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CEPF Strategic Directions and Investment Priorities
| Strategic Directions | Investment Priorities |
| 1. Improve linkage between conservation investments to multiply and scale up benefits on a corridor scale in Sierra Madre, Eastern Mindanao, and Palawan | 1.1 Encourage corridor-level natural-resource conservation efforts led by civil society |
| 1.2 Support building of alliances between civil society groups and projects favoring corridor-level conservation | |
| 1.3 Support corridor-wide mapping and tracking of conservation investments | |
| 1.4 Strengthen communication and information sharing advantageous to corridor conservation | |
| 2. Build civil society's awareness of the myriad benefits of conserving corridors of biodiversity | 2.1 Build civil society's understanding of the rationale and mechanisms for achieving corridor-level conservation of biodiversity |
| 2.2 Support initiatives that demonstrate or document benefits of corridor-level conservation | |
| 2.3 Build capacity of civil society to assess costs and benefits of options for natural resource use | |
| 3. Build capacity of civil society to advocate for better corridor and protected area management and against development harmful to conservation | 3.1 Facilitate sharing of lessons learned from conservation efforts within each corridor |
| 3.2 Build, through civil society, the capacity of local government to properly manage protected areas | |
| 3.3 Support civil society in efforts to influence or mitigate development that will negatively affect biodiversity | |
| 3.4 Build capacity of civil society to participate in development and implementation of management plans for protected areas | |
| 3.5 Support civil society in promoting new protected areas within selected corridors | |
| 3.6 Support initiatives to increase civil society's understanding of laws affecting corridor-level conservation | |
| 3.7 Build capacity of civil society to monitor, document, and report the impact of extractive industries | |
| 3.8 Build capacity of civil society to monitor natural resource use and conservation. | |
| 3.9 Support civil society initiatives which improve effectiveness of the Wildlife Act | |
| 3.10 Support initiatives to evaluate and improve existing policies and laws affecting biodiversity conservation | |
| 4. Establish an emergency response mechanism to help save Critically Endangered species | 4.1 Support projects that help conserve the habitat of Critically Endangered species or mitigate threats to their survival |
| 4.2 Support activities to highlight the extinction crisis in the Philippines and enlist civil society in species conservation |