2008 Annual Report
In these times of economic uncertainty for so many, our focus on biodiversity conservation remains at the fore. Nature’s assets underpin the very lives and livelihoods of billions of people.
The CEPF strategy continues to produce critical dividends. With our support, the fund has invested nearly $101 million in helping more than 1,300 nongovernmental partners protect many thousands of hectares of biologically rich land that shelters water and other natural resources key to the well-being of humanity.
This report, covering fiscal year 2008 (July 2007—June 2008) features some of the latest results. In South Africa, for example, CEPF grant recipients helped potato farmers devise agriculture guidelines that will aid a critical ecosystem and improve the farmers’ bottom lines.
In Costa Rica, our partners helped lay the foundation for a debt-for-nature swap that will free the government to invest $26 million in tropical forest preservation. And in the Republic of Georgia, a new management plan for a park’s buffer zone now maps out a path to sustainable livelihoods for the community and better cross-border cooperation between Georgia and Turkey.
These examples illustrate how the convergence of our resources and commitment to civil society can help achieve important conservation outcomes through a stronger voice, infl uence and action by civil societies—vital steps toward a healthy, productive future for all life.
We invite you to join us.
Monique Barbut, Chairperson and CEO, The Global Environment Facility
Jonathan F. Fanton, President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Pierre Jacquet, Executive Director, L’Agence Française de Développement
Hiroshi Naka, Director for Development Policy Division, International Bureau,
Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan
Peter A. Seligmann, Chairman and CEO, Conservation International
Katherine Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairperson, CEPF Donor Council