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Inclusive Landscape Governance dream gets a Tick in Mintom
Since its official launch in September 2025, the GEF8 Landscape project has engaged through its partners to roll out activities on the ground.
Mintom, Cameroon – December 2025 Environment Conservation for Public Health (ECO-ph) has completed the first phase of community mobilization under the GEF-8 Dja Landscape Project, successfully engaging six villages and stakeholders across the Mintom Commune to prepare f
Strengthening community voices: new partnerships to transform local governance in cameroon's dja landscape
Across Cameroon's Dja landscape, a critical biodiversity corridor spanning four million hectares, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and municipal authorities have long faced significant governance challenges that threatened both conservation goals and community rights. Fragmented decision-making processes, limited representation of marginalized groups in land-use planning, and weak coordination between traditional and formal governance systems have created obstacles to sustainable development.
Dja Landscape Project Launches New Grievance and Redress Mechanism to Strengthen Community Rights in the Congo Basin
Indigenous peoples and local communities in the Dja Landscape are gaining a stronger voice in conservation efforts with the launch of a new Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) under the GEF-8 Dja Landscape Project (Cameroon). The mechanism aims to ensure that community rights are protected and that concerns related to project activities are addressed promptly and transparently.
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.
Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative Releases Report on Apes and Agriculture
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.