Approved Grants

Caribbean Islands

Strategic Direction 1. Improve protection and management of 45 priority key biodiversity areas.
Ecosystem Threat Assessment and Protected Area Strategy for the Massif de la Hotte Key Biodiversity Area in Haiti
US$103,135
Temple University

Strategic Direction 3. Support Caribbean civil society in achieving biodiversity conservation by building local and regional institutional capacity and by fostering stakeholder collaboration.
Final Assessment of the CEPF Caribbean Islands Program in Haiti and Jamaica
US$63,791
The Caribsave Partnership

Final Assessment of the CEPF Caribbean Islands Program in the Dominican Republic
US$19,965
Kiunzi–Gestión de proyectos de comunicación

East Melanesian Islands

Strategic Direction 1. Empower local communities to protect and manage globally significant biodiversity at priority key biodiversity areas underserved by current conservation efforts.
Derimbat Community Restoration Project in Papua New Guinea
US$20,000
Partners With Melanesians Inc.

Partulid Tree Snails of the Solomon Islands: Endemic Species or Products of Prehistoric Exchange Networks
US$19,500
Regents of the University of Michigan

Plants and People: Baseline Floristic and Ethnobotanical Surveys in Tafea Province, Vanuatu
US$156,849
The New York Botanical Garden

Protecting Areas of Significant Biodiversity in the Solomon Islands’ Temotu Province
US$94,993
OceansWatch

Status and Conservation of the Solomon Islands’ Most Threatened Endemic Terrestrial Vertebrates
US$78,549
The University of Queensland

Strategic Direction 2. Integrate biodiversity conservation into local land-use and development planning.
Mapping Customary Lands from Mount Maetambe to Kolobangara River, Solomon Islands
US$80,000
Ecological Solutions, Solomon Islands

Strategic Direction 3. Safeguard priority globally threatened species by addressing major threats and information gaps.
In Search of the Makira Moorhen in the Solomon Islands
US$49,916
Solomon Islands Community Conservation Partnership (SICCP)

The Emperor, the King, and the Little Pig: Status of the Lost Rats of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
US$19,796
The University of Queensland

Strategic Direction 4. Increase local, national and regional capacity to conserve biodiversity through catalyzing civil society partnerships.
Alleviating Pressures on Upland Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands
US$19,500
Solomon Islands Community Conservation Partnership

Capacity-Building and Training Course for Conservation Management of Giant Clams in Papua New Guinea
US$20,000
University of Papua New Guinea

Developing Conservation Champions: Community-Based Conservation Management Course in the East Melanesian Islands
US$154,933
University of the South Pacific

Field Training for Solomon Islands’ Protected Area Managers and Rangers
US$98,698
The University of Queensland

Relaunching the Solomon Islands Environmental Law Association
US$79,995
Solomon Islands Environmental Lawyers Association

Strengthening the Governance and Project Management Capacity of the Tawatana Community Conservation Development Association, Solomon Islands
US$19,681
Tawatana Community Conservation Development Association

Supporting the Vanuatu Environmental Science Society
US$20,000
Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

Eastern Afromontane

Strategic Direction 1. Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.
Building Capacity of Farmers’ Associations for Land-Use Planning and Conservation of Lake Kivu Landscape, Rwanda
US$20,000
Association pour la Promotion des Etudes d’Impacts Environnementaux au Rwanda

Civil Society Engagement in and Around Kibira National Park in Burundi
US$150,000
Resilience Now

Improving Conservation, Agribusiness and Land Use Planning at Mount Rungwe, Tanzania
US$159,432
African Wildlife Foundation

Lost Mountain Phase III: Scalable Innovative Conservation and Development on Mozambique’s Mount Namuli
US$150,000
Additive Adventure

Mafinga Hills Conservation Programme, Zambia
US$19,982
Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia

Mainstreaming Biodiversity into District Development Planning and Improving Livelihoods in Ethiopia
US$149,399
Lem Ethiopia (The Environment & Development Society of Ethiopia)

Manda Wilderness Biodiversity Project Phase 2, Mozambique
US$139,325
Manda Wilderness Community Trust

Participatory Process for Conservation: Implementing a Socio-ecological Baseline in Mount Chiperone Key Biodiversity Area, Mozambique
US$19,990
Verde Azul

Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Improved Forest Conservation in Njombe, Tanzania
US$20,000
Save Tanzania Forests

Strengthening Emerging Conservation Efforts in Mount Guna, Ethiopia, Through Community-Based Ecotourism and Agroforestry
US$18,663
University of Gondar

The African Great Lakes Summit: Improving Conservation in the African Great Lakes through Cross-Basin Collaboration
US$150,000
The Nature Conservancy

Strategic Direction 2. Improve the protection and management of the key biodiversity area network throughout the hotspot
Capacity Building on Environmental Safeguards and the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Yemen
US$132,020
The United Society for Developing Water Resources and Environment

Catalyzing the Application of Site Safeguard Policies and Procedures in Kenya: Using Lake Bogoria National Reserve Key Biodiversity Area as a Case Study
US$10,000
Nature Kenya

Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia’s Mount Guna Area
US$145,024
Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara

Community Information, Education, and Communication for Healthy Biodiversity Habitats and Ecosystems Around Murchison Falls National Park Key Biodiversity Area, Uganda
US$9,944
Gulu University

Community-Oriented In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Species in Ethiopian Hotspots
US$144,000
Gullele Botanic Garden

Designing Management and Monitoring Plans for Tanzania’s Livingstone Mountain Forests
US$185,403
Wildlife Conservation Society

Facilitating Elections of Village Action Groups for the Nsama Community Resource Board in Zambia
US$8,864
Conservation Lake Tanganyika

Mapping the Remaining Unprotected Natural Forests and Assessing Their Resources and Threats as a Roadmap to Conserve the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot in Ludewa, Tanzania
US$79,033F
Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation Consultancy Bureau at Sokoine University of Agriculture

Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Applying the World Bank Safeguard Policies and Procedures on Natural Habitats in the Malagarasi River System Key Biodiversity Area, Tanzania
US$10,000
Governance Links Tanzania

Participatory Action to Safeguard Ecosystems and Enforce Environmental Impact Assessments in the Malagarasi River System Key Biodiversity Area, Tanzania
US$10,000
Nyakitonto Youth for Development Tanzania

Promoting Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Conservation of the Cyamudongo Forest, Rwanda
US$25,000
Association Rwandaise des Ecologistes

Rabies Emergency Response in Ethiopian Wolves
US$9,925
Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme

Rehabilitation and Sustainable Utilization of Ethiopia’s Little Abbai River Mouth Wetlands
US$149,307
Bahir Dar University

Strengthening the Conservation of the Gishwati Forest Reserve in Rwanda
US$39,937
Forest of Hope Association

Strategic Direction 3. Initiate and support sustainable financing and related actions for the conservation of priority key biodiversity areas and corridors.
Assessing Plant Conservation Capacity in South Sudan
US$19,500
East Africa Plant Red List Authority

Building Community and National Partners’ Capacity for Sustainable Conservation Financing at Rwanda’s Rugezi Marsh Key Biodiversity Area
US$19,956
Endangered Wildlife Trust

Improved Protection of Kibira National Park, Burundi, by Increasing Civil Society’s Accountability
US$9,880
Organisation pour la défense de l’environnement au Burundi

Systematic Evaluation of CEPF and Capacity Development of CEPF Grantees in the Eastern Afromontane
US$249,999
Fauna & Flora International

Systematic Evaluation of CEPF and Capacity Development of CEPF Grantees in the Eastern Afromontane
US$249,938
Tropical Biology Association

Training Workshop for Monitoring, Management and Conservation in Yemen
US$18,400
Ahmed Yehia Ali

Indo-Burma

Strategic Direction 1. Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats.
Building a Comprehensive Chelonian Conservation Program in Myanmar
US$99,000
Turtle Survival Alliance

Conservation of Vultures in Myanmar
US$19,947
Friends of Wildlife

Development of a Holistic Approach to the Conservation of the Cat Ba Langur in Vietnam
US$70,000
Fauna & Flora International

Embedding Sustainable Community Management Practices at Key Sarus Crane Wetlands in the Cambodian Lower Mekong
US$69,949
Mlup Baitong

Identifying Priority Sites and Conservation Actions for the Fishing Cat in Cambodia
US$19,999
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation

In Search of Edwards’s Pheasant in the Annamese Lowlands of Vietnam
US$90,000
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies

