| Strategic Directions | Investment Priorities |
| 1. Prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species in key biodiversity areas | 1.1 Strengthen defences against the introduction and spread of invasive species and pathogens that threaten biodiversity |
| 1.2 Control or eradicate invasive species in key biodiversity areas, particularly where they threaten native species with extinction |
| 1.3 Perform research, provide training in management techniques, and develop rapid response capacity against particularly serious invasive species |
| 2. Strengthen the conservation status and management of 60 key biodiversity areas | 2.1 Develop and manage conservation areas that conserve currently unprotected priority sites, especially critical refugia such as large forest blocks and alien-free habitats |
| 2.2 Improve the management of existing protected areas that are priority site outcomes |
| 3. Build awareness and participation of local leaders and community members in the implementation of protection and recovery plans for threatened species | 3.1 Develop and implement species recovery plans for highly threatened species requiring species-focused action, especially those that have received little effort to date |
| 3.2 Strengthen leadership and effectiveness of local conservation organizations by developing peer-learning networks and promoting exchanges and study tours |
| 3.3 Raise the environmental awareness of communities about species and sites of global conservation concern through social marketing and participatory planning and management approaches |
| 4. Provide strategic leadership and effective coordination of CEPF investment through a regional implementation team | 4.1 Build a broad constituency of civil society groups working across institutional and political boundaries toward achieving the shared conservation goals described in the ecosystem profile. |
