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Summary:
The Multinational Species Conservation Fund is a relatively small program within the Fish and Wildlife Service that has generated enormous constituent interest, chiefly concerning its funding levels. This report describes the Fund briefly, and summarizes recent and proposed appropriations levels. It will be updated as events warrant. The Multinational Species Conservation Fund (MSCF), which currently benefits tigers, the six species of rhinoceroses, Asian and African elephants, and great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and the various species of gibbons), has generated a tremendous amount of constituent interest. The Fund supports conservation efforts benefitting these species, often in conjunction with efforts under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to which the United States is a Party.1 The FY2007 request for the MSCF is $8.2 million, which includes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (NMBCF).2 This represents a 20% decrease from the FY2006 enacted level of $10.3 million for the MSCF and NMBCF, which were funded at $6.4 million and $3.9 million, respectively; and a 33% decrease in the MSCF alone. While all programs proposed under the Fund have lower requests based on their FY2006
