Two gray monkeys sit on a tree branch. — Spectacled langurs (*Trachypithecus obscurus*), Thailand.

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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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Strengthening Aride Island through Ecosystem Restoration, Seychelles

Island Conservation Society

Building Capacities of Civil Society Organizations for Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Seychelles

Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles

Glacial lake surrounded by snowy mountains.

Civil society and Co-Administration of the Los Cedros Protective Forest, Ecuador

Corporación para la Investigación y Protección de los Bosques de los Andes Tropicales

Strengthening Local Capacities for Conservation of the Ilinizas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Centro Andino de Acción Popular

Capacity Building for Environmental and Climate Action in the Comoros

DAYIMA

Evaluation of Ecosystem Impact Following Restoration Efforts in Morne Seychellois National Park, Seychelles

Plant Conservation Action group

Palm trees on grassy shore, budding up against sea.

Implementing Critical Conservation Actions for the Jamaican Rock Iguana in Hellshire Hills, Jamaica

International Iguana Foundation

Support Integration of Data Science and Technology in Caribbean Conservation Efforts by Civil Society

Cropper Foundation

Planning for Participatory Conservation of Biodiversity in Peckham Woods, Clarendon, Jamaica

Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society

Discussions with local community members during freshwater fish surveys in Thailand

Engaging Communities to Safeguard the Simple Mouth Brooder in Krabi, Thailand

Bird Conservation Society of Thailand

Supporting Community Resource Management Areas to Strengthen Their Role in Protecting the Atewa Forest, Ghana

A Rocha Ghana

Promoting Apiculture to Improve Sustainable Livelihood as Incentives for Conservation of Yawri-Bay in Sierra Leone

Muloma Womens' Development Association

Linking Livelihoods to Community-based Conservation to Secure Sierra Leone’s Coastal Yawri Bay

Conservation Society of Sierra Leone

Strengthening Response and Resilience of Civil Society Organizations in the Guinean Forests

West Africa Civil Society Institute

Creating a Voluntary Community Nature Reserve at the Dodo River at Grand-Béréby, Côte d’Ivoire

Conservation des Espèces Marines

Harnessing Environmental DNA for Mangrove Conservation and Sustainable Management in Côte d'Ivoire's Parc National d’Azagny

Nature Metrics Ltd.

Strengthening Capacities of Local Conservation Committees for the Sustainable Management of the Azagny National Park in Cote d'Ivoire

SOS-FORETS

Improving the Management and Protection of the Ankasa Community-conserved Territories in Ghana

Noe Conservation

Empowering Civil Society Organizations and Local Communities to Sustainably Manage the Cape Three Point Forest Reserve in Ghana

Ghana Wildlife Society

Supporting Farmers' Livelihoods in Ghana to Reinforce Biodiversity Conservation Practices

Resourcetrust Network

Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.

Building a Network of Plant Conservation Organizations in Cabo Verde

Associação Projecto Vitó

Forest Ecological Restoration and Improved Silviculture Techniques Dissemination in Madagascar

Association Vahatra

Protecting Endangered Trees from Extinction in Madagascar

Missouri Botanical Garden

Establishing Shared Governance for the Protection of Endangered Trees in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar

Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques

Consultation with CFi members identifying deep pools

Strengthening Community-led Efforts to Safeguard Giant Freshwater Stingray in Cambodia

Wildlife Conservation Society

Strengthening Private Sector Engagement in Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles

Cap Business Ocean Indien

Conservation of Endangered Palm Species in Ranomafana and Ifanadiana, Madagascar

Madagascar National Parks

Conservation and Restoration of the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, Dominican Republic

CESAL

Brightly colored canoe on lake with two people, headed toward several floating buildings.

