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Marine turtle monitoring in Conkouati-Douli National Park (CDNP), Republic of Congo The recipient will conduct training for community monitors, ensure the implementation of daily nest surveys and protection activities within the Park, work with local communities and fisherman to minimize sea turtle bycatch from coastal gill net fisheries, and concuct marine patrols with Park vessel to deter illegal industrial fishing within Park waters.
Improving and sustaining the capacity of wildlife guards to protect the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, DR Congo This grant provides support for protected area operations at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This protected area, a World Heritage Site, has suffered from regional instability and poaching incursions by armed entities. Previous support has allowed the improvement of infrastructure for ranger staff and expansion of patrol intensity and coverage. Specific activities will include operational support for wildlife guards from the national wildlife authority (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature) and the provision of two new satellite phones to improve connectivity and communication.
Goualougo Triangle Ape Project: Empowering Congolese Students to Strengthen the Link..between Applied Research and Conservation Policy The purpose of this project is to improve the long-term conservation of great apes in the Republic of Congo by increasing local capacity and professional development. Provide advanced training in applied conservation research and facilitate opportunities for GTAP staff to link this information directly to conservation policy; promote leadership of GTAP staff in great ape health monitoring initiatives, including training in new technologies for data collection and expansion of worker health programs; implement a mentoring program which prepares research assistants to increase their participation in local, regional and international conservation advocacy; involve GTAPs research staff in enhanced surveillance and monitoring activities (such as..SMART) to protect at-risk ape populations along the southeast border of the NNNP.
Strengthening Monitoring, Institutions and Management Planning to Ensure the Impact of the Lac Tele Community Reserve, Republic of Congo 1) completing the management plan and business plan for the LTCR; 2) improving the operational efficiency and strengthening the workforce capacity of the LTCR; 3) conducting terrestrial and aquatic surveys as well as an annual wetland bird census; and 4) developing and implementing a long-term, community-driven fisheries and hunting governance and monitoring system.
Africa Great Apes-International Grants Developing a strategic plan to conserve the great apes of the Ndoki Landscape, Republic of Congo
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund Strengthening of the nest monitoring and launching of a releasing program .on the Muanda shoreline
African Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Forest Elephants and Bais-Phase 2: Practical applications of Bai monitoring and development of long term strategies and collaborations
USAID-Africa Great Apes Grants Great Ape Conservation and Monitoring in the Lac Tele Landscape, Republic of Congo
ENSURING THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF CONGO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT A CONSERVATION EFFORT IN CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BY IMPROVING PARK MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, AND CAPACITY. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO PRIMARILY CONSERVE THE PARK S POPULATIONS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS, CHIMPANZEES, GORILLAS, COASTAL DOLPHINS, LEATHERBACK AND OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES, AND LARGE MONKEYS, AS WELL AS OTHER THREATENED AND ICONIC FOREST AND AQUATIC SPECIES SUCH AS PANGOLINS AND MANATEES. THIS MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WILL ADDRESS HUNTING FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUSHMEAT TRADE, POACHING FOR IVORY, ILLEGAL FISHING, AND OTHER KEY THREATS TO WILDLIFE VIA FIVE MAIN OBJECTIVES CONTROL OF ILLEGAL KILLING AND PARK ENCROACHMENT ON LAND, CONTROL OF ILLEGAL KILLING AND BYCATCH IN PARK WATERS, DEVELOPMENT OF A BETTER EVIDENCE BASE TO ADAPTIVELY MANAGE PARK ACTIVITIES, IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THE PARK, AND ENHANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT AND OVERSEE IMPORTANT PARK PROGRAMS. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN THE FIRST YEAR INCLUDE 1 ECOGUARD PATROLS TO PROTECT THE TERRESTRIAL PORTION OF THE PARK, INCLUDING TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT 2 SUPPORT FOR A WILDLIFE CRIME UNIT TO ENSURE ARRESTS AND CONFISCATIONS LEAD TO FAIR TRIALS AND PROSECUTIONS 3 ENGAGEMENT WITH EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TO PROMOTE BETTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
Sniffer Dogs and the Detection of Illegal Pangolin Trade in the Republic of Congo The purpose of this project is to support a sniffer dog program to combat the illegal trade in pangolin scales and bushmeat in the Republic of Congo. This project is intended to conserve pangolins and other trafficked species by disrupting illegal trade. Specific activities include: (1) daily field missions with four sniffer dogs in key trade areas including control posts, airports, residences, and poacher camps with the goal of conducting over 104 seizers within a year; (2) development of a phone app to streamline data collection of trafficking incidents; and (3) maintenance of a database to record and monitor wildlife trafficking incidents to ensure that accountability exists within the local law enforcement system.
