Side Event COP 29: Prise en compte des tourbières dans la gestion durable des écosystèmes du Bassin du Congo

Le projet « Sécuriser les réserves cruciales de biodiversité, de carbone et d'eau dans les tourbières du bassin du Congo grâce à une prise de décision éclairée et une bonne gouvernance » est mis en oeuvre sous la coordination du PNUE et la couverture institutionnelle du Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable de la République Démocratique du Congo et du Ministère de l’Environnement, du Développement Durable et du Bassin du Congo de la république du Congo. Dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre de ce projet, un side-event sera organisé en marge de la COP29, à Baku en Azerbaïdjan, le lundi 18 novembre 2024, de 16h00 à 17h30 dans le pavillon de la Commission Climat du Bassin du Congo (CCBC).

UNEP representatives attend GEF expert workshop on the critical forest biomes to establish a framework for learning and knowledge sharing

UNEP’s Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Programme (CBSL) is leading the GEF-7 Congo Basin Impact Programme and the upcoming GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Programme (CFB IP) in six central Africa countries.

Workshop to advance Transboundary Cooperation between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea for the Conservation of the Campo Ma’an and Rio Campo landscape

A core focus of the UNEP-led Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Program is to advance cooperation between countries in the Congo Basin to enable and strengthen mechanisms for the effective management of transboundary landscapes. It was within this framework that a binational technical workshop between the Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea took place in Kribi (Cameroon) from 2-4 October 2024.  The workshop was organized and led by COMIFAC and jointly organized by UNEP representing the GEF-7 Congo Basin Regional Coordination Project, WWF representing the Cameroon national GEF-7 Project, and IUCN representing the Equatorial Guinea national GEF-7 project.

GEF Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program officially launched

On 31st May – 2 June 2022, in Kinshasa, DRC the GEF Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program was officially launched, convening all key partners and stakeholders involved in delivering the Program’s objectives. The workshop was a platform to ensure common understanding of the Program delivery structure and the roles and responsibilities of each partner in the child projects (Implementing Agency, Executing Agency, Component Leads, and Delivery Partners), as well as to establish linkages and synergies across all of the Program’s constitutive projects.

Workshop to advance Transboundary Cooperation between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea for the Conservation of the Campo Ma’an and Rio Campo landscape

A core focus of the UNEP-led Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative is to advance cooperation between countries in the Congo Basin to enable and strengthen mechanisms for the effective management of transboundary landscapes.

UNEP representatives attend GEF expert workshop on the critical forest biomes to establish a framework for learning and knowledge sharing

UNEP’s Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative (CBLI) is leading the GEF-7 Congo Basin Impact Programme and the upcoming GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Programme (CFB IP) in six central Africa countries.

GEF Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program: Inception Workshop Report

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.