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THE FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THE DONATION OF U.S. COMMODITIES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO INTRODUCING OR EXPANDING FREE ENTERPRISE IN THEIR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES. THE PROGRAM HAS TWO PRIMARY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: (1) INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND (2) EXPAND TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

THE FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THE DONATION OF U.S. COMMODITIES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO INTRODUCING OR EXPANDING FREE ENTERPRISE IN THEIR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES. THE PROGRAM HAS TWO PRIMARY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: (1) INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND (2) EXPAND TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. THIS FOOD FOR PROGRESS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED INGAMBIA, THE.

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE VOLUNTARILY DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN.

HEALTHY MARRIAGE DEMONSTRATION GRANT: PRIORITY AREA 4

NEW LWA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR INTERGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

TO ASSIST WITH A SEISMIC MITIGATION PROGRAM IN KABUL AFGHANISTAN.

ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN.

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN.

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN IN SENEGAL

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN.

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN

TO ASSIST IN THE SMOOTH RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF DISPLACED CASAMANCAIS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

INITIATE AND FACILITATE A PROCESS FOR THE RETURN OF CASAMANCAIS IDPS AND REFUGEES TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN

GRASSLANDS AND FLYWAYS OF THE AMERICAS

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION

BUILDING ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION IN THE CHACO

THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS THE FIRST PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONALS 10- YEAR CONSERVATION INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR THE ECUADORIAN CHOCO-ANDES. IT FOCUSES ON THREE CORE STRATEGIES: 1) PROTECTING AT LEAST 15,000 HECTARES OF NEW PRIORITY HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY AND THREATENED ENDEMIC BIRDS BY PLACING LAND UNDER PRIVATE OR SUB-NATIONAL PROTECTED AREA STATUS, 2) INITIATING LARGE SCALE HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE AREA OF INTEREST BY DEVELOPING RESTORATION PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES AND PLACING 130 HECTARES OF LAND UNDER ACTIVE OR ASSISTED NATURAL REGENERATION MODELS AND 3) IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE ON THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION FOR AT LEAST THREE TARGET NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS (CERULEAN WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER AND OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER) AND OTHER MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT BIRDS OF CONCERN IN THE ECUADORIAN CHOCO-ANDES REGION VIA THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BIRD MONITORING ACTIVITIES AT A MINIMUM OF 12 MONITORING SITES.

LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT OF HABITAT QUALITY AND CONNECTIVITY FOR MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT NEOTROPICAL GRASSLAND BIRDS IN SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

ENABLING LONG-TERM COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY GRASSLAND BIRDS IN THE SOUTHERN CONE (NMBCA7106)

TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OF NEOTROPICAL GRASSLAND MIGRANT CONSERVATION III

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.

CONSERVING NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS IN HIGH ANDEAN WETLANDS III (5595) F13AP00527

TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OF NEOTROPICAL GRASSLAND MIGRANT CONSERVATION II (PN5383; F12AP00686)

GRASSLANDS CONSERVATION IN THE AMERICAS

THE EXPLOITATION OF ORGANISMS IS RECOGNIZED AS A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON NATURE WITH WILDLIFE TRADE BEING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA CITES PROVIDES A POLICY FRAMEWORK BUT BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION EXIST AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS THE PROJECT SEEKS TO CONVENE AND SUPPORT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE GUIANA SHIELD ACCELERATING CONSERVATION INTERVENTIONS SONGBIRDS COMPRISING 60 PERCENTAGE OF ALL BIRD SPECIES ARE UNDULY IMPACTED BY TRADE WITH A RECENT META ANALYSIS SHOWING A 62 PERCENTAGE DECLINE IN THE ABUNDANCE OF TRADED SPECIES BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY ON BIRDS COLLABORATES WITH THE SPECIES CONSERVATION CATALYST FUND SCCF TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AMONG SCCF AWARD RECIPIENTS STRENGTHEN THEIR CAPACITY AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO REDUCE ILLEGAL AND UNSUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL SONGBIRD TRADE THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE BUILDING A MODEL FOR SYSTEMS THINKING AVOIDING PROJECT DUPLICATION FOR THE SKILLS OF RECIPIENT INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND FOSTERING BROADER REGIONAL GLOBAL COORDINATION THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THE THREATS POSED BY WILDLIFE TRADE TO SONGBIRD SPECIES THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON RETREATS TO ENHANCE CAPACITIES AND LONG TERM RESULTS.

BUILDING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF NEOTROPICAL GRASSLANDS (6091)

FOR THE MAKING THE WORLD A SAFE PLACE FOR THE GIRL CHILDREN" WHICH IS PART OF THE S/GWI-PEPFAR GBV SMALL GRANTS INITIATIVE

MAINTENANCE OF SHOREBIRDS AT THE WOODBOURNE SHOREBIRD RESERVE ON BARBADOS

REGULATE SHOREBIRD HUNTING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA.

SHOREBIRD HARVEST ALONG THE ATLANTIC FLYWAY

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION

NON-BREEDING SEASON CONSERVATION INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR MIDWESTERN NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY LANDBIRDS

CONSERVING A BOREAL ICON: THE CANADA WARBLER

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION

A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE BIRDS OF THE ECUADORIAN CHOCO

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION

ROOST PROTECTION AND HABITAT CREATION FOR THE WHITE-SHOULDERED IBIS IN NORTHERN CAMBODIA

PRIORITY NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT SITES: HOW ARE THEY DOING?

FOOD FOR PROGRESS - ADMINISTRATION