natural history and conservation. The grantee will conduct field surveys in forested areas, reassessments of the species’ conservation status, and training for Cameroonian personnel in caecilian biology and conservation.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0116
Grant Number: 96200-1-G280

Project Title: Habitat restoration for the critically endangered Sagalla caecilian Boulengerula niedeni Muller, Measey, Loader & Malonza, 2005 in Sagalla Hill, Kenya

Partner Organization: National Museums of Kenya

This project will address the direct threats affecting the Sagalla caecilian including soil erosion, water draining, and siphoning effects of exotic plant species. The grant will support hiring and supervising of community participants to identify and plant the most viable native tree species for each location. The grantee will develop educational materials on procedures for tendering and maintenance of native plant species.

Program: Amphibians In Decline Fund
Proposal Number: AD-0070
Grant Number: 96200-1-G291

Project Title: MENTOR-FOREST: Building conservation capacity in the Congo Basin - a multi-disciplinary team training program to improve forest stewardship and wildlife conservation

Partner Organization: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to develop an innovative new program to build a team of ten Central African forest resource professionals. The team will work together to improve upon current forestry programs, identify new forest stewardship strategies and methods, mitigate impacts to wildlife and provide information critical to the sustainable management of forests. MENTOR (Mentoring for ENvironmental Training in Outreach and Resource conservation) is a Wildlife Without Borders Signature Initiative that builds the capacity of teams of African conservationists who can work together to address complex conservation challenges.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0141
Grant Number: 96200-1-J002

Project Title: 2011 AHEAD-GLTFCA Working Group Meeting

Partner Organization: South African National Parks and University of Pretoria

The purpose of this project is to bring together stakeholders to strategically plan and provide technical support and resources to address the interface of wildlife health, livestock health, human health and livelihoods for the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Through the Animal & Human Health for Environment and Development (AHEAD)-GLTFCA decision-making process, collaborators will design projects to address complex trans-boundary conservation challenges.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0132
Grant Number: 96200-1-G001

Project Title: Training park personnel on fish resource identification and conservation in Alatish National Park, Ethiopia

Partner Organization: Addis Ababa University and Institute of Biodiversity Conservation

The purpose of this project is to train park personnel in Alatish National Park on diversity, distribution and importance of the fish life of the region. Park staff will learn methods of sampling, identification, and data collection on fishes in order to improve their conservation and management activities.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0081
Grant Number: 96200-1-G002

Project Title: Increasing Institutional and Individual Capacity for Crocodile and Hippo Management in Gabon Through the Implementation of a Crocodile Management Unit

Partner Organization: Rare Species Conservatory Foundation

The purpose of this project is to build the capacity of a Crocodile Management Unit within the Gabonese National Parks Agency (ANPN) and the Department of Wildlife to manage and conserve their crocodile and hippopotamus populations in four critical protected areas. Through workshops and hands-on training, Gabonese personnel will gain an understanding of the threats facing crocodiles and hippopotami, gather data needed to mitigate these threats, assess opportunities for reintroductions, and work on conservation management.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0086
Grant Number: 96200-1-G003

Project Title: Conserving the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis): Capacity Building for Long-Term Success

Partner Organization: Ecohealth Alliance

The purpose of this project is to build a collaborative network of African researchers and resource managers who can work together to conserve West African manatees in every country in the species range (the African Atlantic coast from Mauritania to Angola, and the interior countries of Mali, Niger and Chad). Activities include training in manatee fieldwork techniques and provision of needed field equipment in the network members’ countries. Information on manatees will be disseminated to stakeholders to enable them to make informed decisions regarding the conservation of the West African manatee.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0106
Grant Number: 96200-1-G004

Project Title: Planning for the Sustainable Management of Kenya's Tana River Delta

Partner Organization: Nature Kenya

The purpose of this project is to increase Kenya’s capacity to manage the Tana River Delta sustainably by creating a government-led action plan for the delta and by facilitating the implementation of the plan. Activities include a workshop attended by representatives of all key stakeholder groups; building capacity within civil society to advocate for effective implementation of the plan; and ensuring that the Ramsar designation process for the Tana River Delta is completed as an essential step towards the establishment of a sustainable ‘wise use’ management regime for this vitally important site.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0108
Grant Number: 96200-1-G006

Project Title: Building the foundation for a range-wide okapi conservation status assessment

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

The purpose of this project is to train rangers from the Institut Congolais pour la Conservacion de la Nature (ICCN), the conservation authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a major field-based okapi conservation status assessment. Informative field guides on okapi ecology and public awareness-raising materials will be produced through broader collaborative conservation and community education efforts.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0114
Grant Number: 96200-1-G008

Project Title: Professional Training in Wildlife Conservation and Protected Area Management at Njala University, Sierra Leone

Partner Organization: Njala University

The purpose of this project is for faculty of Njala University to conduct a conservation capacity needs assessment, and develop and implement new in-service training short courses to address identified needs on wildlife conservation and protected area management for individuals working for government agencies, civil society and the private sector.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0082
Grant Number: 96200-1-G009

Project Title: Capacity Building for improvement of protected areas management in West Africa

Partner Organization: IUCN-PACO

The purpose of this project is to train 20 conservationists from Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso through a 12-week program on protected area management. Trainees will learn tools and technical skills that will enable them to better understand conservation challenges and deal with dynamics within and surrounding protected areas in West Africa.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0085
Grant Number: 96200-1-G014

Project Title: Capacity development for effective management and conservation of cheetah and wild dog populations in Eastern and Southern Africa

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This purpose of this project is to improve management of cheetah and wild dog populations in Eastern and Southern Africa. Activities will include developing course material, conducting a training course for wildlife managers from the range states in the cheetah and wild dog species ranges, and creating a web-based network of managers to share information and experience.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0134
Grant Number: 96200-1-G070

Project Title: Training for Kruger National Park Natural Resource Managers

Partner Organization: Southern African Wildlife College

The purpose of this project is to support a training effort to improve management of Kruger National Park, South Africa. Activities will include conducting courses in trans-frontier conservation area management, human-wildlife conflict, and community-based natural resource management. The project will also build skills in anti-poaching techniques and geographical information systems for wildlife managers.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0120
Grant Number: 96200-1-G071

Project Title: Building capacity to reduce bushmeat consumption and trade in neighboring villages around the Bor Corridor, South Sudan

Partner Organization: Isaac Seme and Wildlife Conservation Society

The purpose of this project is to build the capacity of ex-poachers to address the illegal bushmeat trade in three villages (Jalle, Pariak, and Padak) around the Bor migratory corridor in the Boma-Jonglei landscape in South Sudan. It will make consumers and sellers aware of the bushmeat crisis in South Sudan, and train ex-poachers to participate in fish production as an alternative to reduce bushmeat hunting in the Bor Corridor.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0137
Grant Number: 96200-1-G107

Project Title: Capacity building to reduce illegal elephant hunting and bushmeat trade in the Selous Ecosystem in Tanzania

Partner Organization: Tanzania Wildlife Division

This purpose of this project is to respond to illegal elephant hunting for bushmeat in and around the Selous ecosystem. Activities will include holding meetings with village leaders and wildlife managers to discuss the status of the bushmeat trade, organizing workshops to train game wardens and village scouts to monitor elephants killed for bushmeat and to report elephant deaths, interviewing village residents involved in the bushmeat trade, and launching an awareness campaign in villages and schools about illegal bushmeat hunting and consumption.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0138
Grant Number: 96200-1-G108

Project Title: Alternative income generating activities for cultural chiefs and reformed poachers group in areas around Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda

Partner Organization: Okello Genesis

The purpose of this grant is to build upon ongoing efforts to engage cultural chiefs and the reformed poachers around the Murchison Falls Conservation Area in conservation. It will build the capacity of leaders to aid in reducing bushmeat trade and consumption by addressing protein and economic alternatives together with bushmeat awareness and law enforcement efforts.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0135
Grant Number: 96200-1-G122

Project Title: Conserving the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis): Capacity Building for Long-Term Success

Partner Organization: Sea to Shore Alliance

The purpose of this project is to build a collaborative network of African researchers and resource managers who can work together to conserve West African manatees in every country in the species range (the African Atlantic coast from Mauritania to Angola, and the interior countries of Mali, Niger and Chad). Activities include training in manatee fieldwork techniques and provision of needed field equipment in the network members’ countries. Information on manatees will be disseminated to stakeholders to enable them to make informed decisions regarding the conservation of the West African manatee.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0106
Grant Number: 96200-1-G191

Project Title: Scholarships and technical capacity building at Garoua Ecole de Faune

Partner Organization: Ecole de Faune de Garoua

[NOTE: $10,000 additional funded by GACF, total award $120,000.] The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide three USFWS scholarships to West and Central African wildlife professionals who will benefit from contact with USFWS and partner organizations over the course of their careers. It also builds the capacity of Ecole de Faune de Garoua faculty to more effectively teach and conduct applied research on great apes and wildlife conservation.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0139
Grant Number: 96200-1-J001

Project Title: Developing a program and building capacity for the conservation of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) across its range states

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

The purpose of this project is to strengthen the capacity of governments and national stakeholders in the pygmy hippopotamus range states of Liberia and Sierra Leone. It will train senior government wildlife authority staff, NGO personnel and university staff in strategic planning, field techniques and wildlife monitoring; help develop an IUCN Species Survival Commission-endorsed Pygmy Hippo Conservation Strategy; determine the current distribution of and threats to the pygmy hippo; and raise awareness about this evolutionarily distinct and endangered species.

