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THE DIVISIONS

Division of International Conservation

• Who We Are (DIC)

Division of Scientific Authority

• Who We Are (DSA)

Division of Management Authority

• Who We Are (DMA)

THE PROGRAMS

• Species Programs
  
  
• African Elephant Program
  • African Elephant Current Conservation Status
  • African Elephant Taxonomy
  • African Elephant Basic Biology
• Asian Elephant Program
  • Applying for an Asian Elephant Grant
• Great Apes Program
  • Applying for a Great Apes Grant
• Marine Turtle Program
  • Applying for a Marine Turtle Grant
• Rhino Program
  • Applying for a Rhino Grant
• Tiger Program
  • Applying for a Tiger Grant
    
    
• Regional Programs
  
  
  • Africa Program
  • Latin American and the Caribbean Program
    • Living with Predators
    • Solicitando apoyo financiero para proyectos
    • Ospreys and Farmers Battle Over Fish
  • Mexico Program
    • Vida Silvestre Sin Fronteras
    • Monarch Butterfly Program
      • Monarch Butterfly Projects
    • Living with Predators
  • China Program
    • Living with Predators
    • China Program Fact Sheet
  • India Program
    • Living with Predators
    • Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Wildlife Institute of India
    • Conservation of the Indian Wolf
      • Special Foreign Currency Program
    • Conservation and Restoration of Biodiversity of the Tropical Freshwater Wetlands of Kanyakumari Plains in Peninsular India
  • Russia Program
    • Living with Predators
    • Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Sea Otter Workshop - English
    • Sea Otter Workshop - Russian
    • Russia Program Fact Sheet
    • Polar Bear Program
      • Excerpts from HR 2691
      • Polar Bear Populations
    • Saiga Decline
    • U.S. Russia environmental cooperation press release
      
      
• Global Programs
  
  
  • Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Intitative
    • About WHMSI
    • 2003 WHMSI Conference
    • 2006 WHMSI Conference
    • WHMSI Identified Priority Needs
    • WHMSI Tool Matrix
    • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Lack of Knowledge Monitoring
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Contributor Information
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Lack of Knowledge Monitoring
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Inventory of Important Sites
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Capacity Building and Training
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Legislation to Foster Conservation
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat: Map Sites for Each Country
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat: Protection for Smaller Areas
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat: Devleop MOU with Private Landowners, Government and NGO's
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat: Establish Incentivs for Private Landowners
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat:Public Awareness
      • WHMSI Draft Tool Matrix Habitat:Education Programs
      • Public Awareness:  Electronic Information Exchange
      • Administration: Develop Regional Associations
      • Administration: Support to Implement Personnel Training
      • Administration: Regional Bird Banding Center
      • Coordination/Partnerships: Establish Center for Information Sharing
      • Coordination/Partnerships: National Plan for Migratory Species Conservation
      • Coordination/Partnerships: Joint Planning of Activities under International Conventions
      • Threats:  Land Use Planning & Monitoring
      • Threats:  Involvement in Communities
      • Threats:  Acquisition of More Habitat
      • Threats:  Collaboration on Species with Expanding Ranges and Behaving as Invasives
    • WHMSI Interim Steering Committee
      • Background on ISC Development
      • Background on ISC Development
    • WHMSI Updates
    • WHMSI Documents
  • Capacity Building
    • Living with Predators
    • Capacity Building
  • Emerging Issues
    • Living with Predators
    • Global Programs
  • International Wetlands Program
    • Conservation and Restoration of Biodiversity of the Tropical Freshwater Wetlands of Kanyakumari Plains in Peninsular India
      
      
• Grants Programs
  
  
• Species Grants Programs
  • African Elephant Grant Program
  • Asian Elephant Grant Program
  • Great Apes Grant Program
  • Marine Turtle Grant Program
  • Rhino/Tiger Grant Programs
• Regional Grants Programs
  • Africa
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
    • Living with Predators
    • Solicitando apoyo financiero para proyectos
    • Ospreys and Farmers Battle Over Fish
  • Mexico
    • Vida Silvestre Sin Fronteras
    • Monarch Butterfly Program
      • Monarch Butterfly Projects
    • Living with Predators
      
      
• CITES
  
  
• CITES Listed Species
• CITES Appendices
  • Appendix III General Overview
• Official CITES Meetings
  
• CITES Animals Overview
  • Furbearers
  • Marine Mammals
  • Sport-Hunted Trophies
  • Alligators
  • Turtles
    • Permit Application Process for Appendix_III Native Turtles "Farm" Production
    • Permit Application Process for Appendix_III Native Turtles Commercial Dealers, Zoological, and Other Exports
    • Permits Office Master File
  • Queen Conch
    • Permissible Countries
    • Queen Conch Facts
  • Sturgeon
  • Seahorses
  • Coral
  • Buying Animals and Plant Products Abroad
    
    
• Plants and CITES
• CITES Timber
  • CITES Tree Species
    
  • CITES Mahogany
    • Mahogany General Overview
    • Mahogany Import/Export Requirements
      • Timber Import and Export Requirements
    • Mahogany Status
    • Mahogany Working Group
    • Mahogany Research and Articles
• Ginseng
  • How to Age Ginseng
  • Convention Permit Applications for Ginseng Harvested in 2002
  • Convention Permit Applications for Ginseng Harvested in 2001
  • Convention Permit Applications for Ginseng Harvested in 2000
  • Results of the FWS-State Ginseng Workshop, 2006

Permits

• Application Forms
  • By Activity and Wildlife Type
  • Alphabetical List
  • By Application Number
• FAQ's
• Species Lists
• Fact Sheets
• Permits Laws and Regulations
  • Laws, Treaties and Regs.
  • Policies/Handbook
• Other Permit Offices
  • Contact Permit Offices
  • Related Sites
• Permits Overview
• Do I need a Permit?

International Wildlife Trade

• International Wildlife Trade Listings
  • Foreign Listings under the Endangered Species Act
  • Foreign and Domestic Listings under CITES
• Marine Mammal Protection Act
• Law Enforcement
• Monitoring Species in Trade
• Conventions and Laws
  • African Elephant Conservation Act of 1989
  • Nature Conservation Protocol with China
  • U.S. / Russia Environmental Agreement
• Partners
  • Federal Partners
  • Working Groups
  • NGO Partners