Birdlife International

GRASSLANDS AND FLYWAYS OF THE AMERICAS

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)

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

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

CONSERVING A BOREAL ICON: THE CANADA WARBLER

A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE BIRDS OF THE ECUADORIAN CHOCO

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

PRIORITY NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT SITES: HOW ARE THEY DOING?