Program: Africa Program
Proposal Number: AFR-0113
Grant Number: 96200-1-G007

Project Title: Continued conservation and monitoring of the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) in Southern Mondulkiri, Cambodia

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support continuing efforts to maintain gibbon populations at their 2008 levels in the core area of Seima Protection Forest. The project will protect gibbons and their habitat, assessing the effectiveness of conservation management through the monitoring of gibbons and other target species, and improve the capacity of Cambodian scientists to analyze the results of 7 years of gibbon conservation.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0784
Grant Number: 96200-1-G232

Project Title: Northern Plains of Cambodia Pileated Gibbon Conservation Project: Phase 3

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support basic equipment, monitoring and targeted patrols to ensure that the pileated gibbon is protected in its most important habitats of this landscape. The grantee will retrain staff in law enforcement techniques and MIST data collection, ensuring effective protection through targeted patrol planning and improved government relations.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0847 Asia
Grant Number: 96200-1-G235

Project Title: Long-term research and conservation of gorillas and chimpanzees in the Ebo Forest, Cameroon

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of San Diego

This two-year project will assist the government of Cameroon in the gazettement and demarcation of the proposed Ebo National Park. The grantee will monitor wildlife, support law enforcement activities undertaken by the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife to conserve key populations of gorillas and chimpanzees, and continue to deploy camera traps throughout the forest to document chimpanzee behavior and record hunter presence in the reserve.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0701
Grant Number: 96200-1-G010

Project Title: Use of trained detection dogs to non-invasively collect fecal samples from the Critically Endangered Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Cameroon

Partner Organization: North Carolina Zoological Society

This project will improve the evaluation capacity of Cross River gorilla conservation efforts by exploring the feasibility of using detection dogs both for fecal collection and to identify illegal bushmeat at Douala international airport.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0807 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G178

Project Title: Wildlife Wood Project: ensuring responsible wildlife management in timber production forests in Cameroon

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

This project will ensure responsible wildlife management in the timber production forests of Central Africa for the benefit of local populations, national governments, and the logging sector.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0852 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G184

Project Title: Securing the long-term sustainability of gorilla tourism as a conservation tool at Dzanga-Sangha, Central African Republic: a World Wildlife Fund-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund partnership

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

This project will secure the long-term protection of Dzanga-Sangha National Park through surveillance of illegal activity and a gorilla tourism program.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0776
Grant Number: 96200-1-G125

Project Title: Improving protection of great apes in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

This project will secure the long-term protection of great apes and other wildlife in the Sangha Tri-National Landscape through increased transboundary surveillance and law-enforcement.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0839 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G199

Project Title: Developing a strategic plan to conserve the great apes of the Ndoki Landscape, Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will develop a unified conservation strategy to implement a landscape approach to conserving great apes, elephants, and other wildlife in the Ndoki Landscape of the Republic of Congo.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0770
Grant Number: 96200-1-G115

Project Title: Great ape public awareness project using video-centered education outreach

Partner Organization: International Conservation and Education Fund

This project will raise awareness of rural communities to conserve great ape populations in the Northern Republic of Congo. The grantee will use a participatory approach involving screenings and dissemination of video to reduce illegal bushmeat hunting, ritual wildlife killings, habitat destruction, and disease transmission.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0810
Grant Number: 96200-1-G180

Project Title: Goualougo Triangle Ape Project: developing conservation policies and local leadership to ensure the long-term survival of chimpanzees and gorillas

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support the development of professional capacity to implement conservation programs, enhanced surveillance and protection to ape populations in an active logging concession, and an expanded conservation outreach program.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0833
Grant Number: 96200-1-G185

Project Title: Digital media as a mobile education tool to decrease hunting and consumption of bushmeat and bonobos in the Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru Landscape

Partner Organization: International Conservation and Education Fund

This project will conserve bonobo populations in Salonga National Park using a participatory approach that involves film screenings and distribution in local languages to reduce bushmeat hunting among rural communities in the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0861
Grant Number: 96200-1-G193

Project Title: Great ape conservation and monitoring in the Lac Tele Landscape, Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support the conservation of populations of great apes and elephants in the Lac Tele Community Reserve through a program of law enforcement, evaluation of conservation impact, and training.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0832 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G196

Project Title: Tai-Sapo Complex: (Cote d'Ivoire - Liberia) improving the conservation of the last remaining West African Chimpanzees

Partner Organization: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation-Africa

This project will implement a transboundary conservation program to improve management of protected areas throughout the complex with an emphasis on training, monitoring, law enforcement, and community outreach and education.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0766
Grant Number: 96200-1-G021

Project Title: Conservation of Grauer's gorillas in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will increase the law enforcement and community outreach capacity of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation in the lowland sector of Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0772
Grant Number: 96200-1-G033

Project Title: Community drafting and acceptance of conservation zoning across the Tshuapa-Lualaba (TL2) landscape.

Partner Organization: Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Inc

This project will create new protected areas in the Tshuapa-Lualaba landscape through a participatory process of local zoning and the creation of a national park.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0802
Grant Number: 96200-1-G103

Project Title: Zamba ya bonobo - expanding the educational and conservation impact of the reintroduction program at Ekolo Ya Bonobo

Partner Organization: Les Amis des Bonobos du Congo

This project will determine the feasibility of a community based eco-tourism scheme for bonobos in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0814
Grant Number: 96200-1-G181

Project Title: Improving in-situ conservation of bonobos (Pan paniscus) by envrionmental education and capacity building in schools and villages West of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

This project will reduce illegal hunting and habitat degradation in Salonga National Park through an environmental education program among rural communities in the Bandundu province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0806
Grant Number: 96200-1-G194

Project Title: Protecting the eastern chimpanzee in northern Katanga forests (Kabogo Forest and Luama Hunting Reserve) through community engagement

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support the conservation of the chimpanzee population in the Ngamikka-Luama Landscape by engaging and building the capacity of local communities.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0830 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G195

Project Title: Virunga National Park Rangers' and Widows' Fund

Partner Organization: Africa Conservation Fund

This cooperative agreement will improve ranger morale through the creation of a fund to provide support to the widows of park rangers killed in the line of duty.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0813 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-J011

Project Title: Conservation and research of western gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon

Partner Organization: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

This project will provide an effective deterrent to poaching in Loango National Park through regular surveillance for illegal activities, strategic monitoring of gorillas and other large mammals. It will also strengthen national capacity for science-based conservation and adaptive management, and conservation education.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0778
Grant Number: 96200-1-G112

Project Title: Building capacity for the conservation of great apes in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon

Partner Organization: Protector of Great Apes of Moukalaba

This project will secure the eastern border of Moukalaba-Doudou through community-based ecotourism activities and a targeted environmental education campaign.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0849 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G197

Project Title: Conserving the great apes of the Djoua-Zadie-Mwagna area of northeast Gabon

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

This project will facilitate the development and implementation of an action plan to conserve great apes and forest elephants in the Djoua-Zadia-Mwanga area of Gabon.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0760
Grant Number: 96200-1-G200

Project Title: Protecting Gabon's great ape populations via improved law enforcement

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will improve the effectiveness of national parks and help to conserve their great ape populations by supporting and independently monitoring the efforts of the Gabonese National Parks Agency (ANPN).

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0858 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G290

Project Title: Conservation of western Hoolock gibbon in Langlakso-Mikir Hills-Koliyoni and Marat Longri-Patradisa-Longnit Priority Landscapes, Assam, India

Partner Organization: Primate Research Centre

This project will gather information needed to improve management of gibbons and their habitats and develop public support for gibbon conservation. The grantee will conduct a population estimation and demographic status survey of significant habitats in these landscapes, assessing vegetation and mapping gibbon habitat and the extent of fragmentation. Awareness camps for schools and outdoor nature orientation camps on gibbon conservation will be organized for fringe villages.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0767
Grant Number: 96200-1-G109

Project Title: Training of frontline staff for Hoolock gibbon conservation in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Partner Organization: AARANYAK

This project will train foresters to manage the gibbon habitat within their work area. They will learn about the importance of the species and its habitat, the legal protection afforded gibbons and other wildlife by Indian law, how to conduct gibbon population estimates, how to protect gibbons through patrolling and outreach education, and how to identify, age and sex gibbons and other primates.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0812 Asia
Grant Number: 96200-1-G234

Project Title: Training on habitat management and wildlife conservation for the front line forest personnel of the Protected Areas of Northeast India, Phase III

Partner Organization: Wildlife Areas Development and Welfare Trust

This grant will support training for ground level forest staff of the protected areas of Assam in modern techniques of wildlife conservation and habitat management, including anti-poaching techniques. Emphasis will be given to the conservation of gibbons, other primates, tigers, elephants and rhinos. Courses will vary in length from three days to two weeks and will reach a total of 250 trainees.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0825
Grant Number: 96200-1-G237

Project Title: Support for wildlife protection units in the Bukit Tigapuluh ecosystem, Jambi, Sumatra to protect the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Partner Organization: Australian Orangutan Project

This project will provide basic ranger training to recruits to establish two additional wildlife protection units. A vehicle for transportation of the units to their patrol areas will also be provided. This is needed to strengthen the patrol network of the Bukit Tigapuloh Ecosystem.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0774
Grant Number: 96200-1-G098

Project Title: Orangutan protection patrols and orangutan population monitoring in the Bukit Tigapuluh Landscape

Partner Organization: Frankfurt Zoological Society

This grantee will establish two new four person patrol teams to monitor recently released orangutans and conduct a landscape-wide orangutan distribution survey. The project will protect the orangutans and their habitat in the buffer zone of the park where forest encroachment and illegal logging are still common.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0785
Grant Number: 96200-1-G100

Project Title: Orangutan conservation through effective law enforcement and media support

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will increase the orangutan population of northern Sumatra by decreasing orangutan poaching, human-orangutan conflict, and habitat fragmentation and loss. The grantee will conduct wildlife crimes investigations, provide legal case advice to government authorities, conduct human-wildlife conflict patrols, and raise awareness of orangutan conservation using the mass media.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0747
Grant Number: 96200-1-G102

Project Title: New Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) nest surveys to determine its current distribution, density and abundance

Partner Organization: PanEco Foundation

This project will provide an update on the distribution, density and abundance of the Sumatran orangutan in the Leuser Ecosystem. The Leuser Ecosystem is by far the most important area for the conservation of the Sumatran orangutan and is estimated to contain 88% of the species’ population. This estimate is, however, based on data from 1990-2001 and is therefore in urgent need of an update because deforestation, degradation and fragmentation have all continued to impact orangutans during the past decade.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0788
Grant Number: 96200-1-G110

Project Title: The integration of environmental education and long-term research to increase conservation awareness in communities surrounding the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station, Mawas Area, Central Kalimatan

Partner Organization: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

This project will support orangutan conservation surrounding the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station by implementing an environmental education program in local communities. The grantee will develop a curriculum for the local school system, provide the communities with up-to-date information on relevant environmental issues and the research findings of the station, and continue to integrate local community members into the research efforts of the Tuanan Research Area.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0775
Grant Number: 96200-1-G168

Project Title: Long-term home range size, habitat use, and the effect of habitat disturbance on Sumatran orangutans

Partner Organization: Yayasan Cipta Citra Lestari Indonesia

This project will provide an improved understanding of the ranging patterns and long-term spatial needs of the Sumatran orangutan. The grantee will analyze 35 years of data from Ketambe Research Station using modern GIS tools to determine the orangutan’s long-term home range size, habitat use patterns, the effects of habitat disturbance on ranging, and behavioral response to habitat change.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0811
Grant Number: 96200-1-G233

Project Title: Ecological monitoring as a tool for ape conservation: assessing the effectiveness of conservation initiatives in Sabangua, Central Kalimantan

Partner Organization: Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project [OUTROP]

This grant will initiate long-term monitoring of factors relevant to orangutan and gibbon conservation in the Peat Swamp Forest Natural Laboratory located in the Sebangau Swamp and immediately adjacent to Sebangau National Park. This research will provide feedback on the effectiveness of conservation initiatives to management agencies. The project will also assess the utility of LiDar as a tool for monitoring changes in forest biomass.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0842
Grant Number: 96200-1-G241

