The GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biome Integrated Programme (2025–2032) builds on GEF-7 components and coordinates with regional and country-level efforts to conserve the Congo Basin’s forests and biodiversity. It focuses on protecting primary tropical forests, reducing deforestation and forest degradation, and promoting sustainable forest management through a regional landscape approach.
This initiative promotes regional cooperation to conserve vital forests, protect biodiversity, and support local communities across the Congo Basin. Through policy strengthening, landscape-based approaches, innovative financing, and community empowerment, the project aims to foster sustainable land use, improve ecosystem health, and ensure long-term social and environmental resilience in this critical region.
Funded by the German International Climate Initiative (IKI) (January 2022-December 2027) and implemented with partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and GRID Geneva