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Annual Report 2019 Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Protecting Biodiversity by Empowering People ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND DONOR PARTNERSHIP: CEPF’S Since 2000, CEPF has been bringing together APPROACH global and regional donors to conserve biodiversity, strengthen civil society and support sustainable development. THE FOCUSED INVESTMENT: On the basis of an assessment of opportunities and threats, CEPF donor partners choose which GOAL biodiversity hotspots to invest in as funding becomes available. Results 3 PARTICIPATORY PRIORITY-SETTING: Message from Grant making is guided by ecosystem profiles— 9 the Chairperson Empowering locally led conservation analyses of the biodiversity and socio-economic conditions in each hotspot that are produced by, of biodiversity hotspots—some of the Message from the and in consultation with, local stakeholders. 10 Executive Director world’s most biologically rich yet The result is a regional conservation strategy tailored to the most urgent needs, using threatened ecosystems. The Partnership practical solutions. 11 CEPF and Global Targets LOCAL MANAGEMENT: 13 CEPF partners with a regional implementation Year in Review team in the hotspot to help shepherd the investment 15 and build local conservation leadership. GRANTS TO CIVIL SOCIETY: Civil society entities—including nongovernmental organizations, communities, indigenous peoples groups, universities and small businesses—apply for grants that are awarded on a competitive CEPF and the basis for projects that contribute to CEPF’s 19 Biodiversity Hotspots conservation strategy. Approved Grants ENDURING CONSERVATION: 21 Projects funded by CEPF add up to a portfolio Financial Summary of complementary conservation actions 29 addressing critical priorities while also building Grantee Partners local conservation communities that will continue 31 to lead protection of the hotspots after CEPF Donor Council, funding is completed. 38 Working Group, CEPF Secretariat ACHIEVING GLOBAL GOALS: and The results achieved by CEPF grantees complement Regional governments’ efforts to meet targets related to the Implementation U.N.’s Convention on Biological Diversity (the Aichi Teams Targets), Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Sustainable Development Goals. Cover photo: Crnojevica River, Montenegro. © Thomais Vlachogianni Local eco-guides use magnifying glasses to observe snails during a species This page: African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Uganda. © O. Langrand identification course, São Tomé. © Forest Giants Project, by Vasco Pissarra 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 www.cepf.net www.cepf.net ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2 2000 TO 30 JUNE 2019 RESULTS Countries and territories benefited Grantees supported In grants committed Leveraged by those grants 3 Researchers observing monkeys in Corosha, Peru. © Michael Tweddle Tree nursery, Vallée de Ferney, Mauritius. © O. Langrand 4 Hectares of production landscape Species supported that are listed on the with improved management IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Hectares of protected areas created Hectares of Key Biodiversity Areas with improved management 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. Tonkin snub-nosed monkey population at Khau Ca KBA Learn more at www.keybiodiversityareas.org. 5 Lagoa Maurei no Alafalu Protected Area, Timor Leste. © Conservation International Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Vietnam. © FFI/Le Khac Quyet 6 Policies or laws enacted or amended in favor of biodiversity Partnerships or networks created Communities directly benefited A woman collects water from a tank at her home in Kisindi Village, Uganda, donated by CEPF grantee 7 the Chimpanzee Trust. © Anthony Onyango (Tonywild photography www.tonywild.co.ke) Participants in the IX Cerrado Peoples Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil. © Fernando Pires 8 CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND MESSAGE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Urgent Need to Scale Up Action Is Clear Small Investments Yield Big Change WE HAVE THE GRASSROOTS KNOWLEDGE STRENGTHENING LOCAL GROUPS TO PROTECT ESSENTIAL AND LEADERSHIP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ECOSYSTEMS AND BUILD A FUTURE FOR NATURE This report, sharing the latest results from CEPF’s grantees, arrives as we are in the midst Rugezi Marsh is a remote, lush, high-altitude wetland in Rwanda that holds great of an unprecedented global challenge, at a time when we had expected to focus primarily importance for people and other species. It provides and filters water needed for on the “super year for biodiversity.” In many ways COVID-19 has strengthened our human consumption and hydropower, stores carbon and supports local livelihoods. commitment to continue to be the best possible stewards for nature and to contribute, It also provides a home for a wide range of species, including the Endangered Grauer’s with our experience, to new global targets for biodiversity leading to global action. swamp warbler (Bradypterus graueri) and the Endangered grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum). The “super year” follows grim revelations from the global biodiversity assessment © Conservation International/ released in May 2019 by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity © Randon Vaccaro Studio photo by Nina Marshall Almost 7,000 hectares of Rugezi Marsh—which also has been designated a and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Among the findings: up to 1 million species threatened Key Biodiversity Area—have been set aside for protection. The Rwandan government with extinction; US$235 billion in global crop output at risk because of pollinator loss; named it a top conservation priority in its national biodiversity strategy. However, this 35% of protected areas managed by indigenous peoples under increasing pressure JULIA MARTON-LEFÈVRE OLIVIER LANGRAND wetland has been significantly degraded over time by development and unsustainable from extractive industries. The assessment and recent disasters such as the fires in CHAIRPERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR use of its resources. the Amazon and Australia make our situation crystal clear: Transformative change is CEPF DONOR COUNCIL needed now to halt the dangerous decline in nature. We must continue and radically Enter the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA), which has been intensify efforts to restore natural systems we rely on for essentials such as food and working for five years to address the declining population of grey crowned cranes. water, and to help us adapt to, and mitigate, climate change. A project funded through CEPF’s investment in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot demonstrated how partnering with local communities can benefit people, In this landscape, CEPF offers good news: There are smart, experienced local conservation government and biodiversity. The project enabled RWCA to hire and train women leaders around the globe ready to escalate their ongoing achievements. The CEPF and men from local communities to improve patrolling of the protected area and model has demonstrated that with modest financial support, local nongovernmental gather data on the cranes. The number of patrols and area covered increased, as groups can be extremely effective in delivering conservation results that benefit nearby did the number of cranes, from just 71 in 2017 to 134 in 2019. Project participants communities, aid local and national governments, and help address global concerns. also educated the community on the importance of protecting the marsh and worked with them to plant 5,500 indigenous trees to restore habitat. RWCA Take as an example CEPF’s portfolio of projects in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity coordinated with fellow CEPF grantee International Crane Foundation (ICF), which Hotspot. US$12 million in grants from 2012 to 2019, made available to 104 grantees set up conservation agreements with community members to provide livelihood in 13 countries, yielded results including: benefits for residents who halted poaching and unsustainable use. CEPF’s funding • 1.42 million hectares of protected area created in countries also helped build up skills and knowledge for both grantees’ staff. including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. • 5.26 million hectares of Key Biodiversity Areas with improved The CEPF grants to RWCA and to ICF, which together total just US$80,900, are among management in countries such as Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda A farmer stands next to fodder crop being Terraced farming at Rugezi Marsh. more than 160 CEPF-funded projects designed to nurture grassroots conservation and Mozambique. grown as an alternative to grazing cattle © Conservation International/photo of the most biodiverse and highly threatened places in the Eastern Afromontane within Rugezi Marsh. © Conservation by A.W. Tordoff • 3 national and 66 local laws, policies or regulations enabled in International/photo by A.W. Tordoff Biodiversity Hotspot. Step by step, these targeted interventions are building an favor of biodiversity in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and more. empowered local conservation force that is well placed to forge a future for the • 577 communities benefiting across the hotspot. Eastern Afromontane’s nature and communities. Now, at the
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