Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) - Second Call for Proposals Now Open

Waterfall in lush vegetation © Conservation International/photo by Michele Zador

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) are pleased to announce that the second call for proposals under the current CEPF investment in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot is now open.

Please note that this call is only open for proposals in the following priority CEPF sites and conservations corridors in Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines :

​CEPF Priority Corridor	​CEPF Priority Sites	Country
	​ATG-5 North East Marine Management Area and Fitches Creek Bay	​Antigua and Barbuda
	ATG-6 Redonda	​Antigua and Barbuda
	BHS-2 Andros Blue Holes National Park	​The Bahamas
	​BHS-12 Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park	​The Bahamas
	DOM-4 Monumento Natural Cabo Samaná	​Dominican Republic
	DOM-20 Parque Nacional Los Haitises	Dominican Republic
​Cordillera Central	​DOM-13 Parque Nacional Parque Nacional Dr. Juan Bautista Pérez Rancier (Valle Nuevo) DOM-23 Parque Nacional Montaña La Humeadora DOM-34 Reserva Científica Ébano Verde	​Dominican Republic
​Massif de la Selle – Sierra de Bahoruco – Hoya de Enriquillo Basin Binational Corridor	DOM-16 Parque Nacional Jaragua DOM-18 Parque Nacional Lago Enriquillo e Isla Cabritos DOM-24 Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco DOM-34 Refugio de Vida Silvestre Monumento Natural Miguel Domingo Fuerte (Bahoruco Oriental)	Dominican Republic
Surrey County Corridor	JAM-2 Blue and John Crow Mountains Protected National Heritage and surroundings	​Jamaica
	​JAM-22 Portland Bight Protected Area	​Jamaica
North Coast Forest Cockpit Country-Black River Great Morass-Central Spinal Forest	​JAM-5 Catadupa JAM-7 Cockpit Country JAM-13 Litchfield Mountain- Matheson’s Run JAM-20 Peckham Woods	​Jamaica
	​JAM-8 Dolphin Head	Jamaica
Iyanola - Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis-Mandele Protected Landscape	​LCA-2 Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis LCA-4 Mandele Protected Landscape	​Saint Lucia
	LCA-6 Pointe Sables	Saint Lucia
	​VCT-1 Chatham Bay, Union Island	​Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
​Saint Vincent Central Mountain Range	​VCT- 3 Cumberland Forest Reserve	​Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

The deadline to submit letters of interest (LOIs) is Sunday, 13 February 2022, 11:59 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time­­).

For more information, visit: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2021-2nd-caribbean-islands-small-large-grants

We will host an informational webinar for prospective applicants on Friday, 14 January 2022 from 2.00 – 3.30 p.m. (Washington D.C. time).

Follow this link to register.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us directly on caribbeanrit@canari.org.

We invite you to share this call widely with civil society colleagues in the eligible geographies.