Project Title: Enhancing conservation of the western black-crested gibbon at Nam Kan National Protected Area, Lao PDR

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will improve understanding of the status of the black-crested gibbon in the Bokeo Province portion of Nam Kan National Protected Area to support management planning. The grantee will determine the distribution and status of this species as well as the threats to its survival in the area, and by raising awareness and pride among local communities about the global significance of this gibbon.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0751
Grant Number: 96200-1-G096

Project Title: Northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) conservation through concentrated protection in the Nam Et Phou Louey National Protected Area Core Zone, Huaphan Lao PDR

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will concentrate enforcement interventions in areas of the National Protected Area core zone to conserve globally significant populations of the northern white-cheeked gibbon. The grantee will strengthen and equip five substations nearest to the high-risk areas for gibbons in the National Protected Area, and increasing the patrolling effort in and near the gibbon territories.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0848
Grant Number: 96200-1-G236

Project Title: Strengthening West African chimpanzee conservation through rebuilding capacity in post-conflict Liberia

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will develop an applied research program at Sapo National Park and increase conservation capacity in Liberia through a revision of core conservation curriculum at the country’s two universities.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0821
Grant Number: 96200-1-G182

Project Title: Improved protection for the Cross River gorilla at Nigeria's Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary enhanced law enforcement action and monitoring

Partner Organization: North Carolina Zoological Society

This project will conserve the Cross River gorilla and other wildlife at Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary through reduction of hunting and other illegal activities. The grantee will increase the frequency, duration, coverage, and efficacy of anti-poaching patrols.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0801
Grant Number: 96200-1-G105

Project Title: Linking great ape conservation and poverty alleviation: sharing experience from Africa and Asia

Partner Organization: International Institute for Environment and Development

This project will build the capacity of organizations concerned with the conservation of great apes to address and better integrate poverty alleviation into their implementation strategies. The grantee will organize a workshop in Indonesia that brings together conservation practitioners from Asia and Africa to exchange experience on linking ape conservation with poverty alleviation. The project will also explore collating a set of “Best Practice Guidelines” for publication by the Primate Specialist Group of IUCN.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0835 Asia
Grant Number: 96200-1-G243

Project Title: Transboundary mountain gorilla habitat protection and surveillance: support to a Regional Information System in the Virunga-Bwindi Forest Ecosystem

Partner Organization: International Gorilla Conservation Programme

This project will improve park management by supporting ranger based monitoring teams to collect data on the location, intensity, and type of threats impacting mountain gorillas.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0779
Grant Number: 96200-1-G104

Project Title: Conserving Nyungwe's chimpanzees through education and outreach

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will create a long-term constituency in support of chimpanzee conservation around Nyungwe National Park through teacher training, primary school education, community outreach, and the production of outreach materials.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0769
Grant Number: 96200-1-G123

Project Title: My Chimpanzee-My Community

Partner Organization: PCI Media Impact

This project will complement outreach activities conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Rwandan park authorities to positively change community knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to chimpanzees. The grantee will conduct a radio theatre campaign designed to strengthen engagement in protecting Nyungwe National Park.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0790
Grant Number: 96200-1-G124

Project Title: Conservation of chimpanzee habitats: an entertainment-education strategy for protecting Western chimpanzees in post-war Sierra Leone and Liberia

Partner Organization: PCI Media Impact

This project will reduce threats to chimpanzees by building the capacity of local organizations to implement an awareness campaign, including a regional radio serial drama.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0850 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G186

Project Title: Using new technologies in chimpanzee censusing to inform landscape-scale habitat management in western Tanzania

Partner Organization: Jane Goodall Institute

This project will identify and conserve critical chimpanzee habitats in the Masito-Ugalla ecosystem in Western Tanzania using a unique combination of remote acoustic monitoring technologies, non-invasive genetic analysis, field surveys, and GIS methods.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0818
Grant Number: 96200-1-G198

Project Title: Saving endangered pileated gibbons through conservation education/awareness in southeast Thailand

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund-Thailand

This project will increase the globally significant population of endangered pileated gibbons in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary by assessing threats to the gibbon population, building capacity for sanctuary management, and through conservation education and outreach. Outreach will include a gibbon painting contest, gibbon exhibits at schools, a brochure on gibbon ecology/conservation, and a permanent exhibit on gibbons at the sanctuary head office and ranger station.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0749
Grant Number: 96200-1-G095

Project Title: Establishing a national chimpanzee disease and health monitoring programme in Uganda

Partner Organization: Budongo Conservation Field Station

This project will minimize the threat of disease transmission between humans and chimpanzees in Uganda through a standardized national chimpanzee health monitoring protocol, establishment of a veterinary center, and training for wildlife veterinarians.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0763
Grant Number: 96200-1-G106

Project Title: Integrated conservation and microenterprise development model: the Budongo Program, Uganda

Partner Organization: Village Enterprise Fund, Inc.

This project will support alternative livelihood programs to conserve the chimpanzee population in the Budongo forest reserve. The programs will shift human activities away from existing practices toward sustainable methods of food protection, livestock rearing, retail operations, and eco-tourism support.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0808 Africa
Grant Number: 96200-1-G179

Project Title: Close-contact pathogens, sexually transmitted diseases, and African ape conservation

Partner Organization: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc

This project will reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases from sanctuary chimpanzees to wild chimpanzees. The grantee will analyse how chimpanzee mating patterns affect pathogen transmission to develop targeted vaccination and/or treatment strategies.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0826
Grant Number: 96200-1-G183

Project Title: Analyzing trade dynamics and raising political awareness and commitment to eliminate the illegal trade in yellow-cheeked crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor) and other endangered species in Southern Vietnam

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will provide accurate and detailed analysis of illegal trade dynamics in yellow-cheeked crested gibbons and other endangered species in the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan area. This information will be used to raise political awareness and commitment to eliminate the illegal trade in gibbons and to plan strategies to prevent these crimes.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0746
Grant Number: 96200-1-G094

Project Title: Conservation training and survey for the critically endangered white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in Vietnam's northwest provinces

Partner Organization: Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES)

This project will enhance capacity to conserve the white-cheeked gibbon among local conservation practitioners at key sites. The grantee will train forest rangers, protected area staff and local conservation activists from the vicinity of four priority sites in gibbon survey and monitoring methods. The grantee will also carry out a field survey and raise local awareness of the need to protect gibbons.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0737
Grant Number: 96200-1-G101

Project Title: Census of the transboundary Cao Vit gibbon population and review of protected area management planning

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will improve scientific knowledge of the population dynamics of the gibbon. This is needed to steer conservation interventions and build capacity for management of the Cao Vit Gibbon Conservation Area in Vietnam. With a global population of about 110 individuals remaining in only one forest area on the border of northeast Vietnam and southern China, the cao vit gibbon is one of the world’s rarest primates.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0851
Grant Number: 96200-1-G238

Project Title: Safeguarding viable populations of Critically Endangered gibbons at Chu Mom Ray National Park, Vietnam

Partner Organization: Douc Langur Foundation

This project will reduce the killing, trapping and illegal trade of yellow-cheeked crested gibbons in the vicinity of the park and initiate protection of the gibbons and their habitat. The grantee will carry out a gibbon survey, form rangers into Gibbon Protection Teams, train and deploy the teams to patrol, and monitor the patrol effort.

Program: Great Ape Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: GA-0860 Asia
Grant Number: 96200-1-G242

Project Title: Forest elephant study, Dzanga Clearing, Central African Republic

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Central African Republic

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 45381.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G133

Project Title: Zakouma Elephant Monitoring and Protection Program, Zakoumua National Park and the greater Zakouma landscape, Republic of Chad

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Chad

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 168043.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G287

Project Title: Transport for surveillance at Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Congo

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 22145.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G134

Project Title: Elephant conservation in the Ituri Forest: building critical infrastructure for elephant protection in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Gilman International Conservation (GIC)

DRC

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 8820.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G288

Project Title: Securing the Tutu Basin elephant population through monitoring, reporting and associated activities

Partner Organization: Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Inc

DRC

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 392778.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G284

Project Title: Toward optimizing acoustic methods for elephant conservation

Partner Organization: Cornell University

Gabon

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 50268.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G121

Project Title: Conserving the elephants of the Djoua-Zadie-Mwagna area of North-East Gabon

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

Gabon

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 25567.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G132

Project Title: Protecting Gabon's elephant populations via aerial surveillance

Partner Organization: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux

Gabon

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 187300.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G285

Project Title: Elephant conservation through law enforcement and community awareness. Mole National Park, Ghana

Partner Organization: Born Free USA

Ghana

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 224600.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G268

Project Title: Improving the protection of forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) and reducing human-elephant conflicts at Ziama forest and Ziama-Wenegesi corridor in Southeastern Guinea, West Africa

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

Guinea

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 83765.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G283

Project Title: Training of Northern Rangelands Trust Community Conservancy Scouts at Kenya Wildlife Service Manyani Field Training School, Kenya

Partner Organization: Northern Rangelands Trust

Kenya

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 75000.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G128

Project Title: Building community scout capacity to enhance the viability of the Oldonyiro elephant corridor in Isiolo, Kenya

Partner Organization: African Wildlife Foundation

Kenya

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 29374.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G118

Project Title: Optimizing of radio communications in the network of community conservancies to improve security for elephants in northern Kenya

Partner Organization: Northern Rangelands Trust

Kenya

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 75084.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G131

Project Title: Enhancing problem elephant monitoring in and around Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia District, Kenya

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

Kenya

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 41513.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G137

Project Title: Community based conservation of wild African elephant in the Mathews and Ndoto mountain ecosystems, northern Kenya

Partner Organization: The Milgis Trust

Kenya

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 222070.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G286

Project Title: The Mali Elephant Project, Phase III: managing human-elephant contact

Partner Organization: WILD Foundation

Mali

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 588865.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G135

Project Title: Upgrade of VHF security radio network in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique

Partner Organization: Sociedade para a Gestao e Desenvolvimento da Reserva do Niassa (SRN)

Mozambique

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: $71,365.31
Grant Number: 96200-1-G120

Project Title: Supporting the core activities of the Secretariat of the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group

Partner Organization: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of the Nature and Natural Resources)

Multiple

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 112233.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G202

Project Title: Operation Lucky Dice Part II: Activating cooperation between African and Asian law enforcement

Partner Organization: FREELAND Foundation

Multiple

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 15045.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G127

Project Title: Supporting the management and operation of the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS): assessing illegal trade in ivory for CITES COP16

Partner Organization: TRAFFIC International

Multiple

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 235387.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G130

Project Title: Assigning origins to major versus minor ivory markets

Partner Organization: University of Washington

Multiple

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 39946.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G203

