Fish and Wildlife Service

Description

For this FY 2012 December proposal cycle, the call for applications will be limited to Gabon only.The Wildlife Without Borders-Africa Program funds projects designed to strengthen the ability of African individuals and institutions to manage and conserve species, habitats, and ecological processes for the benefit of the people of Africa and the world. The Wildlife Without Borders Program defines capacity building as strengthening the ability of individuals and organizations to conserve biodiversity. Capacity building approaches can include training, facilitating dialogue, program development, and provision of equipment and other resources. Projects should build capacity in one (or more) of the following themes: Threat Reduction: Includes projects that increase individual and institutional capacity to reduce threats to African wildlife, including extractive industries, human-wildlife conflict, hunting for bushmeat, wildlife disease in and around protected areas, and climate change; Protected Area Management: Includes projects that strengthen the management ability of institutions responsible for protected areas, by conducting a training program or capacity needs assessment, or by undertaking activities that improve management effectiveness, conservation financing, protected area coverage, community outreach and education, conflict resolution, coalition building, human resource management, financial management, vehicle and facility maintenance, law enforcement, grant writing, and/or project implementation; Training Programs: Includes projects that increase the capacity of universities, colleges or other institutions to deliver education and training programs on protected area management and species conservation; Decision Makers: Includes projects that enhance the knowledge of decision makers and other stakeholders in order to strengthen their ability to positively influence wildlife conservation, management, legislation, policy, and finance; and to harmonize these with other national policies. For all themes listed above, the priority audiences for capacity building include: protected area managers, administrators, guards and rangers; conservation outreach specialists and educators, including professors, teachers, and trainers; community conservationists and staff of local non-governmental and civil society organizations; decision makers, including legislators, legal and other public officials. Projects should take place in Africa. If work is to be conducted outside Africa, the proposal must explain how the proposed activities will further wildlife conservation and management within Africa.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• Individuals

Contact

Corrie Mauldin <br/>International Affairs Specialist <br/>Phone 7033582637
corrie_mauldin@fws.gov