Cameroon

The 2025 Annual Conference served as the crucial gathering point for stakeholders involved in the GEFfunded Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Programs in Africa, focusing on the Congo Basin and the Guinean Forests. High-level representatives, including the Cameroonian Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, and key partners from UNEP, Conservation International, and regional bodies such as COMIFAC, ECCAS, and ECOWAS, formally inaugurated the event.

The 2025 Annual Conference served as the crucial gathering point for stakeholders involved in the GEFfunded Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Programs in Africa, focusing on the Congo Basin and the Guinean Forests. High-level representatives, including the Cameroonian Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, and key partners from UNEP, Conservation International, and regional bodies such as COMIFAC, ECCAS, and ECOWAS, formally inaugurated the event.

The Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (Congo IP) comprises one regional and six national projects. The Program aims to catalyse transformational change in conservation and sustainable management of key landscapes in the Congo Basin through landscape approaches that empower local communities and forest-dependent people, and through partnerships with the private sector.