Since its inception in 2000, CEPF has strived to safeguard the world’s most critical ecosystems and biodiversity by supporting civil society in implementing stakeholder-informed conservation strategies in biodiversity hotspots. The following data demonstrate the impact CEPF and its grantees have had on a global scale within four impact categories: biodiversity, human well-being, civil society capacity and enabling conditions.
Biodiversity
Protected Areas Created or Expanded
Total: 13.1 Million HectaresFrom inception of CEPF through fiscal year 2015
Key Biodiversity Areas with Strengthened Management
Total: 36.6 Million HectaresFrom inception of CEPF through fiscal year 2015
Production Landscape with Strengthened Management
Total: 6.4 Million HectaresFrom 2007 through fiscal year 2015
Human Well-Being
Civil Society Capacity
Number of Communities Directly Benefiting
Total: 2,303
Enabling Conditions
Types of Policy Interventions
Total: 77
Photo Credits
Black rhino (Diceros bicornis). © Jon McCormack
