Transforming and scaling up results and lessons learned in the Monte Alen and Rio Campo Landscapes [..]

Co-financing Total

Scale Monte Alen/Rio Campo approaches to transform landscape management.
Ensure inclusive engagement (communities, Indigenous Peoples, women, marginalized).
Strengthen land-use planning with ecological, social, economic factors.
Enhance local governance for sustainable land/NRM.
Capture and share lessons for policy.
Foster adaptive, locally tailored innovations.
Secure long-term sustainability via empowerment, capacity building, policy.

Limited institutional capacity,
delays in cascading training to local actors, and
weak enforcement of updated Protected Areas Law (2023-2024).
Deforestation, forest degradation, and habitat fragmentation : Risk of losing 22% of moist forests in DRC by 2050
Limited inclusion of marginalized groups, leading to social conflicts.
Weak land use planning and enforcement.
Insufficient capacity of local institutions for adaptive landscape management.
Land tenure insecurity and overlapping claims.
Climate change impacts affecting forest health and livelihoods.
Insufficient integration of traditional land management and modern land use policies.

Document and scale lessons learned from prior projects in Monte Alen and Rio Campo landscapes.
Facilitate participatory stakeholder consultations to co-develop landscape management strategies.
Strengthen local governance structures and customary land rights within the landscapes.
Develop and operationalize integrated land use plans, including zoning and management rules.
Provide targeted capacity building in sustainable land use, governance, and conflict resolution.
Support community-led initiatives such as community forest management, eco-tourism, and sustainable harvesting.
Promote gender equality and inclusiveness in decision-making processes.
Establish knowledge exchange platforms for North-South and South-South learning.
Pilot innovative governance and financing approaches that incentivize sustainable use.

Effective, inclusive governance structures actively managing landscape resources.
Broader adoption of landscape-scale land use planning and zoning.
Improved land tenure security and conflict resolution mechanisms.
Increased stakeholder satisfaction and social cohesion in landscape management.
Proven models of inclusive and sustainable landscape management scaled up regionally.
Enhanced capacities of local institutions and communities to sustain efforts.
Better integration of traditional knowledge and modern management practices.
Policy frameworks aligned with landscape management principles.

(in progress or completed)

Facilitated cross-border multi-stakeholder dialogues on sustainable land use and policy.
Conducted capacity-building workshops for indigenous peoples, local communities, and government officials, including 10 training sessions on land use planning and governance.
Developed and disseminated training kits to judges, law enforcement, and communities to enhance enforcement and knowledge sharing.
Promoted sustainable livelihood initiatives, such as ecotourism and agroforestry projects.
Engaged the private sector in sustainable logging certification and best practices.
Participated in the Kribi transboundary conservation meeting (October 2024) to advance Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea cooperation and agreed on joint conservation strategies.
Aligned training programs with updated land use planning methodologies and protected areas legislation.

Strengthened transboundary cooperation, policy dialogue, and formal agreements between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
Improved capacity and governance for land use planning, enforcement, and sustainable resource management.
Increased community engagement and capacity to implement sustainable land use practices.
Enhanced private sector practices and livelihoods through certification and sustainable agriculture initiatives.
Contributed to ecosystem conservation and reduced degradation through coordinated regional efforts.