Ford Motor Company's Conservation and Environmental Grants programme has become an annual event in the Middle East and North Africa. Since its inception in 2000, the GCC/Levant chapter of the Ford Grants has supported more than 200 projects with $1.71 million granted to date. The programme was created to empower individuals and non-profit groups donating their time and effort to preserve the environmental well-being of their communities. By…

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l'Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International (CI), the European Union, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Japan and the World Bank. CEPF is a global program that provides grants to civil society to safeguard the world’s biodiversity hotspots. The CEPF Secretariat intends to conduct an evaluation of the regional implementation teams…