Leveraging Long-Term Support for Saola Conservation in the Central Annamites of Vietnam
US$199,528
World Wide Fund for Nature–Vietnam

Promoting the Conservation of Eld’s Deer in Myanmar’s Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary through Core Zone Management and Community Participation
US$19,993
Friends of Wildlife

Securing Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles in the Indo-Burma Hotspot
US$150,000
Indo–Myanmar Conservation

Stimulating Sustainable Saola Snare Removal: Leveraging Long-Term Support for Saola Conservation in the Central Annamites of Vietnam
US$199,528
World Wide Fund for Nature

Strengthening Conservation of the Most Critically Endangered Turtles in Vietnam
US$19,990
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies

Strategic Direction 2. Demonstrate innovative responses to illegal trafficking and consumption of wildlife.
Breaking the Chain: Building a Transnational Partnership Between Civil Society and Governments to Combat Major Wildlife Trade Networks in Lao PDR, Vietnam and China
US$324,550
Wildlife Conservation Society

Mobilizing Public Action in Reducing Demand for Wildlife Products and Combatting Wildlife Crime in Vietnam
US$227,678
Education for Nature–Vietnam

Reducing Wildlife Consumption in Da Nang, Vietnam
US$19,992
GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Center

Strategic Direction 4. Empower local communities to engage in conservation and management of priority key biodiversity areas.
A Gap Analysis for the Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Upper Ayeyarwady Basin of Myanmar
US$149,973
Fauna & Flora International

Changing Perceptions for Active Biodiversity Conservation in Stung Treng Ramsar Site, Cambodia
US$79,959
Cambodian Rural Development Team

Conducting a Key Biodiversity Area Gap Analysis to Promote Protected Area Expansion in Three Little-Known Corridors in Myanmar
US$99,994
Wildlife Conservation Society

Empowering Local Communities to Engage in Conservation and Management of Priority Key Biodiversity Areas and Threatened Primate and Plant Species in the Sino-Vietnamese Limestone Corridor
US$400,000
Fauna & Flora International

Enhancing Co-management of Sustainable Aquatic Resources in Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam
US$100,000
Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development

Establishing a Protected Area-friendly System in Tropical China
US$199,998
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Establishing Multi-community Co-management of an Aquatic Biodiversity Hotspot with Probarbus Fishes and Softshell Turtles in the Mekong River at Keng Mai Rapids, Lao PDRUS
$20,000
FISHBIO

Feasibility Study on the Establishment of a Community-Managed Protected Area in Na Chi, Vietnam
US$19,992
Centre for People and Nature Reconciliation

Strengthening Community-Based Bird Biodiversity Conservation and Monitoring in Cambodia’s 3S River Basin
US$150,000
Royal University of Phnom Penh

Strategic Direction 6. Engage key actors in mainstreaming biodiversity, communities and livelihoods into development planning in the priority corridors.
Addressing Vietnam’s Ecological Footprint in the Lower Mekong Region
US$244,920
Center for People and Nature Reconciliation

Advancing Environmental Media and Communications for Navigating the Public Discourse on Development and Conservation in Vietnam
US$200,000
Center for People and Nature Reconciliation

Biodiversity, Community and Development of Sustainable Livelihoods in Hainan, China
US$19,906
Hainan Hele-Crab Conservation Center

Biodiversity Information-Sharing Platform for Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Policy Making in China
US$219,660
Shan Shui Conservation Center

Developing Policies for Sustainable Tourism in the Upper Ayeyarwady River Corridor, Myanmar
US$20,000
Harrison Institute

Evaluation of Co-Management as an Alternative Model for Aquatic Resource Conservation with Greater Participation by Local People in Northern Vietnam
US$19,985
Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development

Nu River Biodiversity in Myanmar: Increasing Knowledge and Capacity on Infrastructure Impacts
US$61,982
Yi Tai Rui Wo Environmental Consulting Company Limited

Strengthening Community Advocacy in Cambodia’s 3S River Basin
US$120,000
Fisheries Action Coalition Team

Strengthening Local Community Networks for Restoration of Fish Habitats in Northern Thailand
US$90,000
Living River Siam Association

Strengthening Mekong Local Youth Networks for Riverine Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand
US$80,000
Mekong Community Institute Association

Strategic Direction 8. Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels.
Building Civil Society Capacity to Assess the Impacts of Hydropower Development on the Biodiversity in Vietnam’s Srepok River
US$19,618
Centre for Sustainable Water Resources Development and Adaptation to Climate Change

