Department of the Interior – African Elephant Conservation Fund FY14

The Department of the Interior’s African Elephant Conservation Fund provides financial support for projects aiming to conserve African elephants. This grant supports initiatives such as enhanced protection of elephant populations, reducing human-elephant conflicts, habitat conservation, and strengthening local conservation efforts. Proposals should focus on addressing immediate threats to elephant survival and may target specific high-priority elephant populations in Africa. Additionally, projects outside elephant ranges must demonstrate benefits for African elephants. Priorities include Central and West Africa regions, as well as East and Southern Africa zones. Proposals related to ecologically or evolutionarily unique elephant populations will receive special consideration. Deadline for proposals is December 2, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 242613

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	F13AS00357
Funding Opportunity Title::	African Elephant Conservation Fund FY14
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Environment
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	30
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	15.620 — African Elephant Conservation Fund
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Sep 13, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Dec 02, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Dec 02, 2013
Archive Date::	Jan 01, 2014
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 1,700,000
Award Ceiling::	$75,000
Award Floor::	$15,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::	Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility::

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Fish and Wildlife Service
Description::	The African Elephant Conservation Fund is accepting project proposals for the conservation of elephants in Africa. In 1988 Congress passed the African Elephant Conservation Act in response to the alarming decline of African elephant populations. The Act provides for the establishment of the African Elephant Conservation Fund to provide financial assistance to support projects that will enhance sustainable conservation programs to ensure effective, long-term conservation of African elephants. The African Elephant Conservation Fund supports projects that promote conservation through: Enhanced protection of at-risk elephant populations; Efforts to decrease human-elephant conflict; Habitat conservation and management; Protected area/reserve management in important elephant range; Strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs; Transfrontier elephant conservation; Wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills; Conservation education and community outreach; Applied research necessary to inform protection and management, including surveys and monitoring; Development and execution of elephant conservation management plans; Development of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve elephant protection; Compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of elephants or regulate the use and management of elephant habitat; Reducing demand for and trafficking of illegal ivory products. Proposed project work should occur within the range of the African elephant, or, if work is to be conducted outside of the range, the proposal must explain how the work will benefit elephants in Africa. Proposals must identify immediate threats to elephant survival and support direct conservation activities to eliminate or reduce those threats. Applicants may submit proposals from any project sites with indigenous elephant populations, but the following important elephant populations will be considered priorities: CENTRAL and WEST TRIDOM region: including Minkebe, Djoua-Belinga, Ivindo, Mwagne, Odzala-Kokoua, Ngombe FMU, Ntokou Pikounda, Mengame Dja, Nki, Boumba Bek Greater Sangha-Ndoki region: Lobeke, Dzanga, Ndoki-Likouala aux Herbes, Nouabale-Ndoki, Lac Tele Central African coast: Gamba complex-Loango-Moukalaba Doudou-Mayumba-Conkouati Lope-Waka-Birougou Maiko-Okapi-Ituri forest W-Arly-Pendjari EAST and SOUTHERN Northern Botswana-Khaudum-Caprivi-Hwange Selous-Mikumi-Niassa Moyowosi-Kigosi/Ugalla/Katavi-Rukwa/Ruaha-Rungwa Luangwa-Zambezi valley Laikipia-Samburu Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kruger, Gonarezhou) Tsavo-Amboseli-Chyulu Priority will also be given to ecologically or evolutionarily unique populations, defined by at least one of the following conditions: (a) the population is reproductively isolated and differs markedly in its genetic characteristics from other elephant populations; (b) the population persists in an ecological setting unusual for elephants; or (c) the loss of the population would result in a significant gap in elephant range.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	15.620
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00185210
Opening Date:	Sep 13, 2013
Closing Date:	Dec 02, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Cory Brown
Who Can Apply::	Organization and Individual Applicants
mendatory_forms	Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Attachments [V1.1] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1]
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Packages

Assistance Listings	Competition ID	Competition Title	Opportunity Package ID	Opening Date	Closing Date	Actions	Who Can Apply:
15.620			PKG00185210	Sep 13, 2013	Dec 02, 2013	View	Cory Brown	Organization and Individual Applicants

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