Project Title: Strengthening the protection of elephants at Yankari Game Reserve through enhanced law enforcement action and monitoring 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

Nigeria

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 47612.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G136

Project Title: Fertility and aggression control in wild African elephant bulls through GnRH vaccination

Partner Organization: University of the Western Cape UWC)

South Africa

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 186000.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G204

Project Title: The transboundary elephant research programme within Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Partner Organization: Save the Elephants

South Africa

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 66112.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G129

Project Title: Protecting connectivity, reducing conflict: conserving the elephant metapopulation of south-central Tanzania

Partner Organization: Udzungwa Elephant Project

Tanzania

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 64866.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G205

Project Title: Elephant conservation through community based law enforcement; supporting village scout anti-poaching work in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Partner Organization: South Luangwa Conservation Society

Zambia

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 187610.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G126

Project Title: Support for law enforcement officer housing improvements to enhance the protection of elephant, Loxodonta africana, in North Luangwa National Park

Partner Organization: Frankfurt Zoological Society

Zambia

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 94208.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G113

Project Title: Conserving vital habitat for the elephant population of Kasanka National Park and the Greater Bangweulu Area, Zambia

Partner Organization: Kasanka Trust

Zambia

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 99386.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G289

Project Title: Support for aerial operations and law enforcement activities for North Luangwa National Park

Partner Organization: North Luangwa Conservation Programme

Zambia

Program: African Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: 202137.00
Grant Number: 96200-1-G119

Project Title: Radiotelemetric study of elephants in Sri Lanka for their conservation and mitigation of the human-elephant conflict (Year 2)

Partner Organization: Centre for Conservation and Research

This project will monitor management and development activities and assess their impact on elephants, suggesting alternatives to minimize human-elephant conflict. The grantee will develop successful management and conservation strategies for elephants by tracking radio-collared elephants, studying their behavior, assessing their body condition, and engaging in discussions with the wildlife authorities and other stakeholders.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0484
Grant Number: 96200-1-G015

Project Title: Elephant corridors of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: location, threats, and management

Partner Organization: Pondicherry University

This project will produce a baseline record of elephant habitat in the region and location of elephant corridors based on past records. The grantee will assess the present condition of corridors to develop a regional management plan for elephant conservation.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0485
Grant Number: 96200-1-G016

Project Title: Developing the capacity within Indonesia to conduct DNA analyses of elephants and other endangered wildlife species based on non-invasive sampling

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will help develop a laboratory facility in Indonesia that employs DNA based technologies to estimate populations, sex ratios and genetic diversity information for the key elephant populations in Sumatra.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0498
Grant Number: 96200-1-G017

Project Title: Kouprey Express: broadening outreach on Asian elephant conservation in Cambodia

Partner Organization: Wildlife Alliance

Support from this grant will allow the Kouprey Express to maintain and expand its sustained environmental education program with a strong elephant conservation theme. The grantee will present this program to thousands of disadvantaged schoolchildren and their families living in or around the Cardamom Mountains protected areas, resulting in an increased understanding of and support for the region’s biodiversity.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0511
Grant Number: 96200-1-G018

Project Title: Support of ongoing veterinary training in elephant health care and conservation

Partner Organization: Asian Elephant Support

This project will help build the capacity of range country veterinarians by allowing them opportunities for practical training and experience exchanges. Additionally, a regional veterinary workshop will be hosted in Sumatra in collaboration with Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation and the veterinary college in Banda Aceh.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0546
Grant Number: 96200-1-G019

Project Title: Human-elephant conflict mitigation in selected areas of Sonitpur and Udalguri districts of Assam state, Northeast India

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund - India

This project will reduce human-elephant conflict and motivate local communities to change their behaviors to reduce interactions between people and elephants. The grant will support anti-depredation teams and "Kunki" (trained) elephants to prevent elephants from raiding crop fields, and awareness raising events to help villagers better understand elephants and their conservation needs.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0504
Grant Number: 96200-1-G020

Project Title: Saving the elephants of Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra: a genetic population survey as a first step

Partner Organization: Frankfurt Zoological Society

This grantee will use non-invasive genetic techniques to estimate size, sex ratio, and age structure of Asian elephant populations. The project will explore long term population monitoring possibilities, update distribution data of elephants and other megafauna in the region, and update information on illegal activities. The grantee will build capacity of Indonesian rangers and conservationists to develop a management plan for elephant conservation.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0521
Grant Number: 96200-1-G053

Project Title: Development and application of molecular genetic tools for management and conservation of elephants in Peninsular Malaysia

Partner Organization: Zoologist Have Kobenhavn (Copenhagen Zoo)

This project will train a Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks research officer on non-invasive, genetic sampling techniques for population estimates. Training will build the officer's capacity to use these techniques for future population estimates, to describe and quantify genetic structure and diversity in the elephant population, and to use genetics to study social organization of elephants in Taman Negara National Park and identify individual crop raiding elephants.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0524
Grant Number: 96200-1-G054

Project Title: Monitoring the effectiveness of translocation as management and conservation tool for Asian elephants in Peninsular Malaysia

Partner Organization: Zoologist Have Kobenhavn (Copenhagen Zoo)

This project will review translocation programs in peninsular Malaysia since 1974 and analyze spatial and temporal trends in human-elephant conflict, elephant distribution, and population size. The grantee will deploy GPS-satellite transmitters on translocated and non-translocated elephants to compare post-release ranging behavior of translocated elephants with that of elephants that remain in Taman Negara National Park, and use study results to develop and disseminate management recommendations regarding translocations.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0525
Grant Number: 96200-1-G055

Project Title: Strengthening protection of elephants in Protected Areas around Srisawat Corridor, West Thailand, by establishing smart patrol systems using MIST

Partner Organization: Zoological Society of London

The project will improve the capacity of protected area personnel through training and helping them implement a Smart Patrol System.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0530
Grant Number: 96200-1-G056

Project Title: Towards a peaceful coexistence between men and elephants in Bukit Tigapuluh, Indonesia (Phase II)

Partner Organization: Frankfurt Zoological Society

This project will promote a conflict hotline and provide continuously updated information to law enforcement for investigation of illegal activities. The results will help law enforcement personnel to investigate human-elephant conflict incidents and refine site-specific mitigation and management strategies and plans.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0534
Grant Number: 96200-1-G057

Project Title: Providing field veterinary expertise and services for Sumatran elephant and other endangered Sumatran wildlife conservation programs and activities

Partner Organization: Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation

This grant will support veterinary care to injured and sick elephants, help with wild elephant rescue and translocation efforts, and assist with elephant capture and collaring efforts. The grantee will conduct field necropsies and assist with diagnoses, providing data for legal procedures, and helping to build local and international veterinary capacity.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0535
Grant Number: 96200-1-G058

Project Title: Community-based protection of Sumatran elephant populations and habitat in northern Sumatra through Conservation Response Units

Partner Organization: Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation

The project will continue to maintain and use captive elephants and to train personnel in Conservation Response Units to carry out elephant-back patrols. The Units will monitor wildlife and illegal activities, respond to human-elephant conflict and assess approaches to mitigate the conflict in different sites.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0545
Grant Number: 96200-1-G059

Project Title: Elephant protection, distribution monitoring, and education campaigns in the Western Forest Complex, Thailand

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will complete the occupancy work in lower WEFCOM started in 2010 and initiate nature education campaigns with the elephant as a flagship species in 6 key schools and communities. The grantee will conduct follow-up monitoring with 8 patrol teams in Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary and train 25-30 students on elephant and wildlife occupancy and population monitoring techniques.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0554
Grant Number: 96200-1-G206

Project Title: Protection of threatened megavertebrates in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia by anti-poaching units

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This grant will continue operations support for the seven Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park Rhino Protection Units through 2012 in Sumatra, Indonesia. These Units are highly trained anti-poaching teams that intensively patrol key areas within the national park. They take appropriate action against attempts to shoot or poison elephants, remove traps, apprehend or identify to the local authorities all suspected poachers so they can be prosecuted, and monitor populations of elephants, rhinos, tapirs and other threatened species.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0516
Grant Number: 96200-1-G207

Project Title: Elephant conservation and capacity-building in Seima Protection Forest, Cambodia: Year 5

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will increase the levels of law enforcement in those areas that have previously been identified as elephant ‘hot spots’, ensuring protection in focal areas. The project will also improve capacity of national staff in the use of Management Information Systems (MIST).

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0517
Grant Number: 96200-1-G208

Project Title: Functional connectivity for large mammals in the southern Western Ghats, India: linking movement and distribution

Partner Organization: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning

This project will identify small-scale movement corridors via camera trapping. The grantee will quantify the permeability of different land use types and their seasonal dynamics to rank potential corridors for elephant movement, identify bottlenecks, develop a model that predicts conflict 'hot spots' under different scenarios of corridor restoration. The project will eventually restore degraded corridors without further exacerbating conflict with people.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0522
Grant Number: 96200-1-G210

Project Title: Human Elephant Coexistence HECx: Educator training workshops in Tamil Nadu, India

Partner Organization: Zoo Outreach Organization

This project plans to bring about attitudinal and behavioral changes in people living in or near elephant habitat to avoid confrontation and conflict and to promote peaceful coexistence between humans and elephants. The grantee will utilize continuously improving new educational tools to train about 120 key educators, managers, volunteers, community heads, and others to use these tools to reach various audiences.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0527
Grant Number: 96200-1-G211

Project Title: Demographic influences of social organization in elephants and devising strategies for alternative human livelihoods

Partner Organization: Elephant Forest and Environment Conservation Trust

This grantee will conduct vehicle-based photographic identification surveys of elephants and behavioral research, including surveys of households outside the National Park to obtain socioeconomic and livelihood information, within the Uda Walawe National Park. The project will provide necessary data to the Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka, to protect the park and sanctuaries and conduct education and sustainable livelihood programs.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0529
Grant Number: 96200-1-G212

Project Title: Developing a conservation strategy and action plan for the Asian elephant in Cambodia

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grant will support a national workshop to formulate and produce the Cambodian Elephant Strategy & Action Plan for the conservation of the Asian elephant in Cambodia. The grantee will also complete a Human-Elephant Conflict Substation in the Cardamom Mountains.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0541
Grant Number: 96200-1-G214

Project Title: Formalizing Manas Biosphere community forest protection forces and expanding the large mammal corridor

Partner Organization: Community Conservation, Inc.

