Agence Nationale des parcs Nationaux Cooperative Agreement

Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00247 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.651Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOI-FWSClosing Date: Jul 19, 2013Award Ceiling: $3,200,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 15, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: There is no application process for this grant. This is a notice of intent to satisfy requirements of 505 DM 2. The Division of International Conservation intends to enter into an agreement with Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN), the Gabon National Parks Agency. ANPN is a unique parastatal agency granted financial and technical independence by the Gabonese law that created it. ANPN is charged with transforming Gabon’s national parks network into a global model for protected areas management. This charge includes stimulating the development of a tourism industry, and combining sustainable development and conservation. ANPN also leads research and capacity building efforts in Gabon’s 13 national parks and their buffer zones. ANPN's special role in government puts it in the best position to conserve Gabon’s wildlife heritage and to become a premier African parks agency within five years. ANPN is best poised to respond...

Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding