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Strengthening long-term protection of elephants in southern Tanzania Funds will be used to minimize conflict with local farmers in the farming communities of Namelok and Isinet between Amboseli, Chyulu Hills and Tsavo West National Parks. Specific activity will include the construction of a 59-km electric fence to keep elephants inside wildlife-tolerant areas. According to the impact assessment and community consultation, this fence will prevent elephants from entering agricultural land and, in exchange, the community will tolerate elephant movement through existing corridors and into seasonal dispersal areas in order to minimize conflict and facilitate coexistence.Ensuring long-term viability of elephants through exclusion fencing to permanently reduce human-elephant conflict in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya
SECURING CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION IN THE MAHALE - TONGWE WEST CORRIDOR The purpose of this project is to strengthen the protection of high biodiversity forests and endangered chimpanzee populations in the Mahale Tongwe West corridor of Tanzania by improving the capacity of villages to protect village forests in the corridor while deriving sustainable income from them. Activities include: 1) engaging two key villages to introduce the project and obtain community input; 2) engaging communities in participatory forest management activities, including demarcation of village forests; 3) choosing village forest scouts and agreeing on forest use restrictions; 4) identifying forest areas for sustainable income generation activities; 5) assisting communities in developing bylaws for the protection of village forests; 5) identifying supplementary income streams for development, including an eco.tourism facility and carbon-based income generation; and 6) establishing a ranger post for use by village forest scouts.
WWB-Africa-International Grants My Wildlife-My Community: Using Entertainment-Education to Protect Wildlife and Reduce Bushmeat Exploitation: Building a Constituency in Tanzania
Increasing fence-line security around Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary, Tanzania In order to maintain security for Mkomazis eastern black rhinos, this project supports ongoing expenses for ground and aerial patrolling, and maintenance of park infrastructure. Funds will be used to upgrade the security fence and security systems within the protected area and to support operating costs of ground and aerial anti-poaching patrols.
Support USAID Priorities-Tanzania In order to improve patrol efficiency, this project will fund village game scout anti-poaching patrols and the pilot phase of a spatially explicit law enforcement monitoring technique, SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool), in the community-owned Waga Wildlife Management Area bordering Ruaha National Park in Tanzania.
Rhino & Tiger Postal Fund Using environmental education programmes to address the rhino poaching threat in Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania and North Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Support to Tanzania National Parks in the protection of their Black Rhinoceros population in Serengeti National Park and adjoining areas, Tanzania Support to Tanzania National Parks in the protection of their Black Rhinoceros population in Serengeti National Park and adjoining areas, Tanzania
Providing vehicle support for rhino monitoring and security efforts in Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary, Tanzania In order to main security for Mkomazis eastern black rhinos, this project supports ongoing expenses for ground and aerial patrolling, and maintenance of park infrastructure. Funds will be used to purchase an additional vehicle used exclusively for maintaining security and infrastructure of the fenced rhino sanctuary.
Reducing Human Elephant Conflict near Ruaha National Park, Tanzania In order to generate local support for the protection of elephants in and around Ruaha National Park, the grantee will assist local farmers in preventing elephant damage to crops and will also conduct outreach and park visitation programs to improve understanding of the importance of the park and to promote dialogue between park officials and local residents.
SECURING CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION IN THE MAHALE - TONGWE WEST CORRIDOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO STRENGTHEN THE PROTECTION OF HIGH BIODIVERSITY FORESTS AND ENDANGERED CHIMPANZEE POPULATIONS IN THE MAHALE TONGWE WEST CORRIDOR OF TANZANIA BY IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF VILLAGES TO PROTECT VILLAGE FORESTS IN THE CORRIDOR WHILE DERIVING SUSTAINABLE INCOME FROM THEM. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1) ENGAGING TWO KEY VILLAGES TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT AND OBTAIN COMMUNITY INPUT 2) ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN PARTICIPATORY FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING DEMARCATION OF VILLAGE FORESTS 3) CHOOSING VILLAGE FOREST SCOUTS AND AGREEING ON FOREST USE RESTRICTIONS 4) IDENTIFYING FOREST AREAS FOR SUSTAINABLE INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES 5) ASSISTING COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING BYLAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF VILLAGE FORESTS 5) IDENTIFYING SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STREAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING AN ECO 1 TOURISM FACILITY AND CARBON BASED INCOME GENERATION AND 6) ESTABLISHING A RANGER POST FOR USE BY VILLAGE FOREST SCOUTS.
