CEPF‘s initial investment in the hotspot focused exclusively on Madagascar. We awarded 40 grants to 18 civil society organizations.
For our second investment in the hotspot (2015-2022), which received additional funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, CEPF provided a source of funding that was designed to reach civil society in a way that complemented funding going to government agencies. We encouraged inventive conservation ideas, in particular those that demonstrated the link between the benefits of biodiversity and sound development. We also supported concrete regional collaborations among on-the-ground conservation groups, which had been working largely in isolation.
Our investments focused on 38 sites in Madagascar, 19 in the Comoros, nine in Mauritius and 12 in the Seychelles. These sites—wetlands and waterways, dry forests, and coastal and marine areas—house ecosystems that have exceptional biodiversity but had thus far received less attention from conservation funders. We awarded 128 grants to 92 civil society organizations.
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Indian Ocean Islands
CEPF now has an additional investment in the Indian Ocean Islands, which focuses specifically on funding projects that build resilience to climate change.
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