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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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A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Capacity Building for Communities Surrounding Manusela National Park
Yayasan Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Maluku
Luscious forest, trees with green up the trunks, which are leaning right.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
© Robin Moore/iLCP
Developing Tools and Methods for Community Participation to Protect the Ngorongoro Crater Rim of Tanzania from Tourism
Indigenous Heartland Organization
Luscious forest, trees with green up the trunks, which are leaning right.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
© Robin Moore/iLCP
Rabies Emergency Response in Ethiopian Wolves
Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme
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A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Parrot Conservation and Community Awareness Surrounding Manusela National Park
Perkumpulan Konservasi Kakatua Indonesia
Luscious forest, trees with green up the trunks, which are leaning right.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
© Robin Moore/iLCP
Enhancing Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Community-Based Ecotourism Development of Mount Guna, Ethiopia
University of Gondar
Salt mining near the Malagarasi riverbed.
© Governance Links
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Applying the World Bank Safeguard Policies and Procedures on Natural Habitats in the Malagarasi River System Key Biodiversity Area, Tanzania
Governance Links Tanzania
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A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Sea Turtle Habitat Conservation in North Sulawesi
Yayasan Rumah Ganeca, Sulawesi Utara
Luscious forest, trees with green up the trunks, which are leaning right.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
© Robin Moore/iLCP
Upgrade Biodiversity Importance Status of Mukurwe'ini and Kianyaga Valley Key Biodiversity Areas in Kenya
East Africa Natural History Society
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A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Village-Level Capacity Building for Biodiversity Conservation in Ruteng, Flores
Yayasan Tunas Jaya
Dirt road, large boabab trees on either side.
Baobab trees in Madagascar.
© Conservation International/photo by Russell A. Mittermeier
Support Local Communities for the Conservation of Lake Ravelobe in Madagascar
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Rugezi marsh under a cloudy sky
Rugezi Marsh, Rwanda
© Conservation International/photo by A.W. Tordoff
Building Community and National Partners’ Capacity for Sustainable Conservation Financing at Rugezi Marsh KBA, Rwanda
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Dirt road, large boabab trees on either side.
Baobab trees in Madagascar.
© Conservation International/photo by Russell A. Mittermeier
Integrated Conservation and Development as a Sustainable Valuation of Endemic Fish, Northwestern Fulvio-Lacustrine Wetlands Complex
Association des Producteurs Privés d'Alevins
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A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Sustainable Management of the Lake Poso Basin
Yayasan Panorama Alam Lestari Poso
Dirt road, large boabab trees on either side.
Baobab trees in Madagascar.
© Conservation International/photo by Russell A. Mittermeier
Testing Drone for High Resolution, 3-D Mapping of Silhouette Island, Seychelles
TFC International
Six workshop participants working individually.
Grantees during training workshop.
© BirdLife / CEPF EAM RIT
Capacity-Building Workshops in Ethiopia for CEPF Grantees
ZESMAN Consultancy
Landscape, water in foreground and green mountains in background.
A view from Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
© Burung Indonesia/photo by Tri Susanti
Community-Based Forest Management in Ilo Wengot, Flores
Yayasan Ayu Tani Mandiri
Vista of plains with a few trees, water in the distance.
Lake Ol’ Bolossat, Kenya.
© Fabian Haas
Enhancing Environmental Regulations in Safeguarding Lake Ol Bolossat Key Biodiversity Area in Kenya
East African Wildlife Society
Group of 6 people (1 holding a baby) standing, smiling at camera.
Developing the skills of local communities has been pivotal to establishing effective locally led conservation
© Paul Buckley
Reducing Knowledge Gaps for Active Participation of Civil Society in Biodiversity Conservation in the Chimanimani Region
Eduardo Mondlane University
Misty stream with lush foliage.
Most of the freshwater primary catchment areas in the Western Ghats are still unexplored, haven’t been studied and, although rich in endemic species, are rapidly vanishing.
© Unmesh Katwate
Establishing a Vulture Safe Zone in South India: Conservation of Critically Endangered Vultures in Wayanad and the Neighboring Areas of Kerala
Rural Agency for Social and Technological Advancement
Three people stand in waist-deep water, holding net.
Part of the survey team sampling with seine-net in the Mussapa Grande River.
© Luis da Costa
Fish Inventory in Chimanimani Mountains Key Biodiversity Area, Mozambique
Museu de Historia Natural de Maputo
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