Our Planet's Future Depends on Biodiversity

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) enables civil society to protect the world’s biodiversity hotspots—biologically rich ecosystems that are essential to humanity, yet highly threatened.
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Gray monkey with white around eyes sits in tree.
Newly discovered Popa langur (Trachypithecus popa) in Myanmar.
© Aung Ko Lin/FFI

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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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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

Universidad San Francisco de Quito - ECOLAP
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

Ecological resource center "EKOMAKTAB»
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

Public Union “Global and Local Information Partnership”
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

Expert analytical Agency "Ynanch-Vepa"
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

PA "Center for civil initiatives "LEADER"
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

PA "NOOSFERA"
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

Public Association "Orchun"
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

PO "Youth Group for Environmental Protection"
Stream running through mountains.
Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan.
© O. Langrand

PA "Mountain Club "Jabagly-Manas"
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

Resguardo Palmar Imbi
Tiny eel on person's finger.
Young European eel.
© Borut Rubinič
Assessment of the European Eel Population in the Bojana River, Montenegro
Zeleni Dom Green Home
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

Soluciones Ambientales BYOS Cía. Ltda
Fisherman on water in small boat, lush island in the background.
Fisherman in the East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot.
© John Slaney/Flickr Creative Commons

NGO PROmotion Incorporated
Urban river.
Trebišnjica River.
© Borut Rubinič
Conservation of the Southern Dalmatian Minnow, Advanced Semi-cave Fish of the Dinaric Karst in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatsko Društvo za Biološka Istraživanja (HDBI) (Croatian Biology Research Society
Lagoon with green, rolling hills in background and blue sky.
Orikum Lagoon and Karaburun Peninsula, Albania.
© Mirjan Topi/PPNEA

Crnogorsko društvo ekologa [Montenegrin Ecologists Society (MES)]
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 Ecológica Arcoiris
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

National Audubon Society
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
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© O. Langrand
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