This grant will support 100 men from five groups to continue to put pressure on illegal logging and illegal hunting. The project will strengthen protection around Manas Biosphere Reserve, enhance community co-management, and help strengthen the Assam Forest Department.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0548
Grant Number: 96200-1-G217

Project Title: Saving the elephants of Bukit Tigapuluh (Sumatra) with GPS and GIS

Partner Organization: Frankfurt Zoological Society

This grantee will collar and track elephants with GPS collars, to collect information on home range size and habitat usage, and to generate data related to elephant hot spots and active routes. This project will provide information that will help save elephant habitat in the region and explore the use of GPS/GIS elephant monitoring system as an early-warning system to mitigate human-elephant conflict.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0550
Grant Number: 96200-1-G218

Project Title: Strengthen the protection measures by involving fringe villagers in Manas National Park for the conservation of Asian elephants, Phase - V

Partner Organization: Wildlife Areas Development and Welfare Trust

This grant will support 40 volunteers for 12 months in Manas National Park, Assam, who support the Forest Department staff in their daily law enforcement activities, and assist adjoining villages with human-elephant conflict incidents.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0553
Grant Number: 96200-1-G219

Project Title: The role of fire in maintaining critical Asian elephant habitat in Sri Lanka

Partner Organization: Smithsonian Institution

This project will determine whether fires can be used to reduce Lantana camara and other shrub invasions into grasslands. It will also determine whether elephants prefer these areas as habitat at Udawalawe National Park and Hurulu Reserve.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0563
Grant Number: 96200-1-G220

Project Title: WCS/Go Peninsular Malaysia Elephant Project: Year 6, assessment and reduction of human–elephant conflict and capacity building in Endau-Romping

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will continue human-elephant conflict monitoring around Endau Rompin (Johor) National Park. The grantee will analyze the geographical distribution of elephants with respect to forest areas, plantations, and human-elephant conflict incidence in Johor and southern Pahang Provinces. The project will also test electric fences as a human-elephant conflict mitigation method for use in villages and will continue to support community-based mitigation schemes established in four Orang Asli villages.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0564
Grant Number: 96200-1-G221

Project Title: Protecting Sumatran elephant populations and resolving human-elephant conflict in Padang Surinam, South Sumatra

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will address two main barriers to effective and sustainable human-elephant conflict mitigation: (1) inadequate support from and coordination among communities, park management, and local government, and (2) insufficient current mitigation efforts, limited to only a few of the many conflict areas in Sumatra. This project will also establish village committees and support systems and set up Active Guarding Units to organize and motivate village protections.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0566
Grant Number: 96200-1-G222

Project Title: Law enforcement, law enforcement monitoring, and human-elephant conflict mitigation in Kiang Krishna National Park, Thailand, Year 7

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support law enforcement and monitoring of the effectiveness of the patrolling systems using Management Information System (MIST). The project will increase the capacity of park staff, promote human-elephant conflict mitigation, educate local communities about elephants and conservation, and build a new Elephant Conservation Center.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0569
Grant Number: 96200-1-G223

Project Title: Strengthening government capacity on elephant monitoring and management

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grantee will collect important data on Asian elephant population in the northern half of the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary using camera traps. The project will train rangers in camera trap deployment and maintenance, and support government-led human-elephant conflict response teams to educate and train local people on conflict mitigation.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0570
Grant Number: 96200-1-G224

Project Title: Sustaining wildlife guardians in Thailand’s forgotten park

Partner Organization: FREELAND Foundation

This project will provide sustainable professional skills development for rangers to safely carry out their jobs in Thap Lan and Pang Sida National Parks. The grantee will study elephant (and other wildlife) population abundance and distribution in Thap Lan and Pang Sida National Parks, and reduce human-elephant conflict around Thap Lan National Park.

Program: Asian Elephant Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: ASE-0573
Grant Number: 96200-1-G225

Project Title: Improving law enforcement and security for black rhinos and white rhinos in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support the operating costs of an aircraft to provide security surveillance and rapid response capabilities in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, which has more than 2,000 white rhinos and 200 southern black rhinos.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1088
Grant Number: 96200-1-G024

Project Title: Enhancing rhino security and monitoring capabilities in the Kunene region of Namibia, via a co-operative approach between Save the Rhino Trust and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This project will assess the abilities and needs of government field staff and community scouts working together, addressing deficiencies in capabilities through targeted training. The project will improve data collection, analysis and feedback between the government and community rhino custodians to enhance security for desert black rhinos in Namibia.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1089
Grant Number: 96200-1-G025

Project Title: Implementing a strategic planning process for rhino conservation in Zimbabwe

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support the development of a new national rhino conservation strategy for Zimbabwe to replace the outdated plan that is currently in effect. Through facilitated meetings between government, rhino experts, and local stakeholders, a new national plan will be written to address emerging issues like community custodianship, active meta-population management, and combating the escalated poaching threat.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1090
Grant Number: 96200-1-G026

Project Title: Providing a new lease on life for the Laikipia Wildlife Forum’s Environmental Education and Literacy Program, in one of the prime black rhino areas of Kenya

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support the purchase of a new bus to be used for environmental education throughout Laikipia District, one of Kenya's most important rhino and elephant areas. The bus will be staffed full-time by an education team and equipped with mobile education materials. It will be deployed to reach 80 school groups and 15 community groups per year.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1091
Grant Number: 96200-1-G027

Project Title: Support for black rhino conservation through law enforcement training in North Luangwa National Park

Partner Organization: North Luangwa Conservation Programme

Support for this ongoing program will provide training and equipment to 180 Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) wildlife police officers, and advanced training for 30 specialized rhino protection rangers working in and around the black rhino protection zone in eastern Zambia.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1096
Grant Number: 96200-1-G028

Project Title: Continued support for rhinoceros management operations, Zimbabwe

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This grantee will continue to work with an experienced team to locate and tranquilize black rhinos in the southeastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe in order to: a) treat the animals for snare injuries and other injuries, b) conduct ear-notching for monitoring, c) fit transmitters for monitoring, and/or d) translocate rhinos in vulnerable areas to places of greater safety.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1109
Grant Number: 96200-1-G029

Project Title: MIST implementation and Amur tiger monitoring in China

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will continue the implementation of MIST in Hunchun Nature Reserve and surrounding areas. It will strengthen tiger monitoring by improving protocols and practices and increasing the number of monitoring stations in Jilin and Heilongjiang Provinces. These actions are key to enhancing local capacity for tiger conservation and eliminating direct threats to tigers in northeast China.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1070
Grant Number: 96200-1-G030

Project Title: Meta-population dynamics of tiger populations in the Malenad-Mysore Landscape of Karnataka - Brahmagiri-Pushpagiri-Talakaveri and BRT-Cauvery Protected Area Complexes

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will initiate rigorous monitoring of tigers through camera trap and genetic capture-recapture sampling. Information will be developed on the presence or absence of tigers and prey over a wide region. The results will be used to identify additional core areas for future targeted conservation, identify tiger population sources and sinks, and detect emerging threats to habitat connectivity.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1061
Grant Number: 96200-1-G031

Project Title: Noninvasive genetics identity based monitoring of tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) populations in the Protected Areas of Assam, Phase I

Partner Organization: AARANYAK

This project will initiate application of noninvasive, cost effective, genetic techniques in the monitoring of the tiger population of northeast India. The grantee will collect and analyze tiger scats from Manas Tiger Reserve, and develop a strategy for the long term genetic population monitoring of the tigers of the Reserve.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1044
Grant Number: 96200-1-G032

Project Title: Protecting Amur tigers in Anyuisky National Park

Partner Organization: Phoenix Fund

This grant will provide motorboats, snowmobiles, GPS units, field cloths and other basic equipment to rangers for anti-poaching patrols. This is needed to strengthen protection of the Amur tigers living in this newly declared national park located on the northern edge of the tiger’s range.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1062
Grant Number: 96200-1-G034

Project Title: Support for anti-poaching operations in Leopardovy wildlife refuge and the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve

Partner Organization: Phoenix Fund

This grant will supply fuel, field equipment, and funds for field expenses (food and other basics) of rangers so they may carry out anti-poaching patrols and strengthen habitat protection activities in the refuge. The patrols will protect both the Amur leopards and tigers of the refuge and reserve.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1064
Grant Number: 96200-1-G035

Project Title: Supporting anti-poaching measures for tiger conservation in proposed Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh State, India

Partner Organization: World Wildlife Fund - India

This project will implement a strategic, information-led anti-poaching system and a tiger and prey monitoring program for the proposed reserve. This area is critically important to maintenance of habitat connectivity within the Terai Arc landscape, linking Lagga Bagga forest with Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Terai-Bhabar forests in India with Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal. Despite its importance for tigers and other wildlife, the area lacks government funding for enforcement because it is still awaiting official designation as a Tiger Reserve.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1099
Grant Number: 96200-1-G036

Project Title: Conservation of tiger and prey populations in the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area landscape, Lao PDR through increased patrolling by mobile teams for illegal wildlife trade in human settlements and improved field patrolling in the core zone

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will organize and train four mobile patrol teams in four districts surrounding the protected areas. Training will be provided to the team members on the maintenance of health and hygiene while on patrol. Also, steps will be taken to create a career path for local people to work as protected area staff.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1113
Grant Number: 96200-1-G037

Project Title: Protection and conservation of Sumatran tiger in Kerinci Seblat National Park

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grant will support routine field patrols and stronger relationships between patrol personnel and forest edge farmers. The program will provide advice to local NGO partners on tiger conservation, facilitate activities to stop park encroachment, work to mitigate human-tiger conflict, and educate forest edge communities and local decision makers about tiger conservation. The project aims to develop a cadre of highly-skilled national park rangers and managers.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1034
Grant Number: 96200-1-G039

Project Title: Tiger protection and population monitoring in the Kaeng Krachan National Park, Tenasserim – Western Forest Complex, Thailand

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support an intensive camera trapping project in Kaeng Krachan National Park’s optimal tiger habitat (an approximately 1,000 square kilometer area) to assess the tiger population. The grantee will also support and monitor the performance of eight SMART patrol teams in the Park to ensure their efficient and effective functioning.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1117
Grant Number: 96200-1-G040

Project Title: Conserving highly endangered tigers in northeast India through awareness (CHETNA)

Partner Organization: Centre for Environment Education

This project will develop and deliver a tiger conservation education program in the vicinity of Kaziranga and Dibru-Soikhowa national parks. This will directly benefit one hundred schools while also reaching 6,000 schools through the eco-club network. The park directors called for this project out of concern for lack of conservation awareness among local people.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1120
Grant Number: 96200-1-G041

Project Title: Legal training for 'Hunting the Hunters-II' - capacity building program in the State of Rajasthan

Partner Organization: Tiger Trust

This project will develop the capacity of Rajasthan’s forest officers to collect evidence, maintain the chain of evidence custody, and prepare, document and present cases. The project aims to bring about more successful prosecutions of wildlife crimes, particularly those against tigers and their prey. The grantee will conduct a training program three times during a period of 24 months including Indian wildlife law, post crime procedures, and presentation of evidence in court.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1121
Grant Number: 96200-1-G045

Project Title: Legal Training for 'Hunting the Hunters-II' - Capacity Building Program in the State of Assam

Partner Organization: Tiger Trust

This project will create a replicable training model that provides legal and technical expertise to park staff at the state level, directly benefiting the park officers, prosecutors, judiciary and other enforcement agencies. The grantee will conduct a training program on Indian wildlife law, post crime procedures, and presentation of evidence in court.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1122
Grant Number: 96200-1-G046

Project Title: Female home range size and large ungulate density in western Thailand: key parameters for managing tigers

Partner Organization: University of Minnesota - Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

This project will provide managers with critical information needed to help them evaluate efforts to sustain and improve tiger habitat. The grantee will measure female home range size in relation to prey abundance and relate prey abundance to vegetation type and geophysical conditions. This field work and the associated training will also initiate development of a second generation of trained, experienced tiger conservation officers for Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1101
Grant Number: 96200-1-G047

Project Title: Study to develop Protected Areas Management Information System of Assam following MIST software.

