Global Environment Facility (GEF)

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. 

Non-human great apes are threatened by agricultural expansion particularly from rice, cacao, cassava and oil palm cultivation. Though the impact of agriculture on great apes is well-recognised, there is still a need for more understanding of specific contexts and associated effects on habitats and populations.