Building Local Conservation Groups to Protect Important Areas for Bird Conservation in Thailand
US$19,999
Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST)

Capacity Building of Local Communities in Bird Conservation in Huang Lianshan, China
US$19,950
The Zoological Society of Yunnan Province

Capacity Building of Local Conservation Groups in Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, China, to Address the Illegal Shorebird Trapping Problem
US$99,975
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

Conservation Leadership Program
US$19,950
Bring the Elephant Home Foundation

Conservation Planning for Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle in China, Lao PDR and Vietnam
US$5,650
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies

Core Capacity Building for Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Lao PDRUS
$74,810
Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden

Creating Conservation Leaders for Vietnam’s West Nghe An Biosphere Reserve
US$19,991
Center for Environmental and Rural Development, Vinh University

Developing Best Practices for Evaluating Fish Conservation Zone Effectiveness in Lao PDR
US$109,970
FISHBIO

Fostering Wildlife Guardians for Thailand’s Thap Lan National Park
US$19,839
Freeland Foundation

Managing Natural Resources to Safeguard Livelihoods in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
US$19,987
Day Ku Aphiwat

Supporting the Growth of Environmental Societies at Colleges in Beihai, China
US$19,872
Beihai Citizen Volunteer Association

Training for Monitoring Spoon-Billed Sandpiper in Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar
US$17,985
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association

Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands

Strategic Direction 2. Enable civil society to mainstream biodiversity and conservation into policy making and business practices.
Fulfilling Madagascar’s ‘Sydney Promise’ through a National Process of Marine Protected Area Planning
US$177,803
Madagascar Wildlife Conservation Society

Identifying and Monitoring Terrestrial Conservation Priorities in the Comoro Islands, and Building Results into Policy and Practice
US$175,000
Dahari

Mobilizing Freshwater Biodiversity Information for Better Representation within Protected Areas in Madagascar
US$226,835
International Union for Conservation of Nature

Seychelles Magpie Robin Project
US$20,000
BirdLife International

Strategic Direction 4. Provide strategic leadership and effective coordination of CEPF investment through a regional implementation team.
CEPF Regional Implementation Team in Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
US$1,425,000
Fondation Tany Meva

Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany

Strategic Direction 2. Expand conservation areas and improve land use in 19 key biodiversity areas.
Development of a Regional Action Plan for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in South Africa
US$20,000
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region Non-profit Companyizi

Khwenene Project in South Africa
US$20,000
The Wild Bird Trust

Kranskop Community Conservation Project, South Africa
US$8,500
Endangered Wildlife Trust

Strategic Direction 3. Maintain and restore ecosystem function and integrity in the Highland Grasslands and Pondoland corridors.
Declaration Agreements for South Africa’s AmaNgwane and AmaZizi Community Conservation Areas
US$19,850
Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services

Forest Carbon Market Development in South Africa’s Eastern Cape
US$56,265
World Wide Fund for Nature–South Africa

Midmar to Albert Falls Biosphere Reserve, South Africa
US$69,995
Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa

Supporting Estuary Management on the Eastern Cape Wild Coast—Mngazana, Umngazi and Ntafufu, South Africa
US$20,000
Fieldwork

Strategic Direction 4. Create an enabling environment to improve conservation and management of Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany priority sites.
Amathole Endangered Species Conservation Plans, South Africa
US$4,384
Endangered Wildlife Trust

Building Capacity for the Proposed Lambasi Provincial Reserve and Mtentu Gorge Protected Area in South Africa
US$20,000
Wild Side Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd

Transformation of South Africa’s Somkhanda Community
US$20,000
Southern African Wildlife College

Mediterranean Basin

Strategic Direction 1. Promote civil society involvement in integrated coastal zone management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans; Cyrenaican Peninsula; and Mountains, Plateaus and Wetlands of Algerian Tell and Tunisia), and in 20 coastal and marine priority key biodiversity areas in other corridors.
Circuit Ecotourism within Tunisia’s Dunes of Ras Alby
US$19,961
Association de protection de l’environnement Hammem Ghezaz

Contribute to the Conservation of Bou Areg Laguna in Morocco Through the Involvement of Civil Society in Integrated Coastal Zone Management
US$172,072
Association de Gestion Intégrée des Ressources

