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The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) enables civil society to protect the world’s biodiversity hotspots—biologically rich ecosystems that are essential to humanity, yet highly threatened.
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Spectacled langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus), Thailand.
© O. Langrand

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With financial and technical support from CEPF, civil society organizations around the globe are delivering innovative solutions that conserve biodiversity and help communities thrive. Find out what they're doing by clicking on biodiversity hotspots highlighted on the map.

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Brightly colored canoe on lake with two people, headed toward several floating buildings.
Village of the middle of Tonle Sap in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.
© Kristin Harrison & Jeremy Ginsberg
Strengthening Indigenous Youth Participation in Protection of Cambodia's Northern Plains Seasonally
Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association
Six people outside standing around a map, pointing to various parts.
Discussing a zoning system to re-instore traditional grazing practices.
© Zaid Salmad, AFMI
Conserving the Biodiversity of Morocco's Ifrane National Park Through Revitalization and Adaptation of Traditional Grazing Practices
Association Forêt Modèle Ifrane
Two researchers outside, bending down to look at plant.
Researching endemic plants in Budoske Bare, Niksic, Montenegro.
© Jovo Radulovic
Plant Diversity within the Wet and Aquatic Habitats of Nikšić Polje Basin, Montenegro
Župa u Srcu
Lake with yellow-and-blue rowboats sitting on the shoreline.
Ohrid Lake.
© Marijana Demajo
Ecological and Economical Assessment of Ecosystem Services in the Lake Ohrid Catchment, Albania
Qendra per Menaxhimin Agro-Mjedisore dhe Ekonomik
Flat orange landscape, small body of water, vast sky.
Lake and palm swamps on the upper Peruaçu River in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
© Guilherme B. Ferreira
Grande Sertão - Extractivism, Conservation and Income Generation in the Cerrado, Brazil
Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares e Agroextrativistas Grande Sertão
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Habitat Enrichment and In-situ Conservation of a Rare Endemic Species of Birthwort, Albania
Qendra për Iniciativa Rajonale
Flat orange landscape, small body of water, vast sky.
Lake and palm swamps on the upper Peruaçu River in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
© Guilherme B. Ferreira
Study of Expansion of Protected Areas in the Mosaic Sertão Veredas Peruaçu, Brazil
Associação Mineira de Defesa do Ambiente
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Monitoring and Conservation of Endemic and Endangered Trout in National Park Pelister and Prespa Region, North Macedonia
Balkan Foundation for Sustainable Development
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Assessment of an Endemic Freshwater Snail in Dojran Lake: Population Status, Threats and Conservation Measures, North Macedonia
GTI Geotehnicki Inzenering
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Conservation of Some Restricted Endemic Plants from Galičica National Park, North Macedonia
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Two women and two men standing in front of large banner, which includes map and chart.
Annual workplan, Pov Veuy fire brigade station.
© Conservation International
Community-Based Wild-Fire Management on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
Conservation International
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Enabling Joint Bottom-Up Protection and Sustainable Development Planning for Bojana River Basin, Montenegro
Program za Životnu Sredinu
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Conservation of Some Restricted Endemic Plants from Galichica National Park, North Macedonia
Macedonian Biological Society
Glacial lake surrounded by snowy mountains.
A view of a glacial lake with a retreating glacier in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
© Conservation International/photo by Michele Zador
Implementation of Ruiz's Robber Frog Participatory Monitoring Plan in Colombia
CORPORACIÓN PARA LA GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL BIODIVERSA
One buffalo standing, one lying down.
Camera trap photo of buffalo helping to restore Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary.
© Wildlife Conservation Society, Cambodia
Pragmatic Protocols for Restoration of Ecosystem Processes in Cambodia’s Wild
Wildlife Conservation Society
Four men standing by large signboard.
Installation of a community fisheries signboard in Srea Kor Village.
© My Village
Inclusive Participation of Indigenous Communities and Rural Communities in Fishery Conservation and Governance in Stung Treng Province, Cambodia
My Village Organization
Brightly colored canoe on lake with two people, headed toward several floating buildings.
Village of the middle of Tonle Sap in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.
© Kristin Harrison & Jeremy Ginsberg
Strengthening Capacity of the NGO Coalition on Fisheries and the Coalition of Cambodia Fishers
Fisheries Action Coalition Team
Brightly colored canoe on lake with two people, headed toward several floating buildings.
Village of the middle of Tonle Sap in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.
© Kristin Harrison & Jeremy Ginsberg
Strengthening Capacity of Community Fisheries to Manage Fisheries Resources around Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Fisheries Action Coalition Team
Fisherman on water in small boat, lush island in the background.
Fisherman in the East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot.
© John Slaney/Flickr Creative Commons
Identifying and Protecting Important Habitat for the Fiji Mastiff Bat and the Banks Flying Fox in Vanuatu
Vanuatu Environmental Science Society
Houses close together next to the sea.
Ohrid city.
© Borut Rubinič
Enhance the Transboundary Conservation of the World Heritage Site Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia and Albania
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