table mountain fund

The Table Mountain Fund is an independent sustainable funding facility, established to support the implementation of the C.A.P.E Strategy and specifically the conservation of the globally significant biological diversity of the CFR and its adjacent marine systems.

Founded by WWF in 1998 as an independent trust, the TMF was co-capitalised through investments from South African custodians, as well as the Global Environmental Facility. The fund continues to be operated by WWF-SA.

In conjunction with its partners, the Fund has historically focused its activities in the following conservation needs:

• protection of prioritised habitats
• conservation within the working lowlands
• building environmental awareness
• control of alien invasive species and restoration of natural biodiversity
• applied research that supports biodiversity conservation
• enhancement of the global conservation status of the CFR
• capacity building of C.A.P.E. partner organisations