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 | ABOUT CEPF OUR STRATEGY NEWS Top Stories E-News Subscribe In Focus Features Press Releases WHERE WE WORK PROJECT DATABASE APPLY FOR GRANTS |  | Top Stories - 2007 Current | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 Dec. 21, 2007Council Selects Regional Implementation TeamsCEPF today announced the selection of organizations to lead implementation of its investment strategies for three of Asia’s biologically richest and most threatened regions. Their selection by the CEPF Donor Council followed a widely publicized competition for the posts.Nov. 30, 2007EU Grant to Help East AfricaNew resources will soon be available to support conservation efforts in Eastern Africa’s Taita Hills. The European Union recently donated more than $600,000 to better safeguard the region’s ecosystem.Nov. 30, 2007South African Potato Farmers Join Conservation EffortsPotato farmers in the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot recently announced an initiative that will enable responsible farming practices to help protect natural resources and dwindling water supplies.Nov. 25, 2007Investments Help Design Debt-for-Nature SwapAn historic debt relief agreement with the United States frees up tens of millions of dollars to protect Costa Rica’s lush tropical landscape. CEPF investments helped facilitate the design and negotiation of the swap.Sept. 1, 2007Support for Georgia’s Newest National ParkMta-Bari, a Georgian NGO, will help more than 12,000 local residents better protect the buffer zone surrounding the country's newest national park.Aug. 10, 2007Protecting Yunnan’s Snub-nosed MonkeysCommunities and nature reserve officials are working together in an important partnership to protect Endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, which are found only in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot.Aug. 10, 2007More Funds for Amphibian ProtectionThe Amphibian Action Fund recently received $1 million in additional support for the protection of globally threatened amphibians.Aug. 1, 2007Plant Collection Expedition in Eastern NepalThe Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal recently completed a 3-week field visit to record the condition, richness, and diversity of plants in the Eastern Himalayas Region. The findings were shared with local communities, and will also help identify important plant areas and strategies for their conservation.May 22, 2007Nature's Valley Trust Wins Kudu AwardNature's Valley Trust recently won the South African National Parks (SANParks) Kudu Award for its contribution to community-based conservation efforts in South Africa.May 18, 2007Jisha Village Sets First for Environmental Law in ChinaAn influential new textbook on Chinese environmental law cites the work of a Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund grantee in the Yunnan Province, in which a community successfully blocked unlawful tourism development. The textbook helps promote an understanding of biodiversity and natural resource management in China.May 11, 2007CEPF Council Approves ExpansionThe Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) won approval from its Donor Council for an expansion to three more of Asia’s biologically richest and most threatened regions. The Council approved strategic investment plans for the Indo-Burma, Polynesia-Micronesia, and Western Ghats and Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspots April 26.May 11, 2007Assessments Completed in Six Additional RegionsNew assessments found that Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) investments have helped build civil society as an effective force for long-term biodiversity conservation in nine of the world's most threatened regions.Feb. 8, 2007Green Gold™ Going GlobalA certification process for sustainably mined artisan gold from the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena biodiversity hotspot has achieved international recognition. European jewelers are now using gold produced by Afro-Colombian miners according to special environmental and social criteria developed by Corporación Oro Verde. Current | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 
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