Partner Organization: Wildlife Areas Development and Welfare Trust

This project will pilot the development and implementation of advanced management of anti-poaching patrols in Kaziranga National Park utilizing the most up-to-date processes, programs and expertise. The grantee will train staff for MIST monitoring and patrols by Kohora Range anti-poaching camps, develop performance indicators for use in evaluating annual operations plans, and summarize the results for use in decision-making regarding further implementation of MIST in the protected areas of Assam.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1074
Grant Number: 96200-1-G049

Project Title: Conservation of the tigers of the Endau-Rompin landscape, Malaysia, through improved law enforcement – expansion to the southeast and southwest

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will strengthen law enforcement efforts at Kluang and Mersing forest blocks of the Endau Rompin landscape. The grantee will ground-truth land uses and conduct recce surveys for other wildlife sign in the Endau Rompin landscape. The resulting information will be used to protect corridors from various forms of encroachment.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1115
Grant Number: 96200-1-G050

Project Title: Enforcement of anti-poaching activity by the Amur tiger conservation in the south of Khabarovsk Kray

Partner Organization: The Wildlife Foundation

This project will establish a rigorous system of community-based patrols to prevent poaching of tigers and their prey. The tiger patrol group will be comprised of six local people and will be under the leadership of the State Territorial Service for Wildlife Protection and Specially Protected Natural Areas of Khabarovsk Kray. They will develop cases against poachers for prosecution by the administrators of the village of Gvasyugi, and conduct outreach to local communities on tiger conservation.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1112
Grant Number: 96200-1-G060

Project Title: Monitoring tigers by camera trapping in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India

Partner Organization: Wildlife Research and Conservation Society

This grant will support determination of tiger density estimates through camera trap surveys in the Gugamal National Park and Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary portions of the Tiger Reserve. The Reserve authorities will use these density estimates to evaluate their current management interventions. This project is part of a long-term monitoring effort for the tiger and its prey in the Reserve.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1028
Grant Number: 96200-1-G073

Project Title: Equipping the Lowveld Rhino Trust in Zimbabwe with a new wildlife veterinarian field vehicle

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will enable a vehicle to be purchased for dedicated use by veterinarians to assist on essential rhino conservation operations in southeastern Zimbabwe. The vehicle will be specially equipped to support emergency darting and translocation of rhinos by an experienced capture team.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1161
Grant Number: 96200-1-G138

Project Title: Supporting the core activities of the African Rhino Specialist Group for the benefit of African rhino conservation

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support a portion of the core services provided by the Secretariat of the IUCN's African Rhino Specialist Group, including compiling continental data for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and other meetings, providing impartial advice to range states, and maintaining timely communications among range states and experts on emerging issues.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1162
Grant Number: 96200-1-G139

Project Title: Monitoring and evaluating environmental education programs in important rhino areas of Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will provide ongoing support to environmental education programs for communities living in or near black rhino habitat in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The project will improve existing programs, develop new educational materials, and evaluate and monitor the effects of outreach programs.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1163
Grant Number: 96200-1-G140

Project Title: Implementing monitoring and extracting demographic profiles of black rhino in Kruger National Park

Partner Organization: South African National Parks

This project will intensify rhino monitoring activities in Kruger National Park, home to Africa's largest rhino population. This grant builds upon past U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service support to verify the total number of rhinos in the park, to determine how many animals have been lost to poaching, to identify areas of vulnerability, and to be able to detect the earliest signs of population decline and respond proactively.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1166
Grant Number: 96200-1-G141

Project Title: Increasing capacity for anti-poaching activities and deterrents in and around the Chyulu Hills

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support rhino protection and monitoring in the Chyulu Hills National Park and in neighboring Mbirikani Group Ranch in southern Kenya. The grantee will support patrols by local community game scouts, following up on any illegal wildlife activities, and monitor individual rhinos and habitat use.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1168
Grant Number: 96200-1-G142

Project Title: Rhino management operations in stateland areas of Manicaland and Matabeleland Provinces, Zimbabwe, 2011

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This grantee will work with an experienced team to locate and tranquilize black rhinos in the Manicaland and Matabeleland regions order to: a) treat the animals for snare injuries and other injuries, b) conduct ear-notching for monitoring, c) fit transmitters for monitoring, and/or d) translocate rhinos in vulnerable areas to places of greater safety.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1169
Grant Number: 96200-1-G143

Project Title: Wildlife Crime Database

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Nepal

This grant will support updating the database’s records on wildlife traders, seizures, arrests and convictions, and provision of information on wildlife crime to enforcement agencies. It will emphasize crimes against rhinos and tigers but will benefit many species. This will enhance the ability of authorities to combat wildlife crime and will be useful to judicial bodies in sentencing wildlife criminals.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1063
Grant Number: 96200-1-G148

Project Title: Rhino Protection Units in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This project will protect the population of Javan rhinos living within the park through continued operation of four anti-poaching units. The units will patrol and monitor for at least 15 days per month and will ensure that no traps are permitted to be placed in the park or remain long enough to entrap rhinos. They will apprehend, or at least identify to local authorities, all suspected poachers so they may be prosecuted. The grantee will also create an intelligence and law enforcement unit to investigate illegal activities, collect evidence, and facilitate arrests and prosecutions. These units are critical to the continued survival of the Javan rhino.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1110
Grant Number: 96200-1-G149

Project Title: Monitoring tigers and formulating solutions to reduce tiger-human conflict in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

Partner Organization: Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh

This project will continue long-term tiger abundance monitoring in the Bangladesh Sundarbans, completing the third Sundarbans-wide tiger abundance survey to assess and analyze changes over the 2007 and 2011 period. The results will be used by management to assess the overall trend in the population and to identify particular areas that require management attention.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1093
Grant Number: 96200-1-G150

Project Title: Developing tiger response teams to tackle tiger-human conflict in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

Partner Organization: Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh

This project will reduce human-tiger conflict in the Bangladesh Sundarbans through, working with the Forest Department and local villages. The grantee will develop a culturally sensitive strategy based on an investigation into the human dimensions, patterns and impacts of conflict. Every year approximately 50 people, 60-80 livestock and three or more tigers are killed in such conflicts in the region.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1094
Grant Number: 96200-1-G151

Project Title: Sustaining wildlife guardians in Thailand's forgotten parks

Partner Organization: FREELAND Foundation

This project will improve protection of tigers in Thap Lan and Pang Sida national parks. The grantee will provide law enforcement training for the park’s rangers, gather information on tiger population in the parks, and carry out a study tour to adjacent habitat in Banateay Chhmar, Cambodia. Thailand’s National Tiger Action Plan designates these two adjacent parks as one of only two priority landscapes for tiger conservation in the country.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1140
Grant Number: 96200-1-G152

Project Title: Mobile village tiger patrols V: an integrated approach to tiger protection through education, conflict mitigation, improved livelihoods and law enforcement

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will continue support to a highly successful program on the island of Sumatra in the vicinity of Bukit Barisan National Park and Bukit Balai Renjang Landscape. The project will conduct human-wildlife conflict patrols, wildlife crimes investigations, legal aid for prosecution of wildlife crimes cases, and educational events. The habitat addressed by this project is home to an estimated 200 remaining tigers.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1151
Grant Number: 96200-1-G153

Project Title: Community participation in managing the Nam Et Phou Louey National Protected Area to increase tiger and prey populations, Phase II

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will conserve internationally important tiger and prey populations in the NEPL NPA by increasing community participation in NPA management. The grantee will implement outreach and social marketing to assist local communities in realizing the direct benefits they receive from the NPA. Meetings will be conducted with village, district, and provincial officials to negotiate and mitigate conflicting interests over land and natural resources.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1152
Grant Number: 96200-1-G154

Project Title: Capacity building project - training of tiger range states' officials in wildlife management

Partner Organization: Global Tiger Forum

This project will train five tiger range state forest officers whose current assignments are relevant to tiger conservation. The officers will be enrolled in either the three month or nine month wildlife management course at the Wildlife Institute of India. This is part of a long term initiative to develop a cadre of trained wildlife managers and field personnel to implement tiger conservation across the range countries.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1175
Grant Number: 96200-1-G155

Project Title: Monitoring and protection of Amur tiger during the winter period in Sikhote-Alin Researve (Primorsky Krai, Russia)

Partner Organization: Sikhote-Alin Biosphere State Reserve

This project will improve the quality of monitoring and protection of the Amur tiger and its prey in Sikhote-Alin Reserve and its adjacent areas in heavy winter weather. The grant will provide fieldworkers with winter clothes, footwear, skis, sleeping bags, and satellite phones. The grantee will organize regular monitoring, additional patrol groups and spot-checks for protection of the most fragile areas of the Reserve during the winter.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1127
Grant Number: 96200-1-G156

Project Title: Expanding habitat for Critically Endangered Javan rhinos

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This project will improve habitat management in the Gunung Honje portion of Ujung Kulon National Park to increase the amount of habitat available to the rhinos. The grantee will clear invasive species and plant areas with rhino food plants, create a permanent water supply, permanent wallows, and saltlicks. They will also install electric fencing, create a patrol path, construct guard posts, hire and train a new Rhino Protection Unit, and conduct awareness-raising with local communities.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1108
Grant Number: 96200-1-G157

Project Title: Conserving at the source - protecting tigers, elephants and other wildlife in Bhutan's Royal Manas National Park

Partner Organization: The Bhutan Foundation

This project will strengthen anti-poaching capacity of staff in the park to prevent poaching of tigers and other wildlife. The grantee will construct an observation tower at Specialthang, providing vehicular access to the tower by preparing a dirt road. The grantee will also provide radio communication equipment to complete coverage of the park, and tents and rain gear needed by patrol rangers. This project will set the stage for adoption of MIST based patrols in the park.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1142
Grant Number: 96200-1-G158

