Deadline: 02-May-2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is inviting projects for the Latin America Regional program to conserve priority species, habitats, and ecological processes across landscapes with high biodiversity value in the region.
The Latin America Regional program is soliciting proposals to reduce threats to key wildlife and ecosystems and to strengthen local individual and institutional capacity to sustain conservation processes in the long-term. Proposals should describe specific conservation actions that will foster sustainable resource use, mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, and/or combat wildlife poaching and trafficking.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,800,000
- Award Ceiling: $200,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
Thematic Eligibility
For all countries, regions and landscapes under the Geographic Eligibility section below, proposed projects should include one or more of the following three themes,1) Sustainable Resource Use, 2) Wildlife Trafficking, and 3. Human-Wildlife Conflict to conserve priority species and ecosystems by implementing activities that will measurably:
- curtail the drivers of deforestation and habitat degradation,
- strengthen management of protected areas, community forests, and indigenous territories;
- foster habitat restoration,
- promote alternative livelihoods,
- reduce impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on conservationgoals
- promote climate change adaptation and resilience,
- Mitigate threats to key wildlife.
Project Activities
- Project activities should take place in Latin America in eligible geographies. If work is to be conducted in the United States, the proposal must show a clear impact on biodiversity conservation in Latin America to be eligible. Project activities that emphasize data collection and status assessment should describe a direct link to management action and explain how lack of information has been a key limiting factor for management action in the past. Proposals that do not identify how actions will reduce threats or that do not demonstrate a strong link between data collection and management action will be rejected.
- Please note that local government endorsement is required for all proposals prior to award. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with relevant government authorities prior to preparing applications for Service funds.
- Due to other grant programs supported by the Service, the Latin America Regional program will not fund projects related to marine turtles and tortoises and freshwater turtles (Marine Turtle Conservation Fund) or neotropical migratory birds (Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Fund).
Geographic Eligibility
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Mexico geographic eligibility and species of special concern:
- Mexico geographic eligibility and species of special concern:
- Northern Mexico: jaguar, ocelot, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican prairie dog, and migratory bats species
- Central Mexico: monarch butterfly and migratory bats species
- Mayan Forest (Yucatan peninsula and Greater Lacandon system): jaguar, macaw species, tapir, and peccary
- Western Mexico: jaguar and migratory bat species.
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Central America geographic eligibility by region and country:
- Maya Forest: Guatemala and Belize
- Rio Plátano – Tawahka – Patuca – Bosawas: Honduras and Nicaragua
- Rio Indo Maíz: Nicaragua
- La Amistad: Costa Rica and Panama
- Darién Gap: Panama
- Underserved regions needing conservation action: El Salvador
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South America geographic eligibility by region and country:
Note *Priority will be given to projects from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Eligibility Information
Applicants under this program can be: multi-national secretariats, foreign governments, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, community and indigenous organizations, and U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education.
Individuals are not eligible to apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. In addition, tuition for individuals and field expenses for projects carried out in support of masters, doctorate degrees, and post-doctorate research are not eligible under this Notice of Funding Opportunity.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.htmloppId=338830