The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and Guyana Protected Areas Trust (PAT) on May 3, 2022, signed a Partnership Agreement.  This Agreement, the 10th such for the CBF, will provide the PAT with additional resources to fulfil its legislative mandate of co-financing Guyana’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS), as articulated in the Protected Areas Act of 2011.

We are proud to announce that Agence Française De Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) have committed €4M to provide support to the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and its 12 affiliated National Trust Funds through innovative and sustainable financing tools to protect biodiversity. The CBF and its partner national conservation trust funds (NCTFs) together form the Caribbean Sustainable Finance Architecture. This Architecture has been key in supporting the original goals of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative. 

The CBF seeks a Conservation Finance Program Manager with a proven record of success in managing environment funds and projects in order to effectively implement the Conservation Finance Program (CFP).

The Board of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen McDonald Gayle as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Regional Conservation Trust Fund. Mrs. McDonald Gayle, who had been acting in the position since August 2021, was officially appointed on March 1, 2022.

The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), in partnership with the National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica (NCTFJ), Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund (SLUNCF), and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Conservation Fund (SVGCF), is requesting information from partners who already have, or wish to develop capacity to undertake activities that will contribute to rapid restoration of the health of coral reef ecosystems in the immediate aftermath of hurricane events.

Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), August 31st, 2021 - The CBF has opened its Third Call for Proposals (3rd CfP), through the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility (the EbA Facility). The EbA Facility is requesting project proposals with a focus on EbA actions that help people adapt to adverse effects of climate change, reduce disaster risk, and build resilient ecosystems and economies.