The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Announces More Than $13.6 Million in Multinational Species Conservation Funds Grants Made Available To Aid Imperiled Wildlife Worldwide

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) awarded over $13.6 million in Multinational Species Conservation grant funding for 216 projects in 2010 through its Wildlife Without Borders program to provide support for conservation efforts for Asian and African elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, great apes, and marine turtles around the globe.

In recognition of an unprecedented international decline of certain flagship species, the U. S. Congress established the Multinational Species Conservation Funds, which are dedicated to saving some of the world