Monitoring the long-term effects of poaching on elephants in southern Tanzania In response to widespread elephant poaching throughout southern Tanzania, this organization is working to protect a key population near Tanzanias elephant strongholds of Selous and Ruaha. Activities will include training staff from Tanzanias wildlife research institute, TAWIRI, assessing four elephant populations for early warning signs of decline, and training national park staff in monitoring elephant populations and conducting anti-poaching activities.
Engaging community support for Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuarys black rhino conservation activities disturbance, loss of foraging habitat, and
Support USAID Priorities-Tanzania The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of using Conservation Drones to monitor chimpanzee populations in Western Tanzania. The recipient will compare chimpanzee nest densities along the same transects using two different survey methods (ground, UAV); and determine the costs associated with each method to cover the same survey area to evaluate which method will be most cost-effective for future monitoring.
GENERATING LOCAL SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION NEAR RUAHA NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA The purpose of this project is to build local community support for elephant conservation in villages surrounding Tanzanias Ruaha National Park and the adjacent Lunda-Mkwambi Wildlife Management Area, including building their resistance to poaching networks seeking assistance from the communities to illegally hunt and kill elephants for their ivory. Where people perceive no benefits from elephant conservation, communities can be sources of labor for organized poachers and human-elephant conflict can create severe antagonism towards the species. This project works to alter that perception by building partnerships with the local communities that live around one of East Africas largest remaining elephant populations. Specific activities include: (1) park visitation by residents of villages adjacent to Ruaha National Park, including engagement with park personnel and educational programs; (2) development of beehive fencing to address human-elephant conflict; and (3) public engagement and delivery of an established conservation education curriculum, including teacher training and knowledge assessments as well as conservation film showings in villages that have experienced human-elephant conflict and poaching.
SUPPORT TO TANZANIA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IN THE PROTECTION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS The purpose of this project is to maintain anti-poaching pressure in a severely depleted elephant population in central Tanzania. Elephants in the Selous ecosystem were estimated at over 100,000 individuals in 1976, declining by 85% in 2014 to approximately 15,000 animals. The most recent wave of poaching pressure peaked between 2010 and 2013 with an estimated six elephants killed each day. Poaching has since stabilized to about two elephants killed every month in the Selous Game Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Africa, where reserve staff and patrol teams are responsible for controlling illegal activities across an area nearly the size of West Virginia. This project builds on sustained anti-poaching efforts to provide essential security for elephants and to work towards the stabilization and recovery of one of Tanzanias largest elephant populations. Specific activities include: (1) aerial surveillance and support, including fuel and maintenance, and operations; (2) improvement of communications network, including installation of radio equipment that expands the network to additional reserve sectors; (3) ground surveillance and protection support, including transport, ranger operations, and a mobile team to respond rapidly to illegal activities and incidents of human-wildlife conflict.
Generating local support for elephant conservation near Ruaha National Park, Tanzania Park visitation by residents of villages adjacent to Ruaha National Park, including engagement with park personnel and educational programs; (2) development of beehive fencing to address human-elephant conflict; and (3) public engagement and delivery of an established conservation education curriculum, including teacher training and knowledge assessments as well as conservation film showings in villages that have experienced human-elephant conflict and poaching.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Using environmental education programmes to address the rhino poaching threat in Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania and North Luangwa National Park, Zambia
REPLACEMENT AWARDS FOR FY2019 - CONSERVATION OF CHIMPANZEES IN SOUTHERN TANGANYIKA ECOSYSTEM Funds under this award are to be used to secure the long-term protection of chimpanzees in Tanzanias South Tanganyika region by increasing understanding of chimpanzee population status and geographical distribution, and reducing chimpanzee habitat loss. Activities include: 1) updating the chimpanzee population estimate for the region; 2) mapping chimpanzee distribution; 3) determining the current condition of chimpanzee habitats; 4) supporting patrols by Tanzania Forest Services, Tanzania Wildlife Authority, and local government authorities to ensure wildlife conservation; 5) establishing land-use plans in two villages that pose a high threat to chimpanzees; 6) conducting stakeholder workshops on the ecological importance of chimpanzees; and 7) raising community awareness of the conservation value of chimpanzees.
