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USAID-Africa Small Grants The purpose of this project is to strengthen capacity to reduce bushmeat off take in and around key protected areas in Eastern Africa through a network of organizations and individuals working collaboratively to mobilize resources, share information, set priorities, and apply solutions. As a cooperative agreement between WCS and the USFWS, the project will catalyze action and guide activities to curtail illegal hunting and trade in bushmeat by developing a network (Bushmeat-free Eastern Africa Network, BEAN) of institutions, organizations, and individuals working together to resolve the problem of unsustainable bushmeat exploitation, and strengthen capacity for bushmeat monitoring in countries of Eastern Africa. USFWS will provide guidance, technical expertise, and financial support to BEAN. WCS-will provide technical support to the BEAN, oversee implementation of BEAN activities, and facilitate grant management and reporting obligations. BEAN will be implemented by a Director based at WCS-Uganda country program offices in Kampala reporting directly to WCS New York, USFWS, the BEAN Team, and to key partners within the region.
Improved security and conservation of elephants in Tsavo, Kenya This ongoing project helps support Kenya Wildlife Service in the greater Tsavo ecosystem, home to Kenya's largest remaining population of elephants. The funds will support the running costs of a dedicated aircraft to conduct regular aerial reconnaissance flights and to respond to emergencies and poaching incidents and operating expenses for anti-poaching and ground patrols.
African Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to conserve large free-ranging elephant populations in the community lands of the Rombo-Chalal and the Loita-South Rift borderland areas of Kenya by building a network of community scouts and developing strategies to overcome the challenges of cross border collaboration. The project is intended to conserve migrating elephants by addressing the impacts of poaching and cross-border conflict. Specific activities include: 1) support for the community scout network including training, equipment, development of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) system and a monitoring database to enhance patrolling; and 2) facilitation of cross border collaboration through development of protocols, joint patrols, information sharing and meetings to improve anti-poaching efforts.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Enhancing security and protection of Black Rhino on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
Aerial and vehicle support for security and conservation of elephants in the Tsavo Conservation Area This project helps support Kenya Wildlife Service in the greater Tsavo ecosystem, home to Kenya's largest remaining population of elephants. It provides funds to conduct regular aerial reconnaissance flights and to respond to emergencies and poaching incidents.
PROTECTING A KEY 2 BLACK RHINO POPULATION AND IMPROVING WATER PROVISION FOR RANGERS AND RHINOS IN OL JOGI, KENYA Support Ol Jogi Conservancy in Laikipia County, northern Kenya.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Reinforcing the protection of key rhino populations at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
SURVEYING THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED PANCAKE TORTOISE ON THREE PROTECTED WILDLIFE CONSERVANCIES IN KENYA TO ESTABLISH POPULATION RANGE EXTENSION AND DEVELOP LONG-TERM CONSERVATION STRATEGY THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT THE PANCAKE TORTOISE FROM POACHING FOR THE PET TRADE AND DESTRUCTION OF ITS ROCK HABITAT. NATIVE ONLY TO KENYA AND TANZANIA, POPULATIONS OF THIS TORTOISE ARE DECREASING WIDELY THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1)CONDUCTING POPULATION SURVEYS TO ASSESS ITS POPULATION STATUS WITHIN THE LEWA BORANA LANDSCAPE WHICH INCLUDES THREE PROTECTED AREAS (2) COLLECTING GENETIC SAMPLES TO DETERMINE POPULATION DIVERSITY (3) PREPARING A LANDSCAPE SCALE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND (4) ANALYZING AND SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSERVATION PLANS WITH NEARBY CONSERVANCIES AND PRIVATE RANCHES.