Marine turtle monitoring in Conkouati-Douli National Park (CDNP), Republic of Congo: 2014-2015 Season This project will conduct training for community members that will support a leatherback conservation program along 57 km of leatherback nesting beach within Conkouati-Douli National Park, which is contiguous with the major leatherback nesting population in Mayumba National Park, Gabon. This grant will also support marine enforcement patrols by the Park in the waters extending 3 miles from the Parks shoreline to deter illegal foreign industrial fishing vessels, which are the cause of much of the sea turtle bycatch mortality within the Park.nsure the implementation of daily nest surveys and protection activities within the Park, work with local communities and fisherman to minimize sea turtle bycatch from coastal gill net fisheries, and conduct marine patrols with Park vessel to deter illegal industrial fishing within Park waters.
Marine Turtles Postal Grant-Species Conservation Grant MARINE TURTLE MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF.CONGO
DECREASING THREATS TO PROTECTED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN BY REDUCING DEMAND FOR BUSHMEAT IN LARGE URBAN AREAS To reduce luxury bushmeat demand in Kinshasa and Brazzaville
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Ebola Surveillance and Response Measures for Great Apes in Northern Republic of Congo
Protecting the largest known population of forest elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Phase III The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in the Okapi Faunal Reserve, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, by supporting ranger patrols and law enforcement. This project is intended to protect the countrys largest known population of forest elephants, estimated to at 1700 individuals in 2011, from poaching and ivory trafficking. Specific activities include: (1) surveillance patrols to detect and stop elephant poaching; (2) support for SMART, a law enforcement monitoring system intended to improve ranger patrol strategy; (3) deployment of park rangers in the parks southwest sector to prevent the reoccupation by poachers of illegal gold mining camps, established in 2012 and evacuated in 2014 following a successful government intervention; and (4) collaborate with the judiciary, police and other enforcement agencies to improve enforcement and prosecution of wildlife crime, including deployment of two EAGLE Network-trained lawyers in the provinces administrative capital of Bunia.
Ensuring the long-term protection of Conkouati Douli National Park, Republic of Congo The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Conkouati Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, by improving park management, protection, and capacity. The project is intended to primarily conserve the parks populations of forest elephants, chimpanzees, gorillas, coastal dolphins, leatherback and olive ridley sea turtles, and large monkeys, as well as other threatened and iconic forest and aquatic species such as pangolins and manatees. This multi-year agreement will address hunting for the commercial bushmeat trade, poaching for ivory, illegal fishing, and other key threats to wildlife via five main objectives: control of illegal killing and park encroachment on land, control of illegal killing and bycatch in park waters, development of a better evidence base to adaptively manage park activities, improvement of community support of the park, and enhancement of management capacity to implement and oversee important park programs. Specific activities in the first year include: (1) ecoguard patrols to protect the terrestrial portion of the park, including training and equipment; (2) support for a Wildlife Crime Unit to ensure arrests and confiscations lead to fair trials and prosecutions; (3) engagement with extractive industries to promote better management practices and to remain vigilant of illegal activities or encroachment; (4) patrols in marine waters to reduce illegal killing and bycatch; (5) support for a net compensation program to release sea turtles accidentally caught in local fishermens nets; (6) implementation of a law enforcement monitoring system (i.e., SMART) to more effectively plan patrol effort and evaluate performance; (7) continuation of a beach monitoring program to maintain a low poaching level of sea turtle nests; (8) improvements to ecotourism infrastructure to generate more revenue for communities and development of a community development strategy and better revenue-sharing scheme to decrease incentives for commun
MARINE TURTLES MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLE NESTING POPULATIONS ON 50 KM OF NESTING BEACHES WITHIN CONKOUATI- DOUALI NATIONAL PARK, AND 47 KM OF NESTING BEACH OUTSIDE THE PARK WHICH ARE IMPORTANT NESTING BEACHES FOR THE WEST AFRICA LEATHERBACK NESTING POPULATION AND ATLANTIC NESTING POPULATION OF OLIVE RIDLEYS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) DAILY SURVEYS BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM LOCAL VILLAGES ON 86 KM OF NESTING BEACH TO COUNT NESTS AND DETER POACHING (2) WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH FISHERS TO SAFELY RELEASE SEA TURTLES ACCIDENTLY CAPTURED IN GILL NETS ON IMPORTANT FORAGING GROUNDS THAT S IN THE RELEASE OF OVER 1,500 TURTLES ANNUALLY (3) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES INCLUDING SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TV AND RADIO SHOWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FESTIVALS.
