The Stories of Our Grantees

CEPF works to empower civil society organizations to do what they do best: Manage the global biodiversity crisis one initiative at a time. Sharing their stories and lessons learned is vital to our collective success.

Two women walking, carrying straps of woven bags across their heads.

Flores, Indonesia.

FEATURED STORIES:

Black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori).

Announcing CEPF's 2025 Photo and Video Contest Winners

Winners include images from Ecuador and Myanmar, and video from Bolivia.

A gray and brown hawk with an open beak perches on a tree branch.

Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgwayi).

Raptors and Resilience

CEPF Donors Visit Nature Conservation and Livelihood Projects in the Dominican Republic

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In forest, woman in red head scarf holding up tree root with man standing next to her.

Observing a medicinal root.

Announcing CEPF's New Gender Toolkit

Considering gender is crucial for conservation success

Three men in skiff release three turtles into the water.

Head-started turtles are released into the wild.

Photo of Russ Mittermeier handing a book on the world's biodiversity hotspots to officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Russ Mittermeier hands a copy of "Hotspots Revisited" to officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘What might well be the most important work in the world’

Conservation pioneer Russ Mittermeier on CEPF grantees, biodiversity hotspots and civil society

Read About CEPF's Conservation Impact

Undulating, green hills with storym sky.

Bahoruco Oriental, Dominican Republic.