Supporting continued operation of a civil society network in the Lower Mekong

Non Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Asia

Complementing Knowledge to Protect Tsihanimboa, an Endangered Endemic Tree of Lake Ihotry, Madagascar

Asity Madagascar

Protecting Threatened Trees through Ecological Restoration at Ambohitantely, Madagascar

Association Vahatra

Protecting Endangered Trees for Lemur Habitat in Maromizaha Reserve, Madagascar

Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar

Saving Threatened Trees of Northern Madagascar through Adapted Conservation Strategy

ASSOCIATION TSIMOKA

Training Local Communities in Drone Technology to Restore Degraded Forest in the Sierra de Bahoruco KBA, Dominican Republic

Fundacion CIDEAL de Cooperación e Investigación

Promoting Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in Cockpit Country, Jamaica

Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency

Head of patrol team leads a tour of the fish conservation zone

Conserving Iconic Endangered Species of Stingray in Laos

World Wide Fund for Nature

Conducting surveys for Sompongs's Rasbora in floodplain

Conservation of Somphongs’s Rasbora in the Floodplains of Bang Pakong Basin, Thailand

Seub Nakhasatien Foundation

Strengthening Protection for Indigenous Territories in Key Biodiversity Areas in Ecuador

Fundación YacuWarmi

Sustainable management, biodiversity conservation in Montaña Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Fundación Ser Ambiente

Regional Mid-term Assessment Workshop for the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot

Fondazione AVSI

Improving the Conservation Status of Four Threatened Tree Species of the Mahafaly Plateau, Madagascar

Association Analasoa

Strengthening Organizational Capacity of Civil Society Organizations for Biodiversity Conservation in the Guinean Forests of West Africa Hotspot

Tropical Biology Association Ltd.

Strengthening Community-led Efforts to Safeguard the Giant Freshwater Stingray in Cambodia

Wildlife Conservation Society

Landscape, water in foreground and green mountains in background.

Final Program Workshop for Wallacea Phase II

Perkumpulan Manengkel Solidaritas

Restoring Habitat for Endangered Amphibians in Abra de Zamora KBA, Ecuador

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

Strengthening Management of Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador

Fundación Ecológica Arcoiris

Improving Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities on Madagascar's Western Coast

Association Réseau MIHARI

Research of Subterranean Biodiversity and Identification of New Taxonomic Units in Nikšić Field, Montenegro

Crnogorsko Društvo Ekologa - Montenegrin Ecologists Society

Conserve Endemic, Rare and Threatened Plant Species on Mt. Orjen, Montenegro (Phase 2)

Environment Programme (EnvPro)

Catlocarpio siamensis tagged and released to Tonle Sap River

Supporting Conservation Action for Threatened Fish Species, Cambodia

Royal University of Agriculture

Supporting Conservation Action for Threatened Fish Species, Cambodia

Royal University of Agriculture

Ecosystem Profile Update for Guinean Forests of West Africa

BirdLife International

Analysis of Ecosystem Services Provided by Amoron'i Onilahy, Madagascar

Acting for Communities and Trees

Ecosystem Accounting of Natural Capital for Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Madagascar and Comoros

Institut et Observatoire de Géophysique d'Antananarivo

Fostering Participatory Protected Area Management in Alrededores de Amaluza, Ecuador

Fundación Ecológica Rikcharina

Improving the Capacity and Enabling Conditions for the Protection of Key Biodiversity Areas of the Dominican Republic

Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, Inc. (IDDI)

Ecotourism Development and Management Planning in Cabo Samana, Dominican Republic

CODESPA

Building Ecosystem Resilience by Rehabilitating Sainte-Anne Marine National Park Islands

Island Biodiversity and Conservation

Removal of Alien Invasive Species for Habitat Restoration in Isla Alto Velo, Dominican Republic

American Bird Conservancy

Saving the Last Santiago Purple Herons of Cabo Verde (Phase 2)

Associação Lantuna

Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation at Los Haitises, Dominican Republic

Fundación CI-ATABEY

Implementing the Jamaican Blackbird Conservation Action Plan, Jamaica

Jamaica Environment Trust

Conserving Biodiversity in Kroumirie through the Involvement of Women Shepherds, Tunisia (Phase 3)

Association Sidi Bouzitoun for nature and ecotourism

Support for Increasing Protected Area Network in Vardar River in North Macedonia

Association for development, education and ecological ethics - POLYMATH13

Improving the Management of Lake Dojran Monument of Nature, North Macedonia

Milieukontakt Macedonia

Strengthening Mauritian Civil Society Organizations' Capacities to Implement Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Ebony Forest Ltd

Fire-proofing in Analalava Forest, Madagascar.

