Fish and Wildlife Service

Description

The African Elephant Conservation Fund supports projects that promote conservation through: * Enhanced protection of at-risk elephant populations; * Efforts to decrease human-elephant conflict; * Habitat conservation and management; * Protected area/reserve management in important elephant range; * Strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs; * Transfrontier elephant conservation; * Wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills; * Conservation education and community outreach; * Applied research necessary to inform protection and management, including surveys and monitoring; * Development and execution of elephant conservation management plans; * Development of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve elephant protection; * Compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of elephants or regulate the use and management of elephant habitat; * Reducing demand for and trafficking of illegal ivory products.

Who can apply

• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

Cheryl Leonard 703-358-1725<br/>Cheryl_Leonard@fws.gov<br/>
Cheryl_Leonard@fws.gov