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WildlifeMongabayEvent: BangladeshEvent: KenyaNewsroom: United StatesAttributed to source2026-10-06About 1 min to read this excerpt2 versionsDesk template

100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure

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100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure

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100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/100-conservation-projects-are-looking-for-funding-after-usaids-closure/

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Mongabay

2026-10-06 · attributed to source

100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Twenty months after the dismantling of USAID, a new analysis documents what the international development agency’s disappearance has meant for conservation projects around the world. Projects have stalled or collapsed in countries from Kenya to Bangladesh, reports Mongabay’s […]

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2026-09-28 · attributed to source

The mountain lion photo that helped change Los Angeles

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A mountain lion in front of the Hollywood sign sounds almost too convenient. When photographer Steve Winter proposed the picture, National Park Serv

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Twenty months after the dismantling of USAID, a new analysis documents what the international development agency’s disappearance has meant for conservation projects around the world. Projects have stalled or collapsed in countries from Kenya to Bangladesh, reports Ashoka Mukpo. Wildlife patrols, forest monitoring, community conservation programs and environmental policy work have all been hit. The […]

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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Twenty months after the dismantling of USAID, a new analysis documents what the international development agency’s disappearance has meant for conservation projects around the world. Projects have stalled or collapsed in countries from Kenya to Bangladesh, reports Mongabay’s […]

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Mongabay updated the public record of this item. ENC is comparing source excerpts only — not deciding which version is true. Earlier they reported: “Wildlife patrols, forest monitoring, community conservation programs and environmental policy work have all been hit.” Later they reported: “Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.” Open the original links in the timeline. The claim still belongs to the outlet.

  1. First on desk · 10/6/2026, 10:00:37 PM
    100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure
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  2. Update · 10/7/2026, 10:00:48 AM
    100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure
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Mongabay reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with Mongabay, which released it. Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Twenty months after the dismantling of USAID, a new analysis documents what the international development agency’s disappearance has meant for conservation projects around the world. Projects have stalled or collapsed in countries from Kenya to Bangladesh, reports Mongabay’s […] Original link: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/100-conservation-projects-are-looking-for-funding-after-usaids-closure/

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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Twenty months after the dismantling of USAID, a new analysis documents what the international development agency’s disappearance has meant for conservation projects around the world. Projects have stalled or collapsed in countries from Kenya to Bangladesh, reports Mongabay’s […]

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