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CEPF 2020 Annual Report Annual Report 2020 Protecting Biodiversity by Empowering People MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON How to prevent pandemics? Blue-Eyed Ground-Dove Nature Reserve, Brazil. Invest in biodiversity © Save Brasil Save lives and money, and address climate change Unsustainable exploitation of the environment—through The IPBES report estimates a markedly lower cost of US$22 billion to land-use change, agricultural US$31.2 billion for the implementation of global strategies to prevent pandemics. expansion and intensification, These strategies include reducing wildlife trade and land-use change and increasing by Julia Marton-Lefèvre surveillance of human, animal and environmental health via the One Health wildlife trade and consumption, multiple-sector initiative. CHAIRPERSON, CEPF DONOR COUNCIL and other drivers—is the source There is already action on many of these fronts. Organizations around the globe of almost all pandemics. have long worked to halt wildlife trafficking and encouraged governments and communities to sustainably manage natural areas and conserve crucial habitats. overnments and other entities around the globe have spent a lot of time, Recently, a coalition of public health and environmental organizations—including money and energy addressing the health and economic consequences CEPF founding donor Conservation International and CEPF conservation partners G of the COVID-19 pandemic and coming up with medical and economic World Resources Institute and Wildlife Conservation Society—formed Preventing solutions. These actions are necessary, as so many people’s lives and livelihoods Pandemics at the Source to apply a more holistic approach to the pandemic threat, have been lost or are gravely threatened. pursuing policies, awareness and funding for preventative action. Applying a similar sense of urgency, the world’s leaders would be wise to The global community is, however, still falling short when it comes to allocating also direct more attention and resources to the root cause of the emergence of the resources required for these types of practical actions to be taken well before a zoonotic pandemics: human disturbance of nature. crisis such as the current pandemic. Unsustainable exploitation of the environment—through land-use change, CEPF’s grantees and other civil society organizations continue their efforts to Julia Marton-Lefèvre. agricultural expansion and intensification, wildlife trade and consumption, and conserve the world’s biodiversity and prevent the environmental conditions that © Julia Marton-Lefèvre other drivers—is the source of almost all pandemics, according to a 2020 report enable zoonotic diseases. They have proven methods for protecting and restoring from a gathering of experts on biodiversity and pandemics convened by the habitats that provide a buffer between humans and wild animals and offer other vital Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services such as fresh water, clean air and food. Many organizations are collaborating Services (IPBES). with governments to thwart the dangerous and often illegal trade in wild animals. The resulting costs are astounding. First, of course, is the human toll— These groups are among the heroes in the struggle against pandemics. 1.9 million deaths from COVID-19 alone as of January 2021. Many more have For a relatively low cost, the international community can empower these suffered serious illness and lasting symptoms. The monetary cost of the current champions of a healthy world by significantly increasing the resources devoted pandemic also grows daily. By July 2020, the costs were estimated at US$8 trillion to conserving biodiversity. With appropriate levels of funding, the return on to US$16 trillion globally, according to the IPBES report, costs that have surely investment for the global community includes fewer pandemics, healthier water, climbed exponentially since then. richer soils, climate regulation and much more—it’s an incredible bargain. Cover: Near Gioc Lung Village, Vietnam. © Tuan Van Hoang Winner of the CEPF 2020 Photo Contest. 1 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND AR 2020 www.cepf.net CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND 2 CONTENTS Buano Island, Indonesia. © Rifky/Rekam Nusantara Foundation 5 CEPF'S APPROACH 7 THE RESULTS 11 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 13 THE PARTNERSHIP 15 CEPF AND GLOBAL TARGETS 17 YEAR IN REVIEW 23 A TRIBUTE: JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN 25 CEPF AND THE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS 27 APPROVED GRANTS 39 CEPF FINANCIAL SUMMARY 40 CEPF STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY 41 GRANTEE PARTNERS 47 CEPF: DONOR COUNCIL, WORKING GROUP, AND SECRETARIAT AND REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS 3 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND AR 2020 www.cepf.net CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND 4 CEPF'S APPROACH The Goal Empowering locally led conservation of biodiversity hotspots—some of the world’s most biologically rich yet Black-bellied terns threatened ecosystems. (Sterna acuticauda), Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar. © Naing Lin/WCS Myanmar Donor Focused Participatory Local Grants to Enduring Achieving partnership: investment: priority-setting: management: civil society: conservation: global goals: A new species of Dwarf iguana discovered in Cordillera de Colan, Peru. © Pablo J. Venegas Since 2000, On the basis of Grant-making is guided CEPF partners with a Civil society entities— Projects funded by CEPF The results achieved by CEPF has been an assessment by ecosystem profiles— regional implementation including nongovernmental add up to a portfolio CEPF grantees complement bringing together of opportunities and analyses of the biodiversity team in the hotspot organizations, communities, of complementary governments’ efforts to donors to conserve threats, CEPF donor and socio-economic to help shepherd Indigenous peoples conservation actions meet targets related biodiversity, strengthen partners choose which conditions in each hotspot the investment groups, universities and addressing critical to the U.N.’s Convention civil society and biodiversity hotspots that are produced by, and build local small businesses—apply priorities while also on Biological Diversity support sustainable to invest in as funding and in consultation with, conservation leadership. for grants that are awarded building local conservation (the Aichi Targets), development. becomes available. local stakeholders. on a competitive basis communities that will Framework Convention for projects that continue to lead protection on Climate Change, contribute to CEPF’s of the hotspots after CEPF and Sustainable conservation strategy. funding is completed. Development Goals. Visitor with guide, Corosha, Peru. Sangihe Scops-owl (Otus collari), Flora & Fauna International staff and Discovering loggerhead turtle nest at Members of a Kalunga community Kpo Mountains, Liberia. Fishing, Maevatanana-Ambato-Boeny © Michael Tweddle Sangihe Island, Indonesia. community conservation team discuss Farwa, Libya, in the Mediterranean hold up educational posters, Brazil. © Trond Larsen wetland system, Madagascar. © Rifky/Rekam Nusantara Foundation activities at Khau Ca Species and Basin Biodiversity Hotspot. © Associação Quilombo Kalunga (AQK) © Ruben Foquet/BINCO Habitat Conservation Area, Vietnam. © CEPF Med © FFI/Nguyen Van Truong 5 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND AR 2020 www.cepf.net CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND 6 THE RESULTS 15.7 Million hectares of protected areas created 50.3 Million hectares of Key Biodiversity Areas* with improved management 9.9 Million hectares of Farm on the border agricultural/ of Bantimurung- Ecoguards patrolling, Bulusaraung National commercial Côte d'Ivoire. Park, Indonesia. landscape © CEM/Image by © Rifky/Rekam with improved Alexandre Dah Nusantara Foundation management Fishermen, Skadar Aerangis verdickii Lake, Montenegro. orchid, Malawi. © Jaime Rojo © Wildlife Action Group US$255 Million in grants committed US$383 Million leveraged by those grants 2,492 907 grantees supported Species supported that are 105 listed on countries the IUCN and Red List of territories Threatened benefited Species * Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are, simply put, the most important places for life on Earth. Defined as sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity, these terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems are critical to the survival of species and biological diversity. They are the basic building blocks of CEPF’s conservation strategies. Learn more at keybiodiversityareas.org. 7 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND AR 2020 www.cepf.net CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND 8 THE RESULTS (Continued) 103,326 people receiving cash benefits including 32,985 women, 387 47,056 policies or men and Wild silk production, Bombetoka Bay, laws enacted Madagascar. Trung Khanh Nature or amended 23,285 © Fondation Tany Reserve, Vietnam. in favor of not specified Meva © FFI/Ryan Deboodt biodiversity Training in A local community gastronomy and training on protecting ecotourism with the Cerrado Biodiversity Aymara Indigenous Hotspot, Brazil. women in the Cacapi © Méle Dornelas community, Bolivia. © Eleana Calle 4,341 communities 431 directly partnerships benefited created 9 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND AR 2020 www.cepf.net CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND 10 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez CEO AND CHAIRPERSON, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY s a Costa Rican and former minister of environment for the country, I am passionately proud of A Costa
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