Republic of Congo
Restoration Commitment
Restoration Commitment:
2 million hectares
Year Committed:
2016
Priority Interventions:
- Establishment and Sustainable Management of Tree Plantations
- Protection, Sustainable Forest Management and Certification of Natural Forests
- Commodity Tree-crop Systems Development and Agroforestry
Alignment with domestic targets:
- Alignment with COMIFAC Convergence Plan on Sustainable Forest Management, Protection, Resilience and meeting AICHI/CBD Biodiversity Targets
- Alignment with affordable energy strategy,
- Alignment with National REDD+ Strategy and climate response mechanisms
Requested assistance from AFR100:
- Restoration pledge to Bonn Challenge—support from AFR100 TBC
- Major donors are Agence Française Développement (AFD), African Development Bank, World Bank, GEF
- Project support from IUCN, WRI, GIZ, FAO, UN Environment