African Elephant Conservation Program

The summary for the African Elephant Conservation Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

African Elephant Conservation Program: 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.