SAFEGUARDING ELEPHANT POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN KENYA THROUGH COEXISTENCE AND CONNECTIVITY The purpose of this project is to support an elephant conservation effort on community-owned land between Tsavo, Chyulu Hills,.and Amboseli National Parks, and Maasai Mara Reserve by strengthening elephant protection and community engagement, and.building a constituency for elephant conservation. As part of the Kenya Rift Valley savanna elephant stronghold, this ecosystem is.home to approximately 12,814 elephants. This project is intended to conserve African savanna elephants and their habitat by.addressing the impacts of poaching and human-elephant conflict (HEC). Specific activities include: (1) facilitating peer-to-peer.conservation learning and exchange among community and opinion leaders; (2) creating opportunities for conservation-related.investment in underfunded regions, including identification of potential tourism sites and developing proposals; (3) expanding.youth conservation leadership programming to schools located in key elephant corridors; (4) providing operational support and.community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) training to community rangers; and (5) conducting HEC mitigation.and rapid response interventions
IMPROVED SECURITY AND CONSERVATION OF ELEPHANTS IN TSAVO, KENYA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF KENYA S SINGLE LARGEST ELEPHANT POPULATION, DISTRIBUTED ACROSS SEVERAL PROTECTED AREAS NEAR THE BORDER WITH TANZANIA. KNOWN AS THE TSAVO CONSERVATION AREA, THE LANDSCAPE SUPPORTED AROUND 40,000 ELEPHANTS IN THE 1960S BEFORE POACHING AND OTHER PRESSURES REDUCED THE POPULATION TO AROUND 6,400 ANIMALS IN 1988. NOW ESTIMATED BETWEEN 12,000 AND 14,000 INDIVIDUALS, THE TSAVO POPULATION IS KNOWN FOR CONTAINING A SMALL NUMBER OF SUPER TUSKERS, ICONIC ELEPHANTS THAT CARRY EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IVORY AND ARE INCREASINGLY RARE ACROSS THE CONTINENT. THE PROJECT PLACES PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON MONITORING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO DETER TARGETED POACHING AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO SECURE HABITAT AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE BROADER ECOSYSTEM. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 AERIAL MONITORING AND RECONNAISSANCE TO IDENTIFY POACHING CAMPS AND TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL ELEPHANTS WITH LARGE IVORY 2 SUPPORT FOR FIELD-BASED ANTI-POACHING OPERATIONS, INCLUDING PROTECTION UNITS, RANGER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND RANGER TRAINING AND 3 SUPPORT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO THE PROTECTED AREAS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY WILDLIFE CONSERVANCIES, HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT MITIGATION STRATEGIES, AND TOURISM PARTNERSHIPS.
Strengthening Marine Turtle Conservation Efforts along the Kenyan Coast The recipient will carry out a sea turtle bycatch release program with up to 350 local artisanal fishers; conduct anti-poaching patrols along 20 km of nesting beach within and north and south of Watamu Marine National Park; conduct outreach and awareness sessions with local communities; and conduct training workshops for up to 30 Kenya Wildlife Service staff on marine ecology, coastal zone management and conservation principles.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Support to joint conservancy anti-poaching team to protect African elephants in northern Kenya
Strenghtening protection and monitoring of the Key 1 black rhino population at OI Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya To enhance black rhino conservation at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, funds will be used to 1) Enhance the competence and skills of rhino scouts through training at the KWS Field Training School in Manyani, 2) Improve the visibility and discipline amongst rhino scouts by providing uniforms for 84 scouts, and 3) Improve the patrol efficiency, response times, and mobility of rhino patrol teams through the provision of a 4X4 vehicle.
Frontline protection of at-risk elephant populations in the Laikipia-Samburu Ecosystem This project seeks to reduce elephant poaching within a specific region of the Laikipia Samburu Ecosystem through the establishment of a mobile Rapid Response Team (RRT) of highly trained rangers in Laikipia West and North Constituencies, complementing the RRT founded at Ol Pejeta Conservancy with previous USFWS support. These mobile response teams undertake regular patrols, follow up on information and pro-actively prevent incidents from occurring. They complement the existing North Kenya Policing Strategy and will operate in support of the Kenya Wildlife Service and the National Police Service to bring security to both wildlife and people.
Protecting Borana Conservancys black rhino population in Laikipia County, Kenya To improve the ability of security staff to monitor and protect eastern black rhinos recently reintroduced to Borana Conservancy, funds will be used to upgrade the accommodations for rangers at three bases and to support ongoing operating costs for ground and aerial anti-poaching patrols.
Elephant protection and human-wildlife conflict mitigation in the cross-border Amboseli-Kilimanjaro ecosystem This project supports community rangers, essential for protection of and community support for elephants in and around the arid rangelands around Amboseli, in southern Kenya. Activities will include ongoing operating expenses and equipment for community rangers to patrol, training for rangers on crime scene management and handling of evidence when poaching incidents do occur, and outreach with local residents to lessen and mitigate human-elephant conflict.
