Panthera Corporation

INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNTER WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING EFFORTS IN SIX GLOBALLY IMPORTANT REGIONS THROUGH A COORDINATED BIG CAT INTELLIGENCE NETWORK

ANTIDOTES TO ANTHRAX LETHAL FACTOR INTOXICATION

BUILDING INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS TO COUNTER BIG CAT TRAFFICKING

INHIBITORS OF ANTHRAX LETHAL FACTOR METALLOPROTEINASE

THE DERAMAKOT LANDSCAPE IN SABAH, MALAYSIAN BORNEO MAKES UP PART OF THE CENTRAL SABAH MANAGED ELEPHANT RANGE. IN THIS KEY LANDSCAPE FOR BORNEAN ELEPHANTS, PANTHERA HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. WE HAVE SUPPORTED A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FOUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO INSTITUTIONALIZE COMMUNITY RANGER TEAMS AND COMMUNITY-BASED PATROLLING. MOVING FORWARD, WE PROPOSE TO INCREASE SITE PROTECTION IN DERAMAKOT BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES IN THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AREA (CCA) IN AN AREA OF CURRENTLY UNPROTECTED FORESTS. THE LONG-TERM GOAL FOR THIS CCA IS THAT IT WILL BE MANAGED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR CULTURAL NEEDS (SUSTAINABLE HARVEST OF BEARDED PIGS AND SAMBAR FOR WILD MEAT). THE CCA WILL ALSO SERVE TO CLOSE A KEY GAP IN DERAMAKOTS OVERALL SITE PROTECTION, WHERE POACHERS FROM OUTSIDE KERAMUAK USE THE UNPROTECTED FORESTS TO ENTER THE LANDSCAPE. IN ADDITION TO THE CCA, WE PROPOSE TO INCREASE CAPACITY FOR DERAMAKOT ENFORCEMENT TEAM LEADERS IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PATROL PLANNING. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY RANGER TEAMS ARE PROPERLY UTILIZED TO PATROL POACHING HOTSPOTS. LASTLY, WE WILL WORK WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN DERAMAKOT TO OVERCOME INTER-AGENCY DATA SHARING CHALLENGES USING A ONE-STOP CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM (SMART CONNECT).