HOLISTICALLY ENHANCING HUMAN-ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE FOR TWO PRIORITY ELEPHANT POPULATIONS IN TANZANIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT A CONSERVATION EFFORT IN THE RUNGWA-KIZIGO-MUHESI GAME RESERVE COMPLEX, NYERERE NATIONAL PARK, UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, AND THE KILOMBERO VALLEY, BY IMPROVING HUMAN-ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE AND ENHANCING LOCAL LIVELIHOODS. AS PART OF THE LARGER WESTERN TANZANIA REGION AND SELOUS-NIASSA REGION SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLDS, THIS LANDSCAPE IS HOME TO AN ESTIMATED 31,000 ELEPHANTS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT HEC AND POACHING. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 MONITORING AND MITIGATING HEC THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED DATA COLLECTION, BEEHIVE AND SOLAR-POWERED STROBE LIGHT FENCE CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVED CROP STORAGE 2 TRAINING RANGERS TO DOCUMENT AND REPORT HEC INCIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES 3 CONDUCTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, INCLUDING SWAHILI-LANGUAGE HUMAN-ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE FILMS AND 4 SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY LOAN AND INSURANCE PROGRAM AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS DEVELOPMENT.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Chimpanzee Health Initiative at Mahale Mountains National Park (CHIMMP) for Strengthening Local Capacity to Implement Conservation Programs in Tanzania
CHIMPANZEES AND FIRES: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANNUAL FIRES ON CHIMPANZEES AND CRITICAL CHIMPANZEE HABITAT IN WESTERN TANZANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS 2-YEAR PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT PROTECTION OF EASTERN CHIMPANZEES BY ESTABLISHING BASELINE DATA ON THE EFFECT OF ANNUAL BURNING ON CHIMPANZEE HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR IN WESTERN TANZANIA, AND DISSEMINATING FINDINGS FOR INTEGRATION INTO FIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 1) IDENTIFYING LANDSCAPE FEATURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BURNING PATTERNS ACROSS THE GREATER MAHALE ECOSYSTEM 2) IDENTIFYING AREAS OF OVERLAP BETWEEN BURNING AND CHIMPANZEE HABITAT USE 3) IDENTIFYING THE EFFECT OF BURNING ON VEGETATION AND ESTABLISHING MONTHLY MONITORING AND 4) SPONSORING AND TRAINING A POST-GRADUATE MSC STUDENT IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM.
Support USAID Priorities - Tanzania Support for aerial operations and law enforcement activities for Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Conserving kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji strongholds in southern Tanzania Conserving kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji strongholds in Southern Tanzania. In partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society this project will support the long-term survival of the Kipunji in the Mount Rungwe and Livingstone forests in Tanzania. Specific activities include: employ forest guards to improve law enforcement in both the Livingston and Mt Rungwe forests and will ensure patrol areas will be surveyed on a continuous basis; (2) address the root cause of forest degredation by developing alternative fuels sources with locally managed woodlots that will provide 75% of required wood to villages and will pilot the use of fuel efficient stoves; (3) reduce human-monkey conflict by developing an effective crop raiding mitigation methods to reduce retributional hunting; (4) Determine appropriate cash crops to plant adjacent to the forest to reduce hunting threats; (5) conduct environmental education and outreach on the importance of the forest in 20 villages.