Contribute to the Conservation of Tunisia’s Kuriat Islands and the Bay of Monastir through the Involvement of Civil Society and the Private Sector
US$159,994
Notre Grand Bleu

The Essaouira Dunes: Mapping a Sustainable Future for the Coastal Atlantic Plains of Morocco
US$19,871
Groupe de Recherche pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc (Grepom)

Fair Access: Managing Turtle Watching and Quad Bike Traffic on the Nesting Beaches of Boavista, Cape Verde
US$77,922
Turtle Foundation

Mapping Integrated Coastal Zone Management Initiatives and Lessons Learned in North Africa
US$72,000
Cabinet Sami Ben Haj

Mediterranean Mid-Term Assessment Regional Meeting
US$9,939
Association Les Amis des Oiseaux

Mediterranean Mid-Term Assessment Regional Meeting–Montenegro
S$33,940
Center for Protection and Research of Birds of Montenegro

Montenegro Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$1,945
NGO Green Home

Promotion of Biodiversity Conservation Actions in Ulcinj Salina, Montenegro
US$16,980
Kawka Production

Strengthening Tunisian Organizations' Environmental and Technical Skills
US$76,770
Association Tunisienne des Ingénieurs Agronomes

Studying the Involvement of the Tourism Sector in Financing Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
US$19,976
KANOPEE SAS (Horwath)

Tunisian and Libyan Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$4,308
Reseau Enfant de la Terre

Strategic Direction 2. Establish the sustainable management of water catchments and the wise use of water resources with a focus on the priority corridors of the (1) Atlas Mountains, (2) Taurus Mountains, (3) Orontes Valley and Lebanon Mountains, and (4) Southwest Balkans.
Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative in Ohrid Lake Basin between Southwestern Macedonia and Eastern Albania
US$13,100
Gaus Institut–Fondacija za novi tehnologii, inovacii i transfer na znaenje

Albanian Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$2,270
Urban Research Institute

Communication Support for Morocco’s Ifrane National Park
US$15,594
Addict.com

Developing Sustainable Water Management Practices for Albania’s Ohrid Lake Region
US$13,050
Instituti i Politikave Mjedisore

Integrated Natural Water Management of Shkumbini River, Albania
US$29,470
Agro-Environmental & Economic Management-Center

Macedonian Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$4,996
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe

Promoting Conservation in the Transboundary Prespa Eco-Region of Albania, Macedonia, and Greece: Establishment of the Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust
US$76,981
World Wide Fund for Nature–Greece

River Moraca, Montenegro: Sustainable Development Against Floods
US$89,999
Center for Protection and Research of Birds of Montenegro

River Moraca, Montenegro: The New Way Forward
US$39,996
The Network for the Affirmation of NGO Sector

Smart Water Use in the Republic of Macedonia’s Ohrid Lake Region
US$18,989
Environmental Organization “Grashnica”

Support Communities in Improving Water Management Practices and Biodiversity Conservation Near Morocco’s Wadi Micro-Watershed of Oued Outat
US$102,817
Association Haute Moulouya pour l’Ecotourisme et la Protection de la Nature

Strategic Direction 3. Improve the conservation and protection status of 44 priority key biodiversity areas.
Bosnian and Herzegovina Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$4,830
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe–Country Office Bosnia and Herzegovina

Enforcing Hunting Legislation and Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Wildlife Management in Albania
US$104,120
Albanian Society for the Protection of Birds & Wild Fauna (Mammals)

Jordanian Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$2,231
The United Society for Developing Water Resources and Environment

Lebanon Mid-Term Stakeholder Assessment of the CEPF Investment
US$2,690
Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth

Multimedia Communications Campaign for Lake Skadar, on the Border of Albania and Montenegro
US$17,000
Asociación Beyond Light (The Living Med)

Rehabilitation of the Sweimeh Eco-Park in Jordan
US$19,800
Sweimeh Association Charity Tropical Andes

Strategic Direction 7. Provide strategic leadership and effective coordination of CEPF investment through a regional implementation team.
Tropical Andes Regional Implementation Team
US$1,500,000
Fundación para el Desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas

Wallacea

Strategic Direction 7. Provide strategic leadership and effective coordination of conservation investment through a regional implementation team.
CEPF Regional Implementation Team in Wallacea
US$1,499,389
Burung Indonesia