DISCOVERY OF BROAD SPECTRUM DENGUE VIRUS PROTEINASE INHIBITORS

THE SO-CALLED BATK PLATEAU, NAMED AFTER THE LOCAL TK PEOPLE, IS A VAST FOREST-SAVANNA MOSAIC STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GABON AND CENTRAL CONGO. THIS MIXED ECOTONE OF DENSE TROPICAL FORESTS AND OPEN GRASSY PLAINS IS RECOGNIZED AS A DISTINCT TERRESTRIAL ECOREGION, WHICH COVERS AN AREA THE SIZE OF THE US STATE OF COLORADO. THE LANDSCAPE BOASTS A MIX OF CONGOLIAN FOREST SPECIES SUCH AS GREAT APES AND FOREST ELEPHANTS, AS WELL AS SPECIES OF THE ZAMBEZIAN SAVANNAS SYSTEMS, SUCH AS LIONS, SPOTTED HYAENAS AND VARIOUS SAVANNA UNGULATES. FOREST ELEPHANTS AND FOREST BUFFALO WERE RECORDED AS BEING PARTICULARLY ABUNDANT IN THIS LANDSCAPE DURING PRE-COLONIAL PERIODS, YET DECADES OF UNCONTROLLED HUNTING DURING AND FOLLOWING THE COLONIAL PERIOD LEFT THIS OPEN LANDSCAPE ALMOST DENUDED OF WILDLIFE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC FAUNAL SURVEYS IN THE SYSTEM CONDUCTED IN 2001 AND 2003. SUBSEQUENT SURVEYS IN THE LANDSCAPE REVEALED THAT, DESPITE SOME OF THE LARGER WILDLIFE SPECIES HAVING BECOME RARE OR EVEN LOCALLY EXTINCT (E.G. AFRICA WILD DOGS), BATK DOES BOAST SEVERAL ENDEMIC OR NEAR-ENDEMIC SPECIES OF PLANTS, BIRDS, AND REPTILES, SOME OF WHICH ARE SEEMINGLY VERY RARE. MORE RECENT MOLECULAR STUDIES FURTHER REVEALED THAT EVEN FOR OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD SPECIES SUCH AS FOREST ELEPHANTS, THE BATK POPULATION REPRESENTS A SEPARATE GENETIC CLUSTER WHICH DIFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE MAIN GENETIC GROUP OF FOREST ELEPHANTS THAT OCCUPIES THE MAJORITY OF GABON. THIS GENETICALLY UNIQUE FOREST ELEPHANT POPULATION IS TODAY LIKELY GEOGRAPHICALLY AND REPRODUCTIVELY ISOLATED, ALSO DUE TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE OPEN MANGANESE AND IRON ORE MINES ALONG THE WEST FLANK OF THE BATK LANDSCAPE. IN 2017, PANTHERA EMBARKED ON A COLLABORATION WITH GABONS NATIONAL PARK AGENCY ANPN, TO GRADUALLY RESTORE THE WILDLIFE POPULATIONS OF THE DEPLETED BATK PLATEAU. THE JOINT PROJECT WAS INITIATED WITH A 3-YEAR GRANT FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND THIS PROJECT HAS GROWN IN SIZE AND IMPACT EVER SINCE. ALL WILDLIFE SPECIES SHOW CLEAR SIGNS OF RECOVERY AND POPULATION INCREASE, INCLUDING FOREST ELEPHANTS, WHICH IS IN STARK CONTRAST WITH THE POPULATION TREND THE SPECIES EXHIBITS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE CONGO BASIN. THE ELEPHANT RECOVERY IS PARTICULARLY APPARENT AT A NUMBER OF NATURAL SALT LICKS THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. AT THESE ELEPHANT HOTSPOTS, GROUPS OF 20 ELEPHANTS OR MORE CAN NOW BE SEEN ON A REGULAR BASIS. WITH THIS PROPOSAL, PANTHERA RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS SUPPORT FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO FULLY SECURE ALL ELEPHANT HOTSPOTS WHILE ASSURING ADEQUATE RANGER PATROL COVERAGE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE LANDSCAPE. A GRANT FROM USFWS WOULD COMPLEMENT CONSIDERABLE FUNDING ALREADY SECURED FROM OTHER SOURCES, AND WOULD ENABLE PANTHERA TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN PARK PROTECTION. SUCH SUPPORT WOULD FOSTER FURTHER RECOVERY OF POPULATIONS OF ELEPHANTS AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN THIS ISOLATED WILDERNESS AREA, AND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS REALISTIC THAT BATK CAN EVENTUALLY BECOME AN ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD ACCORDING TO THE USFWS DEFINITION FOR FOREST ELEPHANTS, THIS BEING POPULATIONS OF OVER 1,000 INDIVIDUALS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO STABILIZE AND INCREASE THE TIGER POPULATION BY 50%, FROM EIGHT TIGERS (2018 SURVEY) TO 12 TIGERS BY 2025, WITH AT LEAST FOUR FEMALE AND TWO MALE TIGERS PERSISTING FOR THREE YEARS OR LONGER. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) ANNUALLY UPDATE STATUS OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS IN THE CORE AREA; (2) ADDRESS CRITICAL THREATS TO TIGERS IN THE CORE AREA; AND (3) DESIGN HIGHLY TARGETED PRACTICAL INTERVENTION MEASURES, SUCH AS COORDINATE A PENINSULA-WIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT TO THE MALAYAN TIGER AND DEVELOP TARGETED INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING THREATS TO TIGERS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.

WWB AFRICA FY17

IMPLEMENTING SWEFCOMS TIGER CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN: CONSOLIDATING BASELINES AND ADDRESSING CRITICAL THREATS

RECOVERING TIGERS IN NEPAL: SECURING THE FUTURE OF EXPANDING POPULATIONS THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