Project Title: The Asian big cat trade – a film guide for enforcement officers

Partner Organization: Environmental Investigation Agency

This project will promote the use of intelligence driven law enforcement against perpetrators of illegal trade in big cat parts and derivatives in the tiger range countries. A new version of a 2006 film will be produced, that properly reflects the shifting trade in Asian big cat parts and derivatives in 2011. The film will be distributed to all appropriate law enforcement agencies throughout the range for use in conjunction with classroom and field training.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1159
Grant Number: 96200-1-G159

Project Title: Promoting law enforcement and conflict reduction in Hunchun, China

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This project will strengthen law enforcement in public forests in the vicinity of Hunchun Reserve. The grantee will conduct anti-poaching patrolling and a snare removal campaign in collaboration with the Hunchun Forestry Industry Bureau. The number of cattle released into forests near tiger habitat will be reduced by increasing the participation of local communities in tiger conservation and by linking the government stall-fed cattle program with tiger conservation. Hunchun, located in the transboundary area of China, Russia and DPR Korea, is the key to Amur tiger recovery in China.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1150
Grant Number: 96200-1-G160

Project Title: Strengthen the protection measures in Manas National Park as a part of the program 'Indian Rhino Visions 2020' to expand the numbers and range of wild rhinos in Assam, Phase V

Partner Organization: Wildlife Areas Development and Welfare Trust

This grant will support the salary of 40 home guards (another 10 will be supported by the Bodoland Tribal Council) to strengthen security so rhinos may be translocated into the park and remain safe from poaching. These guards will be drawn from the fringe areas of the park to improve the socioeconomic status of the fringe villagers and develop good relations. Aside from patrolling and guard duty the home guards will encourage fringe villagers to provide information on anti-poaching activities.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1130
Grant Number: 96200-1-G161

Project Title: Strengthening institutional capacities in the Leuser-Ulu Masen Tiger Conservation Landscape, Aceh

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will develop high quality law enforcement patrol training materials and master trainers, strengthening government capacity to manage patrols to protect tigers and their prey. The grantee will also establish a sustainable Aceh-wide patrol data management system. This initiative represents the beginning of a systematic, long-term approach to protecting the tiger in this globally important landscape.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1143
Grant Number: 96200-1-G162

Project Title: Finding solutions to mitigate human-tiger conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Partner Organization: University of Minnesota - Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

This project will strengthen tiger conservation in the park by protecting tigers in adjacent buffer zone community forests. The grantee will collaborate with local communities and park staff to determine human and tiger use patterns at the edge of the park in buffer zone community forests, developing a model to minimize human-tiger conflict. This will be used to strengthen cooperative management in the buffer zone.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1147
Grant Number: 96200-1-G163

Project Title: Tiger conservation initiative through community capacity building, human-tiger conflict mitigation education and teachers-for-tiger training programs around the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) in Uttarakhand, India

Partner Organization: Conservation Himalayas

This project will raise awareness and understanding of tiger conservation in both the Reserve’s fringe communities and local forest officers, so they can interact effectively to minimize human-tiger conflict. It will also create a ‘Save-Tiger’ network of communities, teachers and students to foster community-based tiger conservation.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1124
Grant Number: 96200-1-G164

Project Title: Monitoring tigers and prey animals in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam

Partner Organization: AARANYAK

This grant will support year 2 of a project to provide information needed to evaluate management options and develop a science-based strategy for managing the park’s tiger population. The grantee will evaluate and monitor the status of tiger, prey and their habitats in the park, identifying existing or possible dispersal routes for tiger into and out of the park and mapping of those using GIS. The project will build the capacity of twenty forest staff and four biologists of the region in tiger research and monitoring.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1125
Grant Number: 96200-1-G165

Project Title: Conserving a source population of tigers - monitoring tigers and other wildlife in Bhutan's Royal Manas National Park

Partner Organization: The Bhutan Foundation

This project will strengthen Bhutan’s capacity to monitor tigers, other carnivores and prey populations in the park in order to detect trends and influence timely management decisions. The grant will support Bhutan’s Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment in developing and validating tiger population density and habitat estimates for the park. The capacity developed under this project will then be used to scale up monitoring of tigers and their prey in other protected areas of Bhutan.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1145
Grant Number: 96200-1-G167

Project Title: Ensuring protection of the black rhino population at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grant will support the upgrading of the regional radio security network to a modern, digital standard. The grantee will improve on-site housing for rangers and support staff training at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, home to one of Kenya's largest black rhino populations.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1171
Grant Number: 96200-1-G187

Project Title: Improving rhino crime investigation and prosecution in state, community and private land areas of Kenya and Namibia

Partner Organization: Save the Rhino International

This grant will support training courses designed to improve conviction rates for rhino poaching in Kenya and Namibia. Courses will include training for wildlife officers in investigating and securing evidence from wildlife crime scenes, properly handling evidence for prosecution, and better conveying the severity of poaching and its impact to other influential partners (including police, military, and the judiciary).

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1172
Grant Number: 96200-1-G188

Project Title: Improving rhino protection in selected protected areas in Zimbabwe and the Republic of South Africa

Partner Organization: International Rhino Foundation

This grant will support security needs assessments of several rhino habitats in Zimbabwe and South Africa, including both private and national park land. Based on the assessments, equipment and training will be provided to improve patrolling ability and, in the event of poaching, to properly collect forensic evidence and conduct investigations to improve prosecution rates.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1173
Grant Number: 96200-1-G189

Project Title: Emergency support to the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency for white rhino conservation

Partner Organization: The Wildlife & Environment Society of Southern Africa (Lowveld region)

This project will support rhino monitoring, tracking, and immobilization of as many as 110 rhinos (to insert transmitters or conduct dehorning, where necessary, and to collect DNA samples) in Manyeleti, Andover and Loskop nature reserves in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Program: Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: RT-1086
Grant Number: 96200-1-G190

Project Title: Community-based sea turtle research and conservation project in Bangladesh

Partner Organization: MARINELIFE ALLIANCE

This grant will continue a community-based conservation project and extend the project another 150 km on the Teknaf Peninsula, St. Martin and Sonadia Islands. Community members will be trained to conduct field work and 1,000 fisherman will be trained in identification of sea turtles, safe handling, and release techniques for accidentally captured sea turtles.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-040
Grant Number: 96200-1-G117

Project Title: Building capacity for conservation of hawksbill turtles in Barbados

Partner Organization: University of the West Indies

This grant will continue long-term conservation programs at key hawksbill nesting beaches in Barbados, which hosts one of the three largest hawksbill nesting populations in the Caribbean.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-043
Grant Number: 96200-1-G069

Project Title: Marine turtle conservation and assessment in Cambodia

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This project will protect marine turtle nesting sites at Koh Tang Island through field surveys at target sites, academic and technical capacity building of Cambodian researchers, and awareness workshops in key areas.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-066
Grant Number: 96200-1-G171

Project Title: Protecting loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting Beaches on Boavista Island, Cape Verde (2011)

Partner Organization: Turtle Foundation, USA

This grant will support night patrols in collaboration with the military to protect nesting loggerhead females from rampant illegal slaughter on important nesting beaches on the Cape Verde Island of Boa Vista. This island hosts about 90% of the Cape Verde nesting population. The project will also involve a public awareness campaign in schools and communities throughout the island.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-021
Grant Number: 96200-1-G061

Project Title: Protection of nesting loggerhead turtles and beaches in Cabo Verde, Africa

Partner Organization: ADTMA - SOS Tartarugas

This grant will support night patrols on the most important loggerhead nesting beaches on the island of Sal to prevent killing of nesting females. The project will provide training for local Cape Verdians to carry out marine turtle conservation on the islands of Sal, Maio and San Nicolau. The grant will also support conservation outreach activities on Sal to local and municipal government, police, military, local citizens and tourists.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-028
Grant Number: 96200-1-G062

Project Title: Effective protection of loggerhead females and nests in higher density nesting area of the Archipelago of Cabo Verde

Partner Organization: Cabo Verde Natura 2000

This grant will support field staff and provide material support for two field camps that effectively protect about 75% of the nesting turtles on the Island of Boa Vista, which accounts for 90% of the Cape Verde loggerhead nesting population. The grantee will also organize the annual meeting of the Cape Verde Sea Turtle Coalition, and engage with fisherman to investigate the extent of bycatch and turtle meat trafficking in Cape Verde.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-036
Grant Number: 96200-1-G065

Project Title: Sea turtle research, conservation and capacity building at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Partner Organization: Sea Turtle Conservancy

This project will build capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean through Sea Turtle Conservancy's Tortuguero training program in marine turtle research and management techniques, community involvement and ecotourism. The training will be targeted to regional biologists, natural resource managers and community leaders.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-046
Grant Number: 96200-1-G175

Project Title: Conservation project of leatherback nesting on the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Langosta Beach

Partner Organization: Fundacion para el Equilibrio entre la Conservacion y el Desarrollo (FUNDECODES )

This grant will support nesting beach conservation programs for Playa Langosta, one of the two key East Pacific leatherback nesting beaches in Costa Rica.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-067
Grant Number: 96200-1-G292

Project Title: Conservation of marine turtles of Mani beach (Ivory Coast-West Africa)

Partner Organization: SOS-Forets

This project will involve local communities and university students to monitor and protect nests from poaching along an 18 km stretch of important leatherback nesting beach in Cote d’Ivoire, with an estimated 700 sea turtle nests annually. The grantee will also conduct environmental education outreach with local communities.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-051
Grant Number: 96200-1-G145

Project Title: Protection and study of nesting sea turtles on the coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Action Communautaire de Development et d'Encadrement Social (ACODES)

This grant will support patrols and protection of sea turtle nests along the 40 km coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The grantee will work with coastal fishing communities to release sea turtles accidently captured in fishing nets, and conduct environmental outreach activities in coastal communities.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-035
Grant Number: 96200-1-G227

Project Title: Equatorial Guinea 2011-2012; challenges and opportunities for sea turtle conservation

Partner Organization: Instituto Nacional Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo del Sistema de Areas Protegidas(INDEFOR)

This grant will support a community-based conservation project at Bioko Island which hosts one of the most important leatherback nesting populations in West Africa. It will also support development of a marine turtle conservation program on important mainland nesting beaches at Rio Campo, and a national outreach campaign.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-044
Grant Number: 96200-1-G226

Project Title: The Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership for leatherback research and conservation, 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support nesting beach conservation programs for one of the two largest leatherback nesting populations in the world, through an alliance of National Park, NGO and local community participants. The project will increase capacity of the National Agency for National Parks to address sea turtle bycatch from legal and illegal coastal fisheries within and adjacent to coastal National Parks.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-073
Grant Number: 96200-1-G230