CONNECTING CONSERVATION: WILDLIFE CORRIDORS & CORE AREAS IN THE SANGHA TRI-NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND NORTHERN CONGO: ODZALA-KOKOUA NATIONAL PARK IN PARTNERSHIP WITHAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND CORE AREAS IN THE TRANSBOUNDARY SANGHA TRINATIONAL AND NORTHERN CONGO REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSERVATION OF USFWS TRUST RESOURCES AND FEDERALLY PROTECTED SPECIES, INCLUDING THE WORLD S LARGEST POPULATION OF WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS AND THE LARGEST, CONNECTED POPULATION OF FOREST ELEPHANTS.ACTIVITIESINCLUDE (1)STABILIZINGPOACHING PRESSURES (2) BUILDINGRELIABLE INFORMATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF WILDLIFE AND(3)IMPROVINGWORKFORCE CAPACITY AND SAFEGUARD LOCAL AND LEGAL USE OF WILDLIFE.
USAID-Africa Great Apes Grants Goualougo Triangle Ape Project: Developing Conservation Policies and Local Leadership to Ensure the Long-term Survival of Chimpanzees and Gorillas
African Elephant Conservation Fund Elephant conservation in the Lac Tele Community Reserve, Republic of Congo
ENSURING THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF CONGO The purpose of this proJect is to support a.Conservation effort in Conkouat1 Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, by .improving park management, protection, and capacity. The proJect is intended to .primarily conserve the park's populations of forest elephants, chimpanzees, gorillas, .coastal dolphins, leatherback and olive.ridley sea turtles, and large monkeys, as well as other threatened and iconic .forest and aquatic species such as pangolins and manatees. This.multi-year agreement will address hunting for the commercial bushmeat trade, poaching .for ivory, illegal fishing, and other key threats to wildlife via five main .objectives: control of illegal killing and park encroachment on land, control of .illega killing and bycatch in park waters, development of a better evidence base .to.adaptively manage park activities, improvement of.community support of the park, and enhancement of management capacity to implement and. oversee important park programs. Specific activities in
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund Marine Turtle Monitoring in Congo, 2011-2012 Season
Africa Great Apes-International Grants Assessment and mitigation of threats to great apes and other large mammals in the the east of the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and its eastern buffer zone Ngombe
African Elephant Conservation Fund The grantee will continue to monitor elephants in the Congo side of the Bateke landscape, train local students and conservationists, and provide protection through observer presence at sensitive sites frequented by elephants.
Connecting Conservation: Wildlife Corridors & Core Areas in the Sangha Tri-National Landscape and Northern Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park Connect and secure wildlife populations and habitat corridors across the Sangha Trinational and Northern Congo conservation landscape.
Tackling the bushmeat trade in and around Conkouati Douli National Park through the..establishment of a Wildlife Crime Unit This project protects the wildlife of Conkouati Douli National Park in the Republic of Congo by reducing illegal wildlife trafficking in and around the park. It conserves chimpanzees, gorillas, forest elephants, and marine turtles by tackling poaching and bushmeat trade through a comprehensive and targeted law enforcement strategy. Specific activities include building the capacity of the ecoguard force and establishing a wildlife crime unit composed of community liaisons, lawyers and data analysts.
