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Explore the Biodiversity Hotspots

 

CEPF grantees work in developing and transitional countries in the world’s biodiversity hotspots—some of Earth’s most biologically diverse yet threatened terrestrial areas. Since 2001, CEPF has funded conservation in 25 of the 36 hotspots.

 

Small bird on horizontal branch of large, orange flower.
Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) in Parque Nacional Sierre de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic.
© Jorge Brocca
East Melanesian Islands

 

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The East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot encompasses some 1,600 islands in the South Pacific. The isolation of these islands has led to high levels of endemism, both within the whole hotspot and on single islands. Unfortunately, in recent decades this isolation has not protected the region from outside threats—logging and mining among them.

CEPF is currently investing in 7 hotspots:

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Caribbean Islands

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Indo-Burma

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Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands

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Mediterranean Basin

Stream running through snow-covered landscape.

Mountains of Central Asia

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Tropical Andes

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Wallacea

CEPF previously invested in 18 hotspots:

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11 ADDITIONAL HOTSPOTS:

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