CEPF is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the European Union, Fondation Hans Wilsdorf, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Canada, the Government of Japan and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation.
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Explore the Biodiversity Hotspots
CEPF grantees work in developing and transitional countries in the world's biodiversity hotspots—some of Earth's most biologically diverse yet threatened terrestrial areas. Since 2001, CEPF has funded conservation in 25 of the 36 hotspots.
Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) in Parque Nacional Sierre de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic.
© Jorge Brocca
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The Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot extends across the southern part of West Africa and into Central Africa, covering all or part of 11 countries. At least 936 species of plants and animals found in the hotspot are globally threatened, and this number is likely to increase as more species are assessed. Some 85 million people live here, too. Therefore, efforts to protect biodiversity must, in tandem, strengthen local livelihoods.
CEPF is currently investing in 10 hotspots:
Western chimpanzee.
© O. Langrand
Guinean Forests of West Africa
Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), Madagascar.
© Cristina Mittermeier
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Ala Archa National Park, Kyrgyzstan.
© O. Langrand
Mountains of Central Asia
A group of impalas (Aepyceros melampus) and Grévy's zebras (Equus greyvi) stand under a rainbow on the Kenyan plain.
© O. Langrand