Support USAID Priorities - Tanzania Supporting Village Game Scouts on Waga Wildlife Management Area in the Ruaha ecosystem, Tanzania
Engaging community support for Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuarys black rhino conservation activities decreased an estimated 50% over the last 10 years
Continuing support for community-based conservation of the kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in southern Tanzania This project will focus on long-term survival of the kipunji in the Mount Rungwe and Livingstone forests in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. Specific objectives include: (1) Reduce loss and degradation of kipunji forest habitat in the Rungwe-Livingstone forests; (2) Reduce retaliatory hunting of kipunji by farmers around the Rungwe-Livingstone forests; (3) Protect an isolated kipunji subpopulation by supporting a newly initiated community forest conservation program in an unmanaged village forest in Livingstone.
Enhancing human-elephant coexistence in Selous-Udzungwa, Tanzania Ten years ago, Southern Tanzania was home to the second largest elephant population in Africa: more than 100,000 elephants moved between Mikumi and Udzungwa National Parks and the Selous Game Reserve. Now, they number fewer than 16,000 and the connections between the protected areas are being severed by human settlement, infrastructure development, and agriculture. This project will identify corridors that are still viable for elephant connectivity between the protected areas by mapping elephant movement and land use and working to get these corridors protected status. Secondly, the grantee will work to alleviate human-elephant conflict in key villages by deploying various methods to minimize crop raiding and conflict and to improve livelihoods through income-generating coexistence interventions.
Support USAID Priorities-Tanzania This grant will support ongoing protection and monitoring of Mkomazi National Park's fenced rhino sanctuary. Funds will be used to support security and rhino monitoring salaries and expenses, aerial surveillance in the area, specialized training for park personnel, and maintenance of essential infrastructure for the rhino sanctuary including fencing, boreholes for water supply and security outposts.
Protecting elephants and elephant corridors around Katavi National Park and adjacent reserves The project is working to improve the security of the elephant population in southern Katavi National Park, Lwafi Game Reserve, and Loasi River and Kalambo Forest Reserves by engaging communities around the reserves, the Tanzania Forest Service, and district government. Activities will include: designing forest and corridor management plans, aerial survey of large mammals, biological monitoring, human-elephant conflict mitigation, training park and district staff, and demarcating reserve boundaries.
Wildlife Without Borders - Africa My Wildlife-My Community: Using Entertainment-Education to Protect Wildlife and Reduce Bushmeat Exploitation: Building a Constituency in Tanzania
Support for black rhinoceros conservation in Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and adjacent dispersal areas, Tanzania Eastern black rhinos (Diceros bicornis michaeli) have disappeared from all of Tanzania except Mkomazi National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The few surviving rhinos continue to be under severe threat. USFWS previously supported all three sites throughout the 1990s, but had to terminate funding due to questionable performance and lack of commitment from the host country government. Now, an international non-governmental organization has stepped in to reinitiate and reinvigorate rhino protection programs. This years funds will support black rhino monitoring and protection, improve communications between wildlife authorities and community wildlife management areas (WMAs) and Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
GENERATING LOCAL SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION NEAR RUAHA NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA- 4 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION EFFORT IN RUAHA NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES IN THE GREATER RUAHA RUNGWA ECOSYSTEM BY IMPROVING HUMAN ELEPHANT COEXISTENCE AND BUILDING A CONSTITUENCY FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION. AS PART OF THE LARGER WESTERN TANZANIA REGION SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS IN EAST AFRICA, WITH AN ESTIMATED 20,145 INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT (HEC) AND POACHING. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) ORGANIZING PARK VISITATION AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIVING WITH ELEPHANTS (2) CONSTRUCTING BEEHIVE BARRIER FENCES TO REDUCE ELEPHANT CROP RAIDING (3) SYSTEMATICALLY MONITORING HEC EVENTS AND (4) CONDUCTING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING THROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND CONSERVATION FILM SCREENINGS WITH VILLAGES IDENTIFIED AS HEC HOTSPOTS.
