Mentor Forest 2011

The summary for the Mentor Forest 2011 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.

Mentor Forest 2011: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN), the Gabon National Parks Agency, is a unique parastatal agency granted financial and technical independence by the Gabonese law that created it. ANPN is charged with transforming Gabons national parks network into a global model for protected areas management. This charge includes stimulating the development of a tourism industry, combining sustainable development and conservation to enhance, rather than simply maintain, the geophysical character of a tourism site. ANPN also leads research and capacity building efforts in Gabons 13 national parks and their buffer zones. ANPN's special role in government will give the USFWS MENTOR-FOREST Fellowship Program access to national and regional decision-makers. It will provide opportunities for the new curriculum developed through MENTOR-FOREST to become institutionalize at training institutions in Central Africa.