Assistance program
Great Ape Conservation Fund - Africa
$21.4 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 15.629
- What it does
- To provide financial assistance for projects for the effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats. This program supports projects that focus on one or more of the following areas: applied research on ape populations and their habitats, including surveys and monitoring; development and execution of ape conservation management plans; compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of ape or regulate the use and management of ape habitat; conservation education and community outreach; enhanced protection of at-risk ape populations; efforts to decrease human-ape conflicts; habitat conservation and management; protected area/reserve management in important ape range; strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs; transfrontier ape conservation; and wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills.
- Who benefits
- Any government agency responsible for conservation and protection of apes and any other organization or individual with demonstrated experience in ape conservation.
- Who applies
- Applications may be submitted by any government agency responsible for conservation and protection of apes and any other organization or individual with demonstrated experience in ape conservation.
- Authorized by
- Great Ape Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. §6301 et seq.
- Program site
- https://fws.gov/law/great-ape-conservation-act ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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