GENERATING LOCAL SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION NEAR RUAHA NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA- 4 The purpose of this project is to support an elephant conservation effort in Ruaha National Park and.surrounding villages in the greater Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem by improving human-elephant coexistence.and building a constituency for elephant conservation. As part of the larger Western Tanzania Region.savanna elephant stronghold, this ecosystem is home to the largest population of elephants in East Africa,.with an estimated 20,145 individuals. This project is intended to conserve African savanna elephants and.their habitat by addressing the impacts of human-elephant conflict (HEC) and poaching. Specific.activities include: (1) organizing park visitation and alternative livelihood opportunities for local.communities living with elephants; (2) constructing beehive barrier fences to reduce elephant crop.raiding; (3) systematically monitoring HEC events; and (4) conducting community outreach and.education programming through primary schools and conservation film screenings with villages.identified as HEC hotspots.
IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF THE ELEPHANTS OF THE KATAVI NATIONAL PARK TRANSBOUNDARY AREA AND THEIR HABITAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION EFFORT IN KATAVI NATIONAL PARK AND LWAFI GAME RESERVE BY IMPROVING TRANSBOUNDARY ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT BETWEEN TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA AND ENHANCING LOCAL PARTNER ENGAGEMENT. AS PART OF THE LARGER WESTERN TANZANIA REGION SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS IN EAST AFRICA, WITH AN ESTIMATED 20,145 INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF POACHING, HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, AND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT HEC . SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 CONDUCTING COMMUNITY-BASED CAMERA TRAP MONITORING AND MAPPING OF TRANSBOUNDARY ELEPHANT MOVEMENTS 2 ORGANIZING COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION MEETINGS AND TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY EXCHANGE VISITS BETWEEN TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA AND 3 CONDUCTING COMMUNITY-BASED HEC MITIGATION PLANNING AND TRAINING.
SECURING CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION IN THE MAHALE - TONGWE WEST CORRIDOR The purpose of this project is to strengthen the protection of high biodiversity forests and endangered chimpanzee populations in.the Mahale Tongwe West corridor of Tanzania by improving the capacity of villages to protect village forests in the corridor.while deriving sustainable income from them. Activities include: 1) engaging two key villages to introduce the project and obtain.community input; 2) engaging communities in participatory forest management activities, including demarcation of village.forests; 3) choosing village forest scouts and agreeing on forest use restrictions; 4) identifying forest areas for sustainable income.generation activities; 5) assisting communities in developing bylaws for the protection of village forests; 5) identifying .supplementary income streams for development, including an eco-tourism facility and carbon-based income generation; and 6).establishing a ranger post for use by village forest scouts.
Support USAID Priorities - Tanzania Assessing patterns of poaching risk in relation to resource-constrained distribution of Mikumi elephants for a long-term elephant protection and management strategy
Wildife Without Borders-Critically Endangered Animals This project will focus on long-term survival of the kipunji in the Mount Rungwe and Livingstone forests in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. Specific objectives include: (1) Reduce loss and degradation of kipunji forest habitat in the Rungwe-Livingstone forests; (2) Reduce retaliatory hunting of kipunji by farmers around the Rungwe-Livingstone forests; (3) Protect an isolated kipunji subpopulation by supporting a newly initiated community forest conservation program in an unmanaged village forest in Livingstone.
SECURING CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION IN THE MAHALE TONGWE WEST CORRIDOR, TANZANIA #2. 2021 2025 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SURVIVAL OF ENDANGERED CHIMPANZEES IN TANZANIA S GREATER MAHALE ECOSYSTEM AND PROTECT A KEY HABITAT CORRIDOR BY 1 EQUIPPING AND TRAINING VILLAGE FOREST SCOUTS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF GPSS, CAMERAS, BINOCULARS, AND FOOTWEAR 2 INCREASING VILLAGE CAPACITY TO DERIVE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME FROM VILLAGE FORESTS BY AUGMENTING THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CONSERVATION BANK COCOBA MICRO-FINANCE SYSTEMS, DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS, IMPLEMENTING A CARBON CREDIT INCOME PROJECT, AND PROVIDING GOVERNANCE TRAINING 3 CONDUCTING BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CORRIDOR USE BY CHIMPANZEES AND OTHER KEY SPECIES AND 4 CONDUCTING A SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND DRIVERS OF HUMAN IN-MIGRATION AND ENCROACHMENT ON CHIMPANZEE HABITAT.