AFRICA - Saving the African Elephant
Republic of Congo
Ecosystem Management of the Periphery of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park
Protection of elephant and large mammal populations from poaching and illegal trade through increased patrolling, training for enforcement personnel, development of an informer network, and outreach to local communities.
Wildlife Conservation Society: $148,870
Gabon
Protecting African Forest Elephants
Protection of elephant populations from poaching and illegal trade through increased patrolling, implementation of the MIST system, training of enforcement personnel, monitoring of vehicle traffic, trial use of sniffer dogs and evaluation of concession wildlife management.
Wildlife Conservation Society: $260,000
Kenya
Amboseli Elephant Research Project
Protection of elephant populations from poaching and illegal trade through increased patrolling.
Amboseli Trust for Elephants: $45,000
Elephant Partners
Development of a database of elephant photographs and histories, and training of local scouts and volunteers to collect elephant data and produce related educational materials.
ElephantVoices: $25,000
Increasing Security for Elephants
Protection of elephant populations through organization of the Nasuulu Community Conservancy, recruitment and training of conservancy rangers and aerial surveillance.
Northern Rangelands Trust: $76,383
Emergency Response to Elephant Poaching
Protection of elephant populations from poaching and illegal trade through increased patrolling, recruitment and training of additional community rangers, intelligence gathering and aerial surveillance.
Save the Elephants: $288,300
Save the Elephants
Reconstruction and resupply of the Samburu elephant research camp following its destruction by the unexpected flooding of the Ewaso Ng'iro River.
Wildlife Conservation Network: $100,000
Mozambique
Niassa Elephant Project
Protection of elephant populations from poaching and illegal trade through increased patrolling, training of enforcement personnel, upgrading communications and mobility, and increased intelligence gathering.
Fauna &Flora International: $293,700
Mozambique & Tanzania
Cross-border Ivory Trade Program
Identification of ivory trade routes, analysis of ivory seizures, assessment of enforcement capacity; targeted enforcement training, preparation of identification guides and enforcement guidelines, facilitation of cross-border collaboration, and assessment of sniffer dogs.
TRAFFIC North America/TRAFFIC International: $330,212
Tanzania
Ruvuma Elephant Conservation Project
Aerial survey and questionnaire survey to determine elephant population status and threats, and stakeholder workshops and meetings to determine protection strategy, game scout patrol training and implementation of the MOMS reporting and database system.
PAMS Foundation/Wildlife Conservation Society: $328,232
Protecting Elephants and Elephant Corridors
Documentation of elephant distribution and movement patterns, negotiation of conservation easements to protect elephant corridors and dispersal areas, recruitment and training of community game scouts.
Wildlife Conservation Society: $298,955
AFRICA - Other
Congo Basin
Training for Women in Conservation
Support for women working in conservation to attend training courses and workshops.
World Wildlife Fund: $75,000
Conservation Justice
Investigation of the illegal wildlife trade and support for apprehension and prosecution of wildlife traffickers.
Wildlife Conservation Society: $60,000
East Africa
Climate Change Assessment
Assessment of impacts of climate change on regional biodiversity, landscape ecology, and human livelihoods.
Missouri Botanical Garden: $67,421
Kenya
Amboseli Research and Conservation Program
Ecological research and monitoring within the Amboseli ecosystem with an emphasis on the effects of drought on wildlife and livestock.
African Conservation Centre: $145,000
Support for Community-based Conservation
Development of for new approaches, associations and coalitions to support community-based conservation and facilitate increased coordination among community-based organizations and NGOs.
African Conservation Centre: $150,000
Northern Rangelands Trust
Technical support and training to implement strategic planning, management planning, wildlife research and monitoring, livestock management and restoration of wildlife corridors.
The Nature Conservancy: $100,000
Mozambique
Living Fences Program
Planting of living fences to protect crop fields, monitoring effects on lion spatial behavior, and education and outreach to reduce risk of lion-human conflict.
Panthera Corporation: $35,020
Tanzania
Lion Guardians
Community-based monitoring of lions to understand movement patterns and population trends, mitigate lion-livestock conflict and prevent retaliatory killing of lions.
Panthera Corporation: $110,715
Madagascar
Madagascar Programme
Focal ecological research and conservation planning and development of community-based resource management regimes targeting key threatened and endangered species in important wetland and dry forest habitats.
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust: $77,5445
Ako Project
Production of biodiversity educational materials for primary school children and associated training for training for primary school teachers.
Lemur Conservation Foundation : $42,213
New Protected Area Program
Community-based program to protect and restore forest fragments supporting endangered endemic plant species, including designation as new protected areas and development of local management capacity.
Missouri Botanical Garden: $48,400
Madagascar Fish Eagle Conservation Project
Technical support for community-based management of fisheries and wetland resources, and for protection and monitoring of the breeding populations of Madagascar fish eagles in Western Madagascar.
The Peregrine Fund: $25,000
Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve
Interdisciplinary ecological, socioeconomic, and agricultural research in collaboration with local community associations to facilitate protection of the reserve and improve the welfare of adjacent communities.
Tany Meva Foundation/University of Antananarivo School of Agronomy: $58,640