<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CEPF Press Releases</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/news/press_releases&amp;page=ea4cc8f6-0ae4-4cb2-a05c-7670c82aad34&amp;wp=467839f4-490d-4d16-9273-4d6a41edd15a</link><description></description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>$9.8 Million environmental investment to include grants to Arabian Peninsula</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Environmental-investment-to-include-grants-to-Arabian-Peninsula.aspx</link><description>Funding to protect the unique biological diversity and vital ecosystems in the southwestern Arabian Peninsula is available through a new conservation strategy and investment plan supporting human well-being and nature.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:52:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>European Commission Joins Conservation and Social Impact Fund with 18 Million Euro Contribution</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/EC_Joins_CEPF_Partnership.aspx</link><description>On Oct. 15, 2012, CEPF announced that it has a new partner, the European Commission, which will contribute 18 million euros (US$23.5 million) over five years toward CEPF’s efforts to empower civil society to conserve the world’s most critical ecosystems.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:43:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry from civil society for biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Burma Hotspot</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Birdlife_CEPF_call_LOI_Indo_Burma.aspx</link><description>BirdLife International in Indochina, in its role as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for CEPF in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, invites proposals for small grants from non-government organisations, community groups and other civil society organisations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:17:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2012 Equator Prize Awarded to Fiji's Sisi Initiative Site Support Group</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/2012_Equator_Prize_Awarded_Fiji_Sisi_Initiative.aspx</link><description>CEPF congratulates the Sisi Initiative, a community-based group participating in a BirdLife Fiji project, for earning an Equator Prize. </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>25 Years of Dedication to Save the Rarotonga Flycatcher Paying Off</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/25_years_dedication_save_the_Rarotonga_flycatcher_paying_off.aspx</link><description>Veteran Rarotonga Flycatcher researcher, ornithologist Dr Hugh Robertson of the NZ Department of Conservation in Wellington, is highly elated by the results of his latest efforts.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:08:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conservationists concerned for future of White-shouldered Ibis</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Conservationists_concerned_White-shouldered_Ibis.aspx</link><description>One of the rarest birds in the world just became a little less rare as a result of new research, but rampant habitat loss cast serious doubt on whether the species can be saved from global extinction.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:27:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Report: Bushmeat Hunting Driving Tanzanian Forests to Crisis</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Bushmeat_Hunting_Driving_Tanzanian_Forests_to_Crisis.aspx</link><description>The populations of several animal species in southern Tanzania are suffering alarming declines due to bushmeat hunting and habitat degradation...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:33:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to deliver conservation where it matters most</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/deliver_conservation_where_matters_most.aspx</link><description>Innovative financial mechanism shows how the CBD targets can be implemented on the ground</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:48:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Changing the conservation game – new report finds that focusing on funding civil society yields dramatic results</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Changing_the_conservation_game.aspx</link><description>A new and highly strategic approach to delivering conservation of endangered plants and animals while also benefitting people could revolutionize conservation in the 21st century, a new report shows.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:51:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US$6.65 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO CONSERVATION</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Millions_Invested_Southern_Africa_Conservation.aspx</link><description>A US-based fund will be injecting US$6.65 million into conservation efforts in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Mozambique and Swaziland in the next 5 years.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:45:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First ever international plan to save the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity unites 34 countries on 3 continents</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Mediterranean_Basin_Plan_Launched.aspx</link><description>The first ever comprehensive plan to preserve the unique and beautiful ecology of the Mediterranean Basin will be launched today, September 29th, 2010, at the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) conference in Paris.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:31:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BirdLife and CEPF expand funding opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Burma Hotspot</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/expand_funding_IndoBurma_Hotspot.aspx</link><description>NGOs, academic institutions, community groups and other civil society organisations working in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam given opportunity to apply for funding to conserve the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:14:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Little Nation that Could, and Did </title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/Kiribati_Phoenix_Islands_World_Heritage.aspx</link><description>Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands Protected Area earns global spotlight as largest World Heritage site on Earth</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:53:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Going Home - Two Rare Vultures Return to the Wild</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/two_rare_vultures_returned.aspx</link><description>Two very lucky vultures went home to northern Cambodia on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:17:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Third Call for Proposals to Boost Conservation in the Pacific</title><link>http://www.cepf.net/news/press_releases/Pages/third_call_proposals_Pacific.aspx</link><description>The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the Conservation International Pacific Islands Program invite applications for grants for critical activities to help conserve the natural wealth of the Polynesia-Micronesia biodiversity hotspot.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:04:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>