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.

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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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Women play an important, but often overlooked, role in biodiversity conservation.

Strengthening Women's Role In Conservation

Both men and women depend on Earth’s ecosystems and their life-sustaining benefits. Often, though, the role of women in conservation is overlooked or understated.

Vulnerable olm (Proteus anguinus) have become the national animal of Slovenia.

Cave-Dwelling Salamander Sheds Light On Drinking Water Resources

With a grant from CEPF, the Society for Cave Biology (Društvo za jamsko biologijo) pioneered a method of testing for DNA in the very water that flows out of cave systems using known olm salamander habitats in Slovenia.

Sathyabhama Das Biju in the Western Ghats of India.

Grantee Spotlight: Sathyabhama Das Biju

CEPF grantee Sathyabhama Das Biju might not be universally recognized as a celebrity, but he has recently been in the limelight for his frog discoveries in India. He has discovered 89 of the country’s approximately 350 frog species.

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