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund The recipient will conduct training for community monitors, ensure the implementation of daily nest surveys and protection activities within the Park, work with local communities and fisherman to minimize sea turtle bycatch from coastal gill net fisheries, and concuct marine patrols with Park vessel to deter illegal industrial fishing within Park waters.
Marine turtle monitoring and protection in the Republic of Congo The recipient will train local village members to conduct daily patrols on three 10 km long nesting beaches (Bellelo, Djeno, and Mvassa) to count nests and prevent poaching, conduct environmental outreach with local villages, and work with fisherman to ensure safe release of sea turtles accidentally captured in gill nets.
MONITORING AND PROTECTING THE GREATER NOUABALE-NDOKI LANDSCAPE OF CONGO-2 The purpose of this project is to support an elephant conservation effort in Nouabale-Ndoki National Park.(NNNP) and adjacent forestry concessions by improving biological and human disturbance monitoring.and building the capacity of Central African conservationists. Northern Republic of Congo, as part of the.Greater Sangha-Ndoki Region, is one of the last remaining forest elephant strongholds, with a population.estimate of more than 7,000 elephants in NNNP and its periphery. This project is intended to conserve.African forest elephants and their habitat by addressing the impacts of poaching and supporting evidence.based decision making by conservation managers. Specific activities include: (1) maintaining a landscape.scale acoustic monitoring system and associated data management and analyses; (2) monitoring of.elephant population dynamics and habitat use, in addition to illegal hunting with improved accuracy via.camera traps; and (3) establishing a center for analysis and training at NNNP to support Central African.biologists and conservationists.
Marine Turtle monitoring and protection in the Republic of Congo The recipient will train local village members to conduct daily patrols on three 10 km long nesting beaches (Bellelo, Djeno, and Mvassa) to count nests and prevent poaching, conduct environmental outreach with local villages, and work with fisherman to ensure safe release of sea turtles accidentally captured in gill nets.
Great Apes Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to improve the long-term conservation of great apes in the Republic of Congo by increasing local capacity and professional development. Provide advanced training in applied conservation research and facilitate opportunities for GTAP staff to link this information directly to conservation policy; promote leadership of GTAP staff in great ape health monitoring initiatives, including training in new technologies for data collection and expansion of worker health programs; implement a mentoring program which prepares research assistants to increase their participation in local, regional and international conservation advocacy; involve GTAPs research staff in enhanced surveillance and monitoring activities (such as..SMART) to protect at-risk ape populations along the southeast border of the NNNP.
Great Apes-Volunteer Partnership Developing a strategic plan to conserve the great apes of the Ndoki Landscape, Republic of Congo
African Elephant Conservation Fund This project will support anti-poaching activities, foot surveys to identify elephant population trends and areas of poaching, and infrastructure to promote tourism to the area in southwestern Republic of Congo.
ENSURING THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF CONGO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT A CONSERVATION EFFORT IN CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BY IMPROVING PARK MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, AND CAPACITY. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO PRIMARILY CONSERVE THE PARK S POPULATIONS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS, CHIMPANZEES, GORILLAS, COASTAL DOLPHINS, LEATHERBACK AND OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES, AND LARGE MONKEYS, AS WELL AS OTHER THREATENED AND ICONIC FOREST AND AQUATIC SPECIES SUCH AS PANGOLINS AND MANATEES. THIS MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WILL ADDRESS HUNTING FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUSHMEAT TRADE, POACHING FOR IVORY, ILLEGAL FISHING, AND OTHER KEY THREATS TO WILDLIFE VIA FIVE MAIN OBJECTIVES: CONTROL OF ILLEGAL KILLING AND PARK ENCROACHMENT ON LAND, CONTROL OF ILLEGAL KILLING AND BYCATCH IN PARK WATERS, DEVELOPMENT OF A BETTER EVIDENCE BASE TO ADAPTIVELY MANAGE PARK ACTIVITIES, IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THE PARK, AND ENHANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT AND OVERSEE IMPORTANT PARK PROGRAMS. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN THE FIRST YEAR INCLUDE: (1) ECOGUARD PATROLS TO PROTECT THE TERRESTRIAL PORTION OF THE PARK, INCLUDING TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT (2) SUPPORT FOR A WILDLIFE CRIME UNIT TO ENSURE ARRESTS AND CONFISCATIONS LEAD TO FAIR TRIALS AND PROSECUTIONS (3) ENGAGEMENT WITH EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TO PROMOTE BETTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TO REMAIN VIGILANT O