Maintaining Black Rhino security and monitoring in the Chyulu Hills, Kenya improve patrol coverage of the black rhino population in the Chyulu Hills, Kenya. Kenya remains the stronghold for the Eastern black rhino subspecies, and activities will improve security for rhinos and other wildlife in the Chyulu Hills National Park where poaching is a continued threat. Activities will support ongoing rhino monitoring and patrols within the park with the goal of achieving a zero-poached status.
Critically-Endangered Species-International Grants Conservation of Grevy's Zebra through Citizen Science and Action
African Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Safeguarding viable elephant habitat for long-term species survival, Tsavo ecosystem, Kenya, Year 5
Enhancing the African Elephant Database In order to provide decision-makers with the most up-to-date information on the status of African elephant populations across 37 range states, funds will support the operating costs of the African Elephant database and the 2016 update to the IUCN African Elephant Status Report. This update will categorize 2015 and 2016 aerial survey data by survey type, quality and reliability of the estimates. Funds also support the online interface where members of the public and experts can access information about elephant populations and distribution.
Reintroduction of Black Rhinos to Sera Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya This project will assist with the costs of establishing the first eastern black rhino reintroduction site on community-owned land in Kenya. The site has been fenced to include a closed rhino sanctuary of 120 km2, and has been approved to receive rhinos from the national authority, Kenya Wildlife Services, in 2014. Specific activities will include 1) completion of the electric fencing, gates, and ranger bases and accommodation, 2) equipping rangers with vehicles and communications equipment and 3) conducting ground and air patrols, 4) construct temporary holding pens for rhinos on site, 5) translocate rhinos from elsewhere in Kenya, install tracking equipment, and 6) release and track the animals and conduct post-release monitoring and veterinary interventions, as necessary.
IMPROVED SECURITY AND CONSERVATION OF ELEPHANTS IN TSAVO, KENYA The overarching goal of this Project is to secure and maintain an increasing elephant population in the TCA, a population that holds the genes to one of the last viable populations of iconic tusker elephants through a holistic approach to biodiversity conservation providing enhanced elephant security within the Tsavo Conservation Area in support of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) as the key partner.
Implementing the Conservation and Management Strategy for the Black Rhino in Kenya 2017-2021 Five conservancies (Borana, Ol Jogi, Lewa, Ol Pejeta and Solio) in Laikipia County in northern Kenya contain a significant portion of Kenyas total black rhino population and collaborate under the umbrella of the Association of Private Land Rhino Sanctuaries. At the request of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), these funds will support the employment of an Administrator to work alongside the KWS Rhino Program Coordinator in order to better coordinate information and management activities among the conservancies and in support of Kenyas national rhino management objectives.
MAINTAINING BLACK RHINO SECURITY AND MONITORING IN THE CHYULU HILLS, KENYA - 2 The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in the national park and community land of Chyulu Hills, Kenya by continuing to improve rhinoceros monitoring and security for future efforts to expand the population as recommended in Kenyas Black Rhinoceros Action Plan. This project is intended to conserve the Eastern black rhinoceros and their habitat by addressing the impacts of poaching, human encroachment, and inadequate secure habitat. Specific activities include: (1) increasing rhinoceros monitoring; and (2) improving security
Amphibian Program-International Grants Habitat restoration for the critically endangered Sagalla Caecilian Boulengerula niedeni Muller, Measey, Loader & Malonza, 2005 in Sagalla Hill, Kenya
PRIVATE-SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE DELIVERY OF KENYA S BLACK RHINO ACTION PLAN The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Ol Jogi Conservancy, Borana Conservancy, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, and on the Association of Private and Community Land Rhino Sanctuaries in Kenya by strengthening rhinoceros protection, biological monitoring, and coordination. This project is intended to conserve the Eastern black rhinoceros by addressing the impacts of rhinoceros poaching, the need for biological management for rhinoceros, and the new threats to the Conservancies income generation due to the loss of revenue from tourism and other global economic factors because of COVID-19. Specific activities include: (1) increasing rhinoceros protection; (2) monitoring and management of rhinoceros populations in order to optimize growth, expand their range, and maintain genetic diversity; and (3) coordinating and collaborating on effective project management with private and community land conservancies as a contribution to the Kenya Black Rhino Action Plan 2022-2026
Protecting Borana Conservancys black rhino population in Laikipia County, Kenya roosts used by the species are secured from
Maintaining the integrity of the protection efforts for Borana Conservancys black rhino population Kenya is the only remaining stronghold of eastern black rhinos. A significant portion of Kenyas rhinos are on conservancies. This project will support ongoing protection and monitoring of black rhino on both Borana and Lewa. Specific activities will include ranger training, daily monitoring of Boranas black rhino population, and upgrading the housing facilities for the field-based rhino monitoring team.
