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Mrs. Seng Long, belong to an indigenous group, and her community are conducting forest patrol in Prey Andoung Dang Phlet Community Protected Area, Northern Cambodia.
In Northern Cambodia's Dang Phlet Community Protected Area, Kuy Indigenous Peoples and community members lead forest patrols.
Credit: Sina Pha/USAID Greening Prey Lang

Biodiversity provides food, water, clean air, and livelihoods, supporting more than half of the global gross domestic product. But nature is in crisis, with threats like overexploitation and land and sea use change pushing species and ecosystems to the brink. USAID plays a critical role in addressing this global crisis, as do its local community, government, civil society, and private sector partners around the world.

In FY 2023, USAID invested in conserving biodiversity and forests, fighting nature crimes, and supporting sustainable fisheries in approximately 60 countries. The Agency also began updating its Biodiversity Policy of 2014 to reflect the current global context for biodiversity conservation and calls for transformative change.

With FY 2023 funds, the Agency provided $375.4 million to international biodiversity programs, with roughly 55 percent of these funds going to Tier One countries and regions. USAID invested $78.1 million of FY 2023 funding in combating wildlife trafficking. These funds help prevent and reduce poaching and the illegal trade of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species. The Agency also invested $45.3 million in great ape conservation and supporting critical chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan habitats. USAID’s forestry investments, inclusive of relevant biodiversity and sustainable landscapes funds, totaled $318.5 million, with $315.6 million focused on tropical forests.

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USAID's Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs, FY 2023 Results and Funding

In FY 2023, USAID invested in conserving biodiversity and forests, fighting nature crimes, and supporting sustainable fisheries in approximately 60 countries. The Agency also began updating its Biodiversity Policy of 2014 to reflect the current global context for biodiversity conservation and calls for transformative change.

USAID's Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs, FY 2022 Results and Funding

In FY 2022, through support from Congress and guided by the Agency’s Biodiversity Policy, USAID worked in more than 60 countries to conserve biodiversity, fight nature crime, and support sustainable fisheries.

USAID's Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs, FY 2021 Results and Funding

Through support from Congressional appropriations in FY 2021, USAID worked in more than 60 countries to address the most pressing threats to biodiversity conservation, including those linked to other key sectoral priorities such as climate change, food security, and health.

USAID’s Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs, FY 2020 Results and Funding

This year, the world experienced firsthand how interconnected humans are with the environment as the COVID-19 virus, a zoonotic disease, decimated global health, food systems, and economies. Many of USAID’s partner countries are the hardest hit by the pandemic: precipitous drops in leisure travel throughout Southern Africa, East Africa, and the Caribbean region have drained crucial tourism revenues from national parks and communities, which, in turn, allow for the increase in the illegal wildlife trade and unsustainable natural resource harvesting.

USAID's Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs, FY2019 Results and Funding

To tackle these global challenges in FY 2019, USAID worked in nearly 60 countries to foster the sustainable and inclusive management of natural resources. USAID-funded programs collaborate and engage across sectors to promote the health, prosperity, resilience, and security of local communities, particularly the most vulnerable; improve citizen-responsive governance; empower women and girls; and apply technology and learning to enhance development practice.

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