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Securing the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo through Improved Protected Area Management and Strengthened Enforcement Capacity 1) the design, development and implementation of effective management structures and systems under a new agreement which delegates management of the OWR to the Wildlife Conservation Society; 2) improving the protection strategy of the OWR; 3) developing conservation partnerships with local communities and reforming existing livelihood initiatives to mitigate local drivers of hunting pressure; and 4) implementing a comprehensive field monitoring program to measure interventions and impact.
USAID-Other Africa Grants "The purpose of this project is to stop hunting of bonobo (Pan paniscus) and forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) landscape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which potentially covers over 20% of the estimated bonobo distribution range. It will build the governments capacity to effectively manage protected areas and to enforce the laws regarding protected species. Sensitization and outreach on wildlife conservation will be conducted at the community level. Activities include: To prohibit poaching in the protected areas of the MLW landscape through implementation of Performance Based Management (PBM). To support ICCN in implementing the eight step counter-poaching model recommended as an integral part of PBM. The eight steps are: (1) Criminal information; (2) Threat analysis incorporating SMART-based information collection and reporting capabilities; (3) Operations; (4) Species security; (5) Physical security; (6) Authority/Jurisdiction; (7) Planning crisis management; (8) Performing crisis management. Perform law enforcement monitoring (LEM) in protected areas using Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART). Bio-monitoring of key indicator species (bonobo and elephant) will be conducted using CyberTracker GPS Field Data Collection technology. Conservation covenants in Quid Pro Quo (QPQ) agreements will be signed with local communities of the MLW landscape to enforce no hunting of bonobo and elephant. Enforcement of DRC laws and regulations regarding hunting and trade in wildlife products at river trans-shipment points and local markets in the MLW landscape (Basankusu, Befale, Bongandanga, and Djolu) will be supported through training.."
PROTECTING THE LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL FORESTS IN DR CONGO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE RECENTLY CREATED LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK (LNP), DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THE LNP HARBORS SEVERAL ICONIC ENDEMIC SPECIES INCLUDING BONOBO, OKAPI, AND CONGO PEACOCK AS WELL AS A STABLE POPULATION OF FOREST ELEPHANT. THE PROJECT AIMS TO EXTEND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INTO THE CURRENT BUFFER ZONE THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY RESERVES WHILE INCREASING COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE BETTER PROTECTION FOR THE PARK AS WELL. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) IMPROVING MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS WITHIN LNP (2) SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES IN PARTICIPATORY MAPPING OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR COMMUNITY CONCESSIONS IN THE BUFFER ZONE AND (3) CONDUCTING REGULAR MONITORING AND SURVEYS OF KEY WILDLIFE POPULATIONS AND STATUS OF THREATS.
Protecting the largest known population of forest elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Phase IV The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by strengthening anti-poaching efforts and other protections to restore control of the reserve by the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). This project is intended to conserve the reserves last remaining forest elephants by addressing the impacts of two major forest militias that have subjected the reserve to regular attacks since 2010. Specific activities include: (1) recruitment and training of 50 new rangers to strengthen capacity for surveillance; (2) support for intensive patrols in key targeted areas in the Reserve; (3) training of new rangers in the use of GPS, grid maps and SMART to strengthen ICCN capacity in law enforcement monitoring; (4) maintenance and support for ICCN presence in zones evacuated by illegal miners; and (5) capacity development of judiciary, police and other enforcement agencies to effectively enforce laws on elephant poaching and illegal exploitation of natural resources.
USAID-Other Africa Grants Extending and improving the effective management of protected areas in the Maringa-.Lopori-Wamba (MLW) landscape, and disincentivizing illegal hunting and the bushmeat trade.
The effectiveness of community conservation enterprises as a tool for sustainable community.livelihoods and conservation of Mountain Gorillas across the Virunga Trans-boundary Landscape plan for the mating colony at Cueva del Diablo;
USAID-African Elephants This grant will support the construction of housing at a new outpost at Zunguluka on the eastern side of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve.for wildlife personnel from DRCs national wildlife authority, the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (IC
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE RECENTLY CREATED LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK (LNP), DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THE LNP HARBORS SEVERAL ICONIC ENDEMIC SPECIES I The project aims to extend wildlife management into the current buffer zone through establishment of community reserves while increasing collaboration with surrounding communities to ensure better protection for the park as well. Activities will include: 1) improving management and surveillance systems within LNP; 2) supporting communities in participatory mapping and development of management plans for community concessions in the buffer zone; and 3) conducting regular monitoring and surveys of key wildlife populations and status of threats.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE RECENTLY CREATED LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK (LNP), DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THE LNP HARBORS SEVERAL ICONIC ENDEMIC SPECIES I Funds under this award are to be used to increase the operational efficiency of the recently created Lomami National Park (LNP), Democratic Republic of Congo. The LNP harbors several iconic endemic species including bonobo, okapi, and Congo peacock as well as a stable population of forest elephant. The project aims to extend wildlife management into the current buffer zone through establishment of community reserves while increasing collaboration with surrounding communities to ensure better protection for the park as well. Activities will include: 1) improving management and surveillance systems within LNP; 2) supporting communities in participatory mapping and development of management plans for community concessions in the buffer zone; and 3) conducting regular monitoring and surveys of key wildlife populations and status of threats.
USAID-Virunga "The purpose of this project is to support the operational capacity of the 300 strong ranger force in Virunga National Park while also strengthening the parks long-term conservation strategy and the financial sustainability of Africas oldest national park, which is home to a quarter of the worlds remaining mountain gorilla populations. The project will: 1) Secure funding to keep the current ranger force operational at all times, and 2) Expand beneficiaries of the social-benefit program. Ranger activities include: Ensuring ranger salaries continue to be paid in full and on time to maintain high morale; Bolstering ranger commitment by ensuring access to quality medical health coverage; Ensuring reliable transport for rangers and support team; Providing equipment; and Strengthening the Fallen Rangers Fund and pension support. Social program activities include: Ensuring the park plays a stabilizing role in the region; Setting up investment in income-generating projects and renewable energy programs. For USFWS' contribution to the cooperative agreement, USFWS will work with other donors and partners to increase overall support to the program; participate in an advisory committee to guide the project; and conduct outreach and education to raise awareness among the U.S. public of the project, with particular attention to the needs of rangers stationed at Virunga National Park. ."
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Ensuring continued growth of the Virunga Mountain Gorilla Population through Protection, Monitoring and Research
USAID-West Africa Pre-GEF Initiative Conservation education on great apes in the northern sector of the Grauer Landscape
The effectiveness of community conservation enterprises as a tool for sustainable community livelihoods and conservation of Mountain Gorillas across the Virunga Trans-boundary Landscape The purpose of this project is to determine the efficacy of community conservation enterprises in improving the livelihoods of people living in communities across Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape while reducing illegal activities in the parks that threaten wildlife and their habitats. Specific activities include: 1) determining form, frequency, and severity of illegal activities across the GVTL over a 9-year period (2007-2015) by examining and plotting spatially all illegal activities reported through the Ranger-based Monitoring System; 2) examining community development benefits and personal household revenues received through the community conservation enterprises by households living in communities adjacent to the parks; 3) measuring local residents' perceptions regarding the effect of community conservation enterprises (community lodges, craft centers, cultural villages, and park revenue sharing) on their food, economic, health and education security; 4) assessing the perceptions of local residents regarding the effectiveness of community conservation enterprises in reducing illegal activities; and 5) comparing perceptions of illegal activities with actual data on form, frequency, and severity of illegal activities in the GVTL.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant The Bonobo Conservation Project: Working Towards Gazettement of the Lyondje Community Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Implementing a Coordinated Approach to Grauer's Gorilla Biomonitoring in Eastern DRC The purpose of this project is to ensure that healthy and viable populations of great apes and ecosystems exist within effectively managed community reserves that are used sustainably by empowered local women and men. Specific activities include: 1) strengthening and improving equity within governance of community gorilla reserves to ensure consistent and continuous biomonitoring by the reserve teams; 2) equipping community gorilla reserves and train community reserves teams to carry out consistent and continuous biomonitoring of great apes and other key species; 3) organizing and implementing a program of continuous biomonitoring using standardised, best practice methodologies; 4) contributing to reducing threats to great apes through development and implementation of sustainable livelihood opportunities leading to decrease harm to great apes; and 5) building the capacity of the next generation of great apes conservationists ensuring sustainability of the conservation program.
SECURING THE OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO THROUGH IMPROVED PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT AND STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY Funds under this award are to be used to secure the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The OWR harbors the largest population of the endemic Okapi as well as important populations of eastern chimpanzee and forest elephants. Activities include 1) the design, development and implementation of effective management structures and systems under a new agreement which delegates management of the OWR to the Wildlife Conservation Society; 2) improving the protection strategy of the OWR; 3) developing conservation partnerships with local communities and reforming existing livelihood initiatives to mitigate local drivers of hunting pressure; and 4) implementing a comprehensive field monitoring program to measure interventions and impact.
RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF ELEPHANTS IN THE GARAMBA COMPLEX, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO The purpose of this project is to support an elephant conservation in Garamba National Park (a UNESCO.World Heritage Site) by strengthening biological monitoring and improving national and international.research capacity. Garamba National Park is home to one of the largest elephant populations in the.Democratic Republic of the Congo (approximately 1,310 individuals). These elephants are also.genetically unique, constituting one of the few confirmed hybrid forest-savanna elephant zones on the.African continent. This project is intended to conserve African forest, savanna, and forest-savanna hybrid.elephants and their habitat by addressing the impacts of poaching and supporting evidence-based decision.making by conservation managers. Specific activities include: (1) deploying and maintaining elephant.satellite global positioning system (GPS) collars; (2) analyzing GPS collar data and biennial aerial survey.data to inform park-wide operations; (3) establishing a biodiversity observatory to support research.efforts and develop national research talent; and (4) developing a research pairing program with national.and international graduate students.
USAID-Africa Small Grants "The purpose of this project is to identify where the critical sites for biodiversity conservation occur in the Albertine Rift by surveying amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, and plants and using the software Marxan to weigh the costs and benefits to conservation and development of alternative land-use decisions. It will: 1)finalize models of species distributions from existing data and identify sites of.potential importance to survey, 2) undertake field surveys of key identified sites, and 3) use Marxan to identify critical sites for biodiversity conservation in the Albertine Rift..and also where potential for trade-offs or offsets exist for development projects such.as mining"
Disrupting the wildlife trade network to save the elephants of Uganda and DRC The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Uganda to address wildlife crime by developing capacity to collect and process intelligence information and improve wildlife law enforcement efforts. The project is intended to conserve elephants by addressing the impacts of wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include: (1) supporting operations of a Wildlife Crime Coordination Network to allow rapid sharing of information and coordinated actions against wildlife crime offenders; (2) building the capacity of responsible agencies to improve the detection and successful prosecution of wildlife crime; and (3) providing mentoring and technical support to park-based intelligence officers in investigative planning, information gathering and data reporting techniques.
Africa Great Apes-International Grants Conserving one of the largest populations of eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes.scwienfurthii) in the Ituri Forest Landscape, DRC
Securing Grauer's gorilla population strongholds in the kahuzi-Biega National Park and Surrounding Oku Community Forests. The goal of this Cooperative Agreement will be to secure the single largest population stronghold of Grauers gorilla in eastern DRC. We will pursue this goal under the following objectives and specific activities:
Great Apes Conservation Fund Developing a Conservation Strategy for Western Equitorial African Apes
Evaluating the impact of long-term field projects and anti-poaching patrols on local populations of bonobos: a bottom-up approach for evidence based bonobo conservation The purpose of this project is to evaluate the population density of bonobos and other wildlife, monitor the status of human encroachment activities, and with this information, develop a conservation strategy for bonobos in a forest area of the buffer zone of Salonga National Park. The recipient will assess the population density of bonobos and other wildlife in a region of about 500 km2 that is assumed to vary in terms of the indirect and direct protection that it received over the last ten years from a long-term field project (LTFP) and from anti-poaching patrols (APP) in forests outside the study site; evaluate the frequency and nature of human encroachment within the 500 km2 in relation to the distance from the LTFP site and to the range covered by APP activities conducted over the past 3 years; and model the impact of the LTFP and APP activities on the local bonobo population in order to develop an evidence based conservation strategy.
RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF ELEPHANTS IN THE GARAMBA COMPLEX, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION IN GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK (A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE) BY STRENGTHENING BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND IMPROVING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CAPACITY. GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST ELEPHANT POPULATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (APPROXIMATELY 1,310 INDIVIDUALS). THESE ELEPHANTS ARE ALSO GENETICALLY UNIQUE, CONSTITUTING ONE OF THE FEW CONFIRMED HYBRID FOREST-SAVANNA ELEPHANT ZONES ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN FOREST, SAVANNA, AND FOREST-SAVANNA HYBRID ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF POACHING AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING BY CONSERVATION MANAGERS. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) DEPLOYING AND MAINTAINING ELEPHANT SATELLITE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) COLLARS (2) ANALYZING GPS COLLAR DATA AND BIENNIAL AERIAL SURVEY DATA TO INFORM PARK-WIDE OPERATIONS (3) ESTABLISHING A BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATORY TO SUPPORT RESEARCH EFFORTS AND DEVELOP NATIONAL RESEARCH TALENT AND (4) DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PAIRING PROGRAM WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS.