Mbulia elephant fence to secure dry season habitat within the Tsavo Conservation Area Due to human-elephant conflict, the Kenya Wildlife Service has decided to fence portions of Tsavo West National Park. People living in Mbulia Group Ranch on the southern boundary with the park have dedicated a portion (46km2) of their land to wildlife habitat and have invested in wildlife-based livelihoods. This project will support the community-led initiative to pay for an 18km extension of the fence so that the Mbulia wildlife habitat will be included within the elephant fence and can continue to be an integral part of the Tsavo complex.
IMPROVED SECURITY AND CONSERVATION OF ELEPHANTS IN TSAVO, KENYA In partnership with Tsavo Trust. The purpose of this project is to maintain the integrity of Kenyas single largest elephant population, distributed across several protected areas near the border with Tanzania. Known as the Tsavo Conservation Area, the landscape supported around 40,000 elephants in the 1960s before poaching and other pressures reduced the population to around 6,400 animals in 1988. Now estimated between 12,000 and 14,000 individuals, the Tsavo population is known for containing a small number of super tuskers, iconic elephants that carry exceptionally large ivory and are increasingly rare across the continent. The project places particular emphasis on monitoring these individuals to deter targeted poaching and to highlight the need to secure habitat and connectivity in the broader ecosystem. Specific activities include: (1) aerial monitoring and reconnaissance to identify poaching camps and to track individual elephants with large ivory; (2) support for field-based anti-poaching operations, including protection units, ranger infrastructure development, and ranger training; and (3) support for local communities adjacent to the protected areas through the development of community wildlife conservancies, human-elephant conflict mitigation strategies, and tourism partnerships.
African Elephant Postal Fund This grant will support joint law enforcement efforts of the Mount Kenya Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service to decrease poaching of elephants and other illegal activities on the slopes of Mount Kenya. Specific activities will include training and supporting patrol teams to conduct anti-poaching patrols, collect information on poaching activities (including MIKE data) and wildlife presence (to be analyzed in a spatially explicit database), combat illegal land clearing, logging, and cultivation within the park, construct housing for wildlife personnel, and support outreach activities including wildlife clubs in schools and liaison with forest associations and government agencies.
African Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Establishment of Kalepo-Unit headquarters to improve protection and monitoring of elephants in Larger Namunyak Conservancy, Northen Kenya
African Elephant Conservation Fund The grantee will expand the coverage and effectiveness of ranger patrols to reduce poaching in Mpus Kutuk Community Conservancy in Kenyas northern rangelands through the provision of a vehicle to enhance ranger mobility and response, facilitate the coordination of cross-conservancy patrols, improve elephant monitoring. Specific activities will include the purchase and modifications of a 4-wheel drive vehicle to provide coordination and support for rangers in inaccessible high-conflict areas, and ongoing support for patrol deployment to poaching hotspots, joint patrols, and wildlife monitoring data collection.
Strengthening protection and monitoring of the Key 1 black rhino population at OI Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya To enhance black rhino conservation at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, funds will be used to 1) Enhance the competence and skills of rhino scouts through training at the KWS Field Training School in Manyani, 2) Improve the visibility and discipline amongst rhino scouts by providing uniforms for 84 scouts, and 3) Improve the patrol efficiency, response times, and mobility of rhino patrol teams through the provision of a 4x4 vehicle.
MAINTAINING BLACK RHINO SECURITY AND MONITORING IN THE CHYULU HILLS, KENYA - 2 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT A CONSERVATION EFFORT IN THE NATIONAL PARK AND COMMUNITY LAND OF CHYULU HILLS, KENYABY CONTINUING TO IMPROVE RHINOCEROS MONITORINGAND SECURITY FOR FUTURE EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE POPULATION AS RECOMMENDED IN KENYA SBLACK RHINOCEROS ACTION PLAN. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE THE EASTERN BLACK RHINOCEROS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OFPOACHING, HUMAN ENCROACHMENT,AND INADEQUATE SECURE HABITAT. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) INCREASING RHINOCEROS MONITORING AND (2) IMPROVING SECURITY.