Safeguarding African Grey Parrot populations in the Republic of Congo through a coordinated national and transboundary response to combat illegal trafficking African grey parrots are intensively hunted throughout their range for the trade in live birds and parrot parts. Since the 1990s, much of the legal trade has shifted from West Africa to Central Africa where local populations are rapidly declining. African grey parrots were uplisted to Appendix I at the 17th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) in 2016. This uplisting bans the commercial trade and harvest of wild-caught parrots. In the Republic of Congo (ROC), wild parrots are frequently seized from traffickers, including those crossing the border from Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to illegally harvest parrots. To address the illegal trapping and killing of wild parrots for the live bird and parts trade, this two-year grant will support: collection and standardization of information on parrot trafficking routes to better target law enforcement operations; law enforcement operations to interdict parrot trafficking; training for prosecutors and magistrates on national and international (CITES) legislation to strengthen the application of wildlife laws; technical and legal support to reform national CITES implementation legislation, including support at the next CITES CoP in 2019; and bilateral discussions between ROC and DRC authorities to help combat transboundary parrot trafficking.
Monitoring and Protecting the Nouabal-Ndoki Landscape of Congo This grant will support acoustic technology to monitor elephant presence, absence, and abundance and human activity, including logging and illegal hunting, at remote sites in the Central African forest. Specific activities will include deploying acoustic sensors to detect elephant calls and manmade sounds (including heavy machinery and gunshots) in the Nouabal-Ndoki National Park, the Loundougou forest concession, and the Kabo forest concession, developing software to automatically analyze the recordings, and advising management about changes in elephant activity and detected threats.
Great Apes Postal Fund Great ape public awareness project using video-centered education outreach
STRENGTHENING MONITORING, INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING TO ENSURE THE IMPACT OF THE LAC TELE COMMUNITY RESERVE, REPUBLIC OF CONGO Funds under this award are to be used to ensure the integrity of the Lac Tele Community Reserve (LTCR) and its long-term protection by reducing illegal killing and trafficking of wildlife and building long-lasting stewardship of wildlife by the local communities.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Forest Elephants and Bais-Phase 2: Practical applications of Bai monitoring and development of long term strategies and collaborations
Decreasing threats to protected wildlife populations in Central Africa by reducing demand for bushmeat in large urban areas THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE DEMANDFOR BUSHMEA
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund The recipient will train local village members to conduct daily patrols on three 10 km long nesting beaches (Bellelo, Djeno, and Mvassa) to count nests and prevent poaching, conduct environmental outreach with local villages, and work with fisherman to ensure safe release of sea turtles accidentally captured in gill nets.
Great ape public awareness project using video-centered education outreach "The purpose of this project is to conserve great ape populations in northern Republic of Congo by raising awareness in rural communities using a participatory approach that involves screenings and dissemination of films to ultimately reduce illegal great ape and bushmeat hunting, ritual wildlife killings, habitat destruction and disease transmission. The recipient will reduce great ape and bushmeat hunting and consumption in the departments of Cuvette Ouest,.Cuvette, Sangha, and Likouala through a sustained awareness campaign aimed at eliminating activities that threaten great ape populations; reduce the possibility of future Ebola outbreaks among human populations through an awareness campaign aimed at eliminating activities that increase the risk of disease transmission between great apes and humans; reduce the national demand for great ape and other illegal bushmeat by raising awareness through dissemination of locally produced video to national media outlets and community radio stations, highlighting major issues negatively impacting great apes; increase awareness and acceptance among local communities in Cuvette Ouest, Cuvette, Sangha, and Likouala for the need to develop and consume alternative protein sources; and improve the effectiveness of outreach campaigns using a long-term strategy of evaluation that clearly shows increases in knowledge, and ultimately shows changes of behavior, in target audiences but also informs the need for adaptations of INCEF outreach videos in our ongoing effortgoris."