MAMPITA

Regional Implementation Team for the Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot

BirdLife International

Promoting Agroforestry to Safeguard Vohibe Forest’s Biodiversity, Madagascar

Missouri Botanical Garden

Strengthening of Wadi Naqa Reserve through Involving Local Community, Libya

Alhayat Organization for Protection of Wildlife and Organisms

Support Establishment of Effective Legal Protection and Management Practices for Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia

Environmental Citizens' Association "Front 21/42"

Strengthened Management of Parque Nacional Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic

Fondazione AVSI

Improve Habitat Resilience in the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve Through Invasive Species Removal and Native Reforestation

ASSOCIATION TAHIRISOA DEVELOPPEMENT (ATADEV)

Climate and Conservation Risk Mapping Initiative in St Vincent and the Grenadines

JEMS Environment Management Services

Controlling Invasive Species in the Dominican Republic

Fundación CI-ATABEY

Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Lake Tseny

MADAGASIKARA VOAKAJY

Building a Network of Partnership in Marketing Fishery Products with the Private Sector, Wallacea

Asosiasi Perikanan Pole and Line dan Handline Indonesia

Promote the Good Agricultural Practices in Mount Hermon, Lebanon

Environment for Life

Understanding Invasive Alien Species Eradication as a Nature-based Solution for Aldabra Island, Seychelles

Seychelles Islands Foundation

Strengthening Local Governance of the Intag-Toisán Key Biodiversity Area in Ecuador

CORPORACION TOISAN

Strengthening the Protected Areas System for Quito Municipality, Ecuador

Conservation International Foundation Ecuador

Community-based Conservation of Karst Key Biodiversity Areas in Myanmar

Fauna & Flora International

Promoting Participatory Governance for Conservation in Alrededores de Amaluza, Ecuador

Fundación Ecológica Rikcharina

Conservation of Endangered Amphibians in the Sangay-Podocarpus Conservation Corridor, Ecuador

Fundación Amaru

Improving Management of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Jamaica

Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust

Conservation Through Beekeeping Bio-entrepreneurship in Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador

Asociación de Apicultores San Pedro de Vilcabamba

Increasing Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries Management in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Perkumpulan Manengkel Solidaritas

Implementing the Conservation Standards Online Training Workshop Pilot Project in the Caribbean Islands

Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Community-Driven Coral Restoration and Ecosystem Monitoring in the Southeastern Islets of Mauritius

Eco-Sud

Promoting Resilient Agroforestry and Developing Nature-based Solutions for Climate-smart Agriculture, Mauritius

Nature Technics Ltd

Develop Nature-based Sustainable Tourism in Shebenik National Park in Albania

Shoqata AlbNatyra

Promoting Sustainable Practices in Small-scale Fisheries Management and Community-based Marine Conservation, Indonesia

Perkumpulan Masyarakat Jurnalis Lingkungan Indonesia

Engaging Communities for Conservation of Barbary Macaque in Bou Hachem Natural Park, Morocco

Barbary Macaque Conservation in the Rif Mountains

Protecting Marine Biodiversity in Wallacea by Supporting Civil Society Organizations

PT. Indonesia Lebih Hebat

Supporting Civil Society Organizations Promoting Conservation of Biodiversity in the Mountains of Central Asia

Conservation of Rare Species Animals and Plants Fund

Driving Malagasy Leadership and Organizational Growth to Deliver Meaningful Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Maliasii Initiatives, Inc.

Strengthening the Community's Role in Sustainable Fisheries Management Towards Implementing OECM, Indonesia.

Pusat Kajian Sumberdaya Pesisir dan Lautan – Institut Pertanian Bogor (PKSPL IPB)

Enhancing Indian Ocean Civil Society Organizations' Capacity for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Tropical Biology Association Limited

Embracing Ecosystem-based Adaptation for a Sustainable Future in Mauritius

Ecosystem Restoration Alliance Indian Ocean

Capacity Building for the Mitsiry Program Biodiversity and Climate Fund Pipeline

Miarakap

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Our Planet’s Future Depends on Biodiversity

Explore Projects

3,343 Projects in All Regions

New from CEPF

CEPF Impact and Annual Report

CEPF to Collaborate With Conservation International for GEF Small Grants Program

Government of Canada Provides US$14.4 Million for Biodiversity and Gender Equity