Additional Context: This information is based on 150 semi-structured interviews conducted by One Earth Partners across five countries selected to represent the diversity of USAID's environmental work. Interview findings were triangulated with a global survey of 175 respondents and external media analysis.

According to One Earth Partners, a respondent of the survey working to conserve critically endangered primates noted that the abrupt halt in funding prevented their team from acquiring and installing camera traps and thermal drones. Without this specialized equipment, they were unable to properly survey the area to detect and document these highly elusive, heavily hunted species.

Devex Researcher Note: Approximately 90% of Vietnam's primate species are facing extinction, with five of 11 species considered critically endangered to be found nowhere else on earth. While the project involved is not identified by One Earth Partners, USAID announced a $2 million investment into wildlife life protection in Vietnam in 2024. Both of these activities were terminated according to a leaked memo from March 2025.

Source: One Earth Partners (Full report forthcoming).