Project Title: Sea turtle technical assistance in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support on site coordination of the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership. The grantee will provide technical support for high priority sea turtle projects in Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe and Equatorial Guinea, and support efforts with local Benga communities in Corisco Bay, Gabon to address unsustainable sea turtle harvest practices.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-015
Grant Number: 96200-1-G051

Project Title: Community-based capacity building for hawksbill conservation and population recovery in Caribbean Honduras

Partner Organization: Loma Linda University

This grant will support community training in conservation project development at historically important hawksbill nesting beaches on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. The grantee will also conduct extensive outreach to raise public awareness and gain greater support for sea turtle conservation.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-017
Grant Number: 96200-1-G116

Project Title: Towards long-term monitoring of olive ridley arribadas in Orissa, India

Partner Organization: Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

This project will focus conservation efforts on the Rushikulya nesting beach, which has supported arribada nesting between 80,000 and 100,000 nesting females. The grantee will train community members to conduct nesting surveys, assessing hatching and nesting success to help manage threats. The community members will also survey sea turtle strandings to document bycatch mortality and support efforts to press for fisheries management.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-009
Grant Number: 96200-1-G012

Project Title: Conservation of the leatherback nesting population at Jamursba Medi and Wermon Beaches – Papua, Indonesia

Partner Organization: The State University of Papua (UNIPA)

This grant will support conservation of the largest remaining Western Pacific leatherback nesting population and ensure the effective involvement of local communities in a recovery program.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-030
Grant Number: 96200-1-G063

Project Title: Community-based sea turtle conservation project-Liberia

Partner Organization: Save My Future Foundation

This grant will support continuation of community efforts to protect nesting leatherback, hawksbill and olive ridley sea turtles along 13 km of nesting beach. It is the only sea turtle conservation project operating within Liberia.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-063
Grant Number: 96200-1-G228

Project Title: Knowledge and conservation of sea turtles nesting on the coasts of Mauritania

Partner Organization: Chelonee

This grant will support continuation of surveys of the 750 km Mauritanian coast to verify reports of nesting loggerheads and green turtles. The project will implement awareness campaigns in coastal villages and involve local communities in developing community-based conservation programs in accordance with survey findings.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-054
Grant Number: 96200-1-G169

Project Title: Conservation of the leatherback in the Mexican Pacific 2010-2011 - Phase 2

Partner Organization: Kutzari, Asociacion para el Estudio y Conservacion de las Tortugas Marinas, A.C.

This grant will support expanded nesting beach conservation during the 2010-11 nesting season at two important nesting sites which have been difficult to access logistically. The project will also assess fisheries activities near nesting beaches and develop management recommendations to Mexico’s fisheries regulatory agency that will prevent bycatch mortality of nesting females during the nesting season.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-042
Grant Number: 96200-1-G011

Project Title: Conservation of marine turtle nesting beaches at north coast of Yucatan peninsula Mexico

Partner Organization: Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A.C.

This grant will support monitoring and nesting beach conservation programs for three major hawksbill nesting beaches in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The grantee will also conduct public outreach and awareness programs in communities adjacent to the nesting beaches.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-018
Grant Number: 96200-1-G066

Project Title: Population recovery of the black turtle of Michoacan, Mexico

Partner Organization: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo

This grant will support a community-based nesting beach conservation program for the black turtle at Colola and Maruata Beaches, the two most important nesting beaches for this species in the East Pacific.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-071
Grant Number: 96200-1-G147

Project Title: Conservation of the leatherback turtle in the Mexican Pacific season 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Kutzari, Asociacion para el Estudio y Conservacion de las Tortugas Marinas, A.C.

This grant will support nest surveys and protection at the four primary leatherback nesting beaches which account for over 40% of leatherback nesting in Pacific Mexico. The grantee will operate turtle camps at the four main nesting beaches of Cahuitan, Tierra Colorada, Mexiquillo and Barra de la Cruz, and conduct daily and nightly patrols along these beaches to protect nests from poaching, depredation and tidal inundation. The grantee will also conduct a workshop for approximately 20 coastal communities along the Pacific leatherback nesting beaches to facilitate greater community involvement in leatherback conservation.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-076
Grant Number: 96200-1-G177

Project Title: Building capacity for an effective sea turtle research and conservation program in the Kingdom of Morocco

Partner Organization: Association Pour La Protection Des Tortues Marines Au Maroc(ATOMM)

This grant will support interviews and ground surveys to determine the status of sea turtle nesting in Morocco. The grantee will hold workshops for fishers to assist with data collection on sea turtle bycatch, provide outreach to coastal communities and the general public, and conduct training workshops for student, NGO and local biologists to assist with surveys and sea turtle conservation projects.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-056
Grant Number: 96200-1-G229

Project Title: Conservation of marine turtles in Caribbean Nicaragua

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support the monitoring and protection of hawksbill nesting populations on 12 of the Pearl Keys and 42 km of beach at El Cocal. The project will assist local communities to develop and expand conservation of hawksbill and other nesting sea turtles through ecotourism programs for turtle watching.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-016
Grant Number: 96200-1-G052

Project Title: Conserving Critically Endangered leatherback and hawksbill marine turtles on Nicaragua's Pacific Coast

Partner Organization: Fauna and Flora International

This grant will support nesting beach conservation programs for the three most important East Pacific leatherback populations in Nicaragua, and a hawksbill conservation program at the recently discovered nesting site at Estero Padre Ramos. This site accounts for 40-50% of all East Pacific hawksbill nesting. The grantee will work closely with local communities and stakeholders as partners in the conservation programs.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-003
Grant Number: 96200-1-G067

Project Title: Strategic development of initiatives for marine turtle conservation on Masirah Island, Oman

Partner Organization: Environment Society of Oman

This grant will provide material and logistical support for the Ministry of Environment rangers to monitor population trends for the world’s largest loggerhead nesting population at Masirah Island. The grantee will also conduct a public outreach program for marine turtle conservation issues in Oman, including outreach to Masirah Island community through a Turtle Celebration event at the beginning of the 2011 loggerhead nesting season.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-039
Grant Number: 96200-1-G042

Project Title: Hawksbill and leatherback turtle population recovery project in Panama

Partner Organization: Sea Turtle Conservancy

This grant will support efforts to restore the Chiriqui Beach nesting population of hawksbill turtles, once the largest in the Wider Caribbean, in partnership with the local Ngobe Indian communities. The grantee will provide monitoring and protection of the largest leatherback nesting population in the Western Caribbean.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-032
Grant Number: 96200-1-G064

Project Title: Regional assessment of arribada olive ridley sea turtles

Partner Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

This grant will support a continuation of simultaneous regional estimates of the olive ridley arribada nesting populations and hatching rates in Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica using standardized methodology.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-007
Grant Number: 96200-1-G048

Project Title: Community-based conservation of leatherback turtles along the Huon Coast, Papua New Guinea 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Marine Research Foundation

This grant will support community-based nesting beach conservation of the most important leatherback nesting populations in Papua New Guinea and the second most important in the West Pacific.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-059
Grant Number: 96200-1-G201

Project Title: Support for the Fifth Conference of the Parties of the IAC and the meetings of its subsidiary bodies in the framework of the lAC's 10th Anniversary

Partner Organization: Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles

This grant will support the Secretariat and Party members of the Inter-American Convention to attend the Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP 5) and Consultative and Scientific Committee meetings. It will also provide assistance for the Secretariat’s office to coordinate and organize COP 5 and meetings of the Scientific and Consultative Committees.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-026
Grant Number: 96200-1-G231

Project Title: Scientific and technical support to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cape Verde, Principe, and Morocco

Partner Organization: Ocean Ecology Network

This grantee will provide technical assistance for Marine Turtle Conservation Fund-supported nesting beach projects in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cape Verde, Principe and Morocco. The project will build capacity of implementing personnel and institutions in the areas of scientific techniques and community involvement.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-055
Grant Number: 96200-1-G176

Project Title: Marine turtle monitoring and protection in the Republic of Congo

Partner Organization: Renatura

This grant will support efforts to protect nesting leatherback and olive ridley sea turtles along 20 km of nesting beach adjacent to Conkouati-Douli National Park. It will also support continuation of a turtle bycatch release program with local fisherman that releases approximately 1,500 turtles annually, and an environmental outreach program with local communities.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-070
Grant Number: 96200-1-G146

Project Title: Leatherback conservation program in Republic of Congo, 2011-2012

Partner Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society

This grant will support a leatherback conservation program along 60 km of high density leatherback nesting beach within Conkouati-Douli National Park, which is contiguous with the major leatherback nesting population in Mayumba National Park, Gabon.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-068
Grant Number: 96200-1-G173

Project Title: Continued development of a marine turtle conservation program for Sierra Leone and leatherback conservation initiative at Turtle and Bonthe/Sherbro Islands

Partner Organization: Conservation Society of Sierra Leone

This grant will support community-based conservation programs for marine turtle conservation at key leatherback nesting beaches in Sierra Leone with a special emphasis on community involvement, capacity building, and environmental outreach with fisherman and local communities.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-048
Grant Number: 96200-1-G170

Project Title: Leatherback turtle monitoring and conservation at Sasakolo and Lithogagira, Solomon Islands

Partner Organization: The Nature Conservancy

This grant will support community-based nesting beach conservation programs for the two most important leatherback nesting beaches in the Solomon Islands, which are part of the Critically Endangered West Pacific leatherback nesting population.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-061
Grant Number: 96200-1-G174

Project Title: 32nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation; Marine Turtle Newsletter; Seaturtle.org

Partner Organization: International Sea Turtle Society

This grant will support 35 students or individuals from institutions in developing countries, who would not otherwise be able, to attend this meeting of about 1,000 marine turtle researchers, managers, and conservationists.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-072
Grant Number: 96200-1-G144

Project Title: Community based marine turtle nesting beach conservation in Vietnam; pilot sites for hawksbill turtles in Quang Ninh Province and leatherbacks in Quang Tri Province.

Partner Organization: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of the Nature and Natural Resources)

This grant will support a community-based sea turtle conservation program targeted at restoring a once significant but now depleted leatherback nesting population. It will also support a community-based hawksbill conservation project for a depleted nesting and foraging population in and near Bai Tu Long National Park.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-006
Grant Number: 96200-1-G044

Project Title: Assessing the status and conservation needs for sea turtles in Yemen, initial steps to building a long-term sea turtle conservation program in Yemen

Partner Organization: Yemeni Biological Society

This grant will support two Yemeni biologists to travel to Oman for training and to consult with and learn about Oman’s sea turtle conservation programs, management, research and outreach activities at Masirah Island at the beginning of the 2011 loggerhead nesting season. The grantee will build a coalition of groups and experts within Yemen, identify key nesting beaches, and develop conservation projects at the most important nesting beaches.

Program: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Proposal Number: MT 11-034
Grant Number: 96200-1-G043