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CEPF Impact in the Caucasus
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) commenced its investment in
the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot in August 2003, following the approval of
an ecosystem profile developed with stakeholders’ input and a grant
allocation of $8.5 million to be awarded over five years. The Caucasus
Hotspot has the greatest biological diversity of any temperate forest
region in the world. It spans 580,000 square kilometers of mountains in
Eurasia, between the Black and Caspian seas. The hotspot includes all of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the North Caucasus portion of the Russian
Federation, northeastern Turkey and part of northwestern Iran.
In order to assess the achievements made possible by CEPF investment in the
hotspot the special report was compiled. It draws on experience, lessons
learned and project reports generated by civil society groups supported
during the period of investment. In addition, data were drawn from
questionnaires completed by grantees as part of this assessment. Finally, a
draft of this report was reviewed at a two-day assessment workshop held in
Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2009, at which participants reviewed the
results of CEPF’s five years of investment, with a particular emphasis on
impacts, lessons learned and sustainability.
The assessment report can be downloaded from:
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