THE MERENDON MOUNTAIN RANGE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA REPRESENTS A BINATIONAL AREA WITH HIGH BIODIVERSITY, KEY CONNECTIVITY FOR JAGUARS AND CRUCIAL SOCIOECONOMIC VALUE FOR THE LOCAL PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE AREA IS ALSO THREATENED BY DEFORESTATION AND POACHING. PANTHERA HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS TO SECURE CRITICAL HABITAT, SUPPORT LOCAL PARTNERS AND COMMUNITIES AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE APPROACHES SUCH AS SMART, AN OPEN-ACCESS CONTROL AND PROTECTION REPORTING TOOL, AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING TO DETECT HUNTING ACTIVITY. HEREIN WE PROPOSE A PROJECT BASED ON SOCIALIZATIONS AND CONSULTATION WE CARRIED OUT WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE OF THE AREA IN 2023. THE PROJECT WILL TARGET THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: STRENGTHEN LOCAL WATER COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEGAL SUPPORT, CONTINUE TO MONITOR BIODIVERSITY, KEY SPECIES AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN CUSUCO NATIONAL PARK AND SIERRA CARAL WATER AND FOREST RESERVE AND EXPAND TO NEW AREAS, SUPPORT LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND SECURING ECONOMIC BENEFITS THROUGH THE FOREST INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROTECT THE CLEAN WATER SOURCE OF OVER 60,000 PEOPLE IN HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA, WHILE PROTECTING KEY HABITAT FOR OVER 49 ENDEMIC AND CRITICALLY ENDANGERED OR ENDANGERED IUCN SPECIES KNOWN TO EXIST IN THIS AREA. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO GENERATE MULTIPLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THROUGH THE FOREST INCENTIVE PROGRAM. WE ARE CONFIDENT THIS PROJECT WILL BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG-TERM, AS ALL PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON THE LOCAL PEOPLES INTEREST AND BENEFITS, ADDITIONALLY, PANTHERA HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITS PRESENCE IN THE AREA FOR ALMOST A DECADE THANKS TO A GROWING LIST OF PARTNERS.

GABON PROTECTED AREAS CORRIDOR IDENTIFICATION AND GAZETTEMENT

CONSERVING PRIORITY SPECIES THREATENED BY THE ILLEGAL TRADE TO COMPLEMENT AND FACILITATE EXISTING EFFORTS, USFWS HAS ISSUED THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL TRADE AND TRAFFICKING OF PRIORITY SPECIES. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IS DEFINED IN THE AS THE POACHING OR OTHER TAKING OF PROTECTED OR MANAGED SPECIES AND THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE AND THEIR RELATED PARTS AND PRODUCTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, THE TERM ⿿WILDLIFE INCLUDES TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ANIMAL SPECIES AND PLANT SPECIES SUBJECT TO ILLEGAL TRADE. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PROPOSALS FOCUSED ON: ⿢SPECIES WHOSE CONSERVATION STATUS⿿ HAS BEEN CATEGORIZED AS THREATENED (INCLUDING VULNERABLE, ENDANGERED, AND ⿿CRITICALLY ENDANGERED) BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN) RED LIST; DESIGNATED AS ⿿THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA, 50CFR17); AND/OR LISTED IN APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES). PROPOSALS FOR SPECIES LISTED IN APPENDIX II CITES AND/OR THOSE THAT HAVE YET TO BE LISTED BUT WHOSE CONSERVATION STATUSES ARE GREATLY THREATENED BY ILLEGAL TRADE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED. ⿢SPECIES OF INTEREST TO THE USFWS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY THE ILLEGAL TRADE INCLUDING AFRICAN GREY PARROTS (PSITTACUS ERITHACUS), PANGOLINS (MANIS SPP. [PHATAGINUS SPP., AND SMUTSIA SPP.]), LIONS (PANTHERA LEO), JAGUARS (PANTHERA ONCA), HIPPOS (HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIOUS), AND GIRAFFES (GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS). INELIGIBLE SPECIES: SPECIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE USFWS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS VIA THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, ASIAN ELEPHANT, RHINOCEROS AND TIGER, GREAT APE, AND MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ACTS, WILL BE CONSIDERED INELIGIBLE FOR THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. APPLICANTS CAN REVIEW ALL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ON THE USFWS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HOW TO APPLY PAGE. PROPOSALS MAY ONLY BE SUBMITTED TO ONE PROGRAM EACH FISCAL YEAR; THEREFORE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO ANOTHER PROGRAM (I.E., DUPLICATE PROPOSALS) WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

F18AP00858

RECOVERING TIGERS IN NEPAL: EXPANDING A COMPREHENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY TO ERADICATE POACHING IN THE TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE

1. EQUIPMENT, CONTRACTING AND TRAINING OF COMMUNITY RANGERS (GARIFUNAS AND LADINOS), 2 STRENGTHENING OF THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL PATROL GROUP, 3. URBAN AND ROAD OPERATIONS, 4. SUPPORT OF ZOOCRIADEROS WITH LOCAL INITIATIVE, 5. RADIO EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. IN THIS WAY, INCREASING THE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THE PARK WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING THE EXTERNAL PROBLEM (ILLEGAL TRADE, BLACK MARKET) WE HOPE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE HUNTING AND TRAFFICKING OF THESE SPECIES. WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE ZOOCRIADERO, RELEASES WILL BE MADE WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF THE GARIFUNA COMMUNITIES, THUS HELPING TO RECOVER THE POPULATION OF THESE REPTILES, BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP AWARENESS AND PRIDE IN CONSERVATION AMONG LOCAL YOUTH

FORESTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA ARE SLOWLY BEING EMPTIED OF MAMMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS TO FUEL DEMAND FOR STATUS SYMBOLS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, AND EXOTIC PETS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO TRIAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT BETTER EQUIP ENFORCEMENT RANGERS AND PROTECTED AREA STAFF TO COUNTER WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN THREE OF FIVE PROTECTED AREAS (PAS) IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX (SWEFCOM) IN THAILAND. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE THREATENED SPECIES INCLUDING THE INDOCHINESE TIGER, ASIAN ELEPHANT, AND SUNDA PANGOLIN BY INCREASING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS' (DNP) AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES' CAPACITY TO DISRUPT WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES OF THIS TWO-YEAR GRANT INCLUDE: (1) BUILDING CAPACITY AND SYSTEMS TO BETTER AGGREGATE, MANAGE, AND ANALYZE MULTIPLE INFORMATION STREAMS ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE THROUGH THE USE OF A SINGLE INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM ACROSS SWEFCOM; (2) FORMALIZING SWEFCOM ACTION PLANS FOR COMBATING WILDLIFE CRIME WITHIN EACH PA AND BUILD CROSS-PA RELATIONSHIPS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT TARGETED LE INTERVENTIONS; AND (3) PROMOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-SHARING OUTSIDE OF THE PA NETWORK AND FACILITATE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OTHER NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS AND ONGOING COOPERATION IN COMBATING WILDLIFE CRIME.

RHINO TIGER-FY 17-RT1740

PRESERVING A KEY JAGUAR CORRIDOR THROUGH SMART CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUFFER ZONE OF THE LAGUNA DE TERMINOS PROTECTED AR

RECOVERING TIGERS IN NEPAL: A COMPREHENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY

SECURING HABITAT IN A BINATIONAL LINKAGE CRITICAL FOR JAGUAR CONNECTIVITY

PROTECTING AND MONTORING TIGERS IN THE CORBETT-RAJAJI LANDSCAPE

SOUTH AMERICA REGIONAL PROGRAM

CWT FY 17

STRENGTHENING HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK

RHINO TIGER-FY 17-RT1744

IMPLEMENTING DEPREDATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON HUMAN-JAGUAR CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA

HUNTING SUSTAINABILITY AND HUNTER AWARENESS AS A FOUNDATION FOR MANAGING WILDLIFE HARVESTS IN SOUTH GUYANA AND RORAIMA

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR SPECIALISED

MINK B -IVINDO CORRIDOR INITIATIVE: ENHANCING THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THREATENED LARGE MAMMALS

LIVING WITH PUMAS IN ULTIMA ESPERANZA, CHILE

ESTABLISHING THE GRECO: A DEPREDATION RESPONSE TEAM TO CO-MANAGE PREDATOR IMPACT ON LIVESTOCK IN COLOMBIA

REINTRODUCTION OF PECCARIES IN THE JEANNETTE KAWAS NATIONAL PARK: RESTORING JAGUAR PREY AND A LANDSCAPE SPECIES

THE ROAD AHEAD: EVALUATING ROAD IMPPACTS AND DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE WILDLIFE HARVESTS BY EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN GUYANA

JAGUARS AND CATTLE: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS IN THE LAGO GATUN-SANTA FE CORRIDOR, PANAMA

PROVIDING SOLUTIONS AND REDUCING CONFLICTS BETWEEN FARMERS AND JAGUARS IN COSTA RICA

TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN A DIGITAL RADIO NETWORK DONATED TO THE DEPT OF NAT'L PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN KAFUE NATIONAL PARK