This factsheet introduces the Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative,
The Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative is working with governments and partners to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest and peatlands through transformational landscape approaches created together with local communities, forest-dependent people, and the private sector, ensuring meaningful benefits for all involved.
The UNEP-led multi-partner and multi-country Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative includes the GEF-funded Congo Forest Integrated Programme and the IKI-Funded Congo Basin Peatlands Project.
The GEF-funded Congo Forest Integrated Programme, being delivered under the UNEP-led multi-country and multi-partner Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative, comprises two flagship initiatives, including the GEF-7 Congo Basin Impact Programme running from 2021-2026, and the GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biome Integrated Programme from 2025-2032.
Supported both by IKI and GEF, UNEP is working with partners and stakeholders to preserve and sustainably manage the Congo Basin Peatlands, the largest tropical peatlands ecosystem of the planet. The IKI-funded project “Securing crucial biodiversity, carbon and water stores in the Congo Basin Peatlands by enabling evidence-based decision making and good governance” is a pillar of UNEP’s engagement with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo to advance peatlands conservation.