Critically-Endangered Amphibians-International Grants Identifying Disease Risk in Threatened Amphibians in the Itombwe and Misotshi-Kabogo massifs, Democratic Republic of Congo
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant From logging concession to protection outpost: turning a former forestry concession headquarters into a great ape surveilance center in Conkouati-Douli National Park.
PROTECTING THE LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL FORESTS IN DR CONGO Funds under this award are to be used to increase the operational efficiency of the recently created.Lomami National Park (LNP), Democratic Republic of Congo. The LNP harbors several iconic endemic.species including bonobo, okapi, and Congo peacock as well as a stable population of forest elephant..The project aims to extend wildlife management into the current buffer zone through establishment of.community reserves while increasing collaboration with surrounding communities to ensure better.protection for the park as well. Activities will include: 1) improving management and surveillance.systems within LNP; 2) supporting communities in participatory mapping and development of.management plans for community concessions in the buffer zone; and 3) conducting regular monitoring.and surveys of key wildlife populations and status of threats.
USAID-Africa Small Grants Conservation of threatened and endemic birds, small mammals, amphibians and plants of the.Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Conservation of the Lomami Protected Area and Managment of Surrounding Community Forests. "The purpose of this five-year cooperative agreement is to support a conservation effort in the Lomami Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo, by supporting the declaration and management of a new national park and by working with local communities on the park periphery to better secure forest resources from illegal wildlife trafficking. Specifically, this project is intended to conserve bonobos, forest elephants, and ungulates, primates, and birds targeted by the commercial trade in bushmeat, live animals, and ivory. ..Objectives over the five year agreement include: (1) park declaration with a functional management plan and framework for partnerships; (2) stronger resource tenure for communities on park periphery through regulated hunting; (3) greater human security due to effective control of criminal activity within the park and in peripheral communities; (4) increased knowledge about the site's species, habitats and threats to raise the park's profile among scientific and conservation communities; and (5) a solid management and implementation team to carry on work at the site for years to come. ..Specific activities in Year 1 include: (a) stakeholder meetings to promote park declaration and management plan development; (b) surveillance and monitoring patrols, including training of park guards, to control key threats to biodiversity and other criminal activities inside the park; (c) support to local and regional leaders to promote regulated hunting zones and rule development; (d) monitoring and outreach related to court cases of suspected criminals apprehended in the park and periphery; (e) an elephant census to monitor the degree of poaching; (f) botanical surveys and training; (g) monitoring of the bushmeat trade to understand the effectiveness of project interventions; and (h) promoting staff professional development to reinforce long-term organizational stability and sustainability.."
Improving capacity of wildlife rangers to protect the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, DRC Political and civil instability have taken a severe toll on this area in the center of DRC in recent years. Core infrastructure was destroyed, park rangers and their families were killed, and elephants, okapis and other wildlife were targeted. In an effort to restore security to the protected area, this grant will support the hiring, training, equipping and running expenses of 50 additional guards and will repair and rebuild the Zunguluka guard post that was looted and burned by poachers.
Great Apes Conservation Fund From logging concession to protection outpost: turning a former forestry concession headquarters into a great ape surveilance center in Conkouati-Douli National Park.
USAID-Law Enforcement PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND BONOBOS ELEPHANTS IN THE LANDSCAPE MARINGA-Lopori-Wamba AND SURROUNDING (PROVINCE OF ECUADOR, DRC
African Elephant Postal Fund Deployment of a bloodhound unit for elephant protection in Virunga National Park, DRC
CARN ASPIRE Grant Program - Providing Small Research Grants to African Graduate Students and Early Career Professionals Working in Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Sustainability (1) providing support for applied wildlife research via a competitive process; and (2) providing assistance for early career Central African researchers to position them for future success in wildlife conservation
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to evaluate the population density of bonobos and other wildlife, monitor the status of human encroachment activities, and with this information, develop a conservation strategy for bonobos in a forest area of the buffer zone of Salonga National Park. The recipient will assess the population density of bonobos and other wildlife in a region of about 500 km2 that is assumed to vary in terms of the indirect and direct protection that it received over the last ten years from a long-term field project (LTFP) and from anti-poaching patrols (APP) in forests outside the study site; evaluate the frequency and nature of human encroachment within the 500 km2 in relation to the distance from the LTFP site and to the range covered by APP activities conducted over the past 3 years; and model the impact of the LTFP and APP activities on the local bonobo population in order to develop an evidence based conservation strategy.