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Ecuador cochran frog (Nymphargus griffithsi).
© Víctor Eduardo Obando Clavijo

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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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Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

Centar za krš i speleologiju
Fisherman on water in small boat, lush island in the background.
Fisherman in the East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot.
© John Slaney/Flickr Creative Commons

Papua New Guinea Forest Certification Incorporated
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

Tölgy Természetvédelmi Egyesület (Oak Nature Conservation Association)
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

Association Forêt Modèle Ifrane
Glacial lake surrounded by snowy mountains.
A view of a glacial lake with a retreating glacier in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
© Conservation International/photo by Michele Zador

CI-Bolivia
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

ILIRIA-Protection and Social & Environmental Development Association
Glacial lake surrounded by snowy mountains.
A view of a glacial lake with a retreating glacier in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
© Conservation International/photo by Michele Zador

Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Ecología
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Conservation of some Restricted Endemic Plants from Galichica National Park, North Macedonia,
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA)
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Monitoring and Conservation of Endemic and Endangered Trout (Salmo peristericus) in National Park Pelister and Prespa region, North Macedonia
Balkan Foundation for Sustainable Development
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Assessment of an Endemic Freshwater Snail in Dojran Lake – Population Status, Threats and Conservation Measures, North Macedonia.
GTI – Geotehnicki Inzenering DOO Skopje
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

NVO Program za zivotnu sredinu (NGO Environmental Programme)
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Conservation of some Restricted Endemic Plants from Galichica National Park, North Macedonia
Macedonian Biological Society (Македонско биолошко друштво)
Glacial lake surrounded by snowy mountains.
A view of a glacial lake with a retreating glacier in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
© Conservation International/photo by Michele Zador

CORPORACIÓN PARA LA GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL BIODIVERSA
Wetland
Belcisko wetland.
© Gjoko Zoroski
Preserving Belchishta Wetland, North Macedonia, through Engagement with Municipality and Local Stakeholders
Association for ecology and tourism ECOTOURISM-2016, Ohrid
Flat orange landscape, small body of water, vast sky.
Lake and palm swamps on the upper Peruaçu River in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
© Guilherme B. Ferreira

Centro de Agricultura Alternativa do Norte de Minas
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

Biodiversity and Environment Research Centre
Fisherman on water in small boat, lush island in the background.
Fisherman in the East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot.
© John Slaney/Flickr Creative Commons

Vanuatu Environmental Science Society
Houses close together next to the sea.
Ohrid city.
© Borut Rubinič
Enhance the Transboundary Conservation of the World Heritage Site Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia and Albania
Environmental Citizens' Association "Front 21/42"
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA
Conserver la biodiversité dulcicole d’Oued Maden à travers une cogestion locale, Tunisie
Association Tunisienne de la Vie Sauvage
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

An-Najah National University
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