SURVEYING THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED PANCAKE TORTOISE ON THREE PROTECTED WILDLIFE CONSERVANCIES IN KENYA TO ESTABLISH POPULATION RANGE EXTENSION AND DEVELOP LONG-TERM CONSERVATION STRATEGY THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT THE PANCAKE TORTOISE FROM POACHING FOR THE PET TRADE AND DESTRUCTION OF ITS ROCK HABITAT. NATIVE ONLY TO KENYA AND TANZANIA, POPULATIONS OF THIS TORTOISE ARE DECREASING WIDELY THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:(1)CONDUCTING POPULATION SURVEYS TO ASSESS ITS POPULATION STATUS WITHIN THE LEWA-BORANA LANDSCAPE WHICH INCLUDES THREE PROTECTED AREAS (2) COLLECTING GENETIC SAMPLES TO DETERMINE POPULATION DIVERSITY (3) PREPARING A LANDSCAPE-SCALE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND (4) ANALYZING AND SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSERVATION PLANS WITH NEARBY CONSERVANCIES AND PRIVATE RANCHES.
MAINTAINING BLACK RHINO SECURITY AND MONITORING IN THE CHYULU HILLS, KENYA - 2 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT A CONSERVATION EFFORT IN THE NATIONAL PARK AND COMMUNITY LAND OF CHYULU HILLS, KENYABY CONTINUING TO IMPROVE RHINOCEROS MONITORINGAND SECURITY FOR FUTURE EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE POPULATION AS RECOMMENDED IN KENYA SBLACK RHINOCEROS ACTION PLAN. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE THE EASTERN BLACK RHINOCEROS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OFPOACHING, HUMAN ENCROACHMENT,AND INADEQUATE SECURE HABITAT. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 INCREASING RHINOCEROS MONITORING AND 2 IMPROVING SECURITY.
Protecting the free-ranging black rhino population of the Chyulu Hills National Park, Kenya "To improve security for eastern black rhinos and other wildlife in the Chyulu Hills National Park, funds will be used for ongoing rhino monitoring patrols within the National Park and on the adjacent Mbirikani Group Ranch, anti-poaching patrols, and support to investigations to detect, deter and prosecute illegal activities.."
Completing the transition from analogue to digital radios for Ol Jogi black and white rhino reserve committed to and engaged in implementing the
African Elephant Postal Fund Prevention of illegal killing of elephants for ivory in the Laikipia ecosystem, Kenya
SAFEGUARDING ELEPHANT POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN KENYA THROUGH COEXISTENCE AND CONNECTIVITY THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION EFFORT ON COMMUNITY-OWNED LAND BETWEEN TSAVO, CHYULU HILLS, AND AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARKS, AND MAASAI MARA RESERVE BY STRENGTHENING ELEPHANT PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND BUILDING A CONSTITUENCY FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION. AS PART OF THE KENYA RIFT VALLEY SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 12,814 ELEPHANTS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF POACHING AND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT HEC . SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 FACILITATING PEER-TO-PEER CONSERVATION LEARNING AND EXCHANGE AMONG COMMUNITY AND OPINION LEADERS 2 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION-RELATED INVESTMENT IN UNDERFUNDED REGIONS, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL TOURISM SITES AND DEVELOPING PROPOSALS 3 EXPANDING YOUTH CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING TO SCHOOLS LOCATED IN KEY ELEPHANT CORRIDORS 4 PROVIDING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CBNRM TRAINING TO COMMUNITY RANGERS AND 5 CONDUCTING HEC MITIGATION AND RAPID RESPONSE INTERVENTIONS.
Completing the transition from analogue to digital radios for Ol Jogi black and white rhino reserve stakeholders in Mexico and the United States are
Protecting Borana Conservancys black rhino population in Laikipia County, Kenya long term goal of the project is that all known
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Funds will provide support for essential security operations and rhino monitoring for eastern black rhinos in Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya. Specific activities will include constructing a new ranger base in an area that was previously difficult to secure, providing basic and advanced ranger training for the community scouts, deploying community scouts for general security and specialized scouts for rhino monitoring, maintaining a network of satellite camera traps and the rhino identification database, and deploying tracking equipment on one or more rhinos to better understand their behavior and habitat use.