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The Congo Basin Forest Fund
A Global Response to a Global Issue
Presentation at the International Forum on the Sustainable Development of the Wood
Industry in the Congo Basin Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
22nd October 2013 Mette Vinqvist
CBFF BACKGROUND
Launched in London in June 2008 by the United Kingdom, Norway and COMIFAC, joined by Canada in 2012
Hosted by the African Development Bank (AFDB), Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department
Initial capitalization of EUR 117 million; $CAD 20 million pledged by Canada in 2012
EUR 84 million committed to 40 projects (NGOs, research institutions and governments)
Competitive calls for proposals within COMIFAC countries
PURPOSE OF CBFF
Mitigating climate change by reducing deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin region
Alleviating poverty among forest-dependent communities in the Congo Basin region
forest quality and quantity conserving practices, which bring increased income and benefits to forest stakeholders in the Congo Basin region
- The Congo Basin is the second largest
tropical forested area on the planet
- It contains 26% of the World’s remaining rainforest
- It contains both unique and threatened biodiversity
- The Congo Basin covers 2.1 million km2
- An estimated 50 to 60 (75?) million people depend on its resources
- The dense rainforests of Central Africa alone store an estimated 30 million tons of CO2
WHY THE CONGO BASIN FORESTS ?
THREATS
• Shifting agriculture (slash-and-burn)
• Population growth and poverty
• Logging
• Oil and mining industry
• Forest degradation
• Trade in endangered species
• Harvest of a few commercially valuable species
• Destructive and unsustainable harvesting
Climate change
Deforestation & degradation
Poverty
STRATEGY
Increase value of standing forest
Adding value to forest products
Diversifying products and services, incl. carbon
Marketing products and services, incl. carbon
Reduce pressure on the forest resource
Increasing resource efficiency
Reducing pressure by substitution
Reforestation of degraded areas
CRITERIA
Impact on deforestation or degradation
Poverty alleviation/livelihoods
Innovative or ‘transformative’
Potential for sustainable financing
Potential for replication/up-scaling
Increasing knowledge of the resource
• 41 projects approved by the CBFF Governing Council
• Two competitive calls for proposals held (2008 and 2009)
• Total commitment to date € 84 million
• 37 projects have started (7 are ending)
• 27 NGO-led projects (representing 40% of committed funds)
• 13 Government-led projects (representing 60% of committed funds)
THE PRESENT CBFF PORTFOLIO AT A GLANCE
9% 3%
4%
43%
1%
7%
27% 6%
Cameroon
CAR
Congo
DRC
Eq. Guinea
Gabon
Multinational
Rwanda
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CBFF PROJECTS (COMIFAC COUNTRIES*)
*Burundi, Chad and Sao Tome & Principe are covered by regional projects
37%
36%
14%
7% 6%
Sustainable ForestManagement(SFM)
Livelihoods Development
REDD+
Monitory,Reporting andVerificationPayment forecosystems
THEMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF CBFF PROJECTS
• Alternatives to Mangrove Destruction for Women’s Livelihood (Cam)
• Phasing out Slash and Burn Farming with Biochar (DRC)
• Multi-resource forest inventory for land use planning in Congo (Congo)
• Mise en valeur rebus forestiers and Reforestation of Degraded Systems (Congo)
• Valuation of African Medicinal Plants for mainstreaming Entrepreneurship (DRC)
• Gestion durable des boisements et restauration des forets (Rwanda)
• Support to sustainable forest resource management in Gabon (Gabon)
• Management and Restoration of the Biosphere Reserve-Basse Lobaye (CAR)
• Natural Resource Management Training Program in the Congo Basin (Multi)
• National MRV systems with a regional approach (COMIFAC countries)
• Agroforestry REDD+ Pilot Project in South Kwamouth (DRC)
• Beyond timber: Reconciling the needs of the logging industry with those of forest-dependent people (Multi)
SOME PROJECT EXAMPLES
OPPORTUNITIES Access to sustainable, legal raw materials
Management plans Land tenure/land use planning/inventories Training
Other areas Strengthening education Re- and afforestation (degraded areas) Value-adding activities
CBFF
Congo Basin Ecosystems
Conservation Support Program
(PACEBCO)
Forest Investment Programme
(FIP)
PACEBCo Capacity building of COMIFAC
institutions
Sustainable biodiversity management and adaptation to climate change
Promotion of populations welfare
5 years; €42.67 million
Forest Investment Program Deforestation "hot spots“ Measurable emissions reductions and
co-benefits DRC US$21.5 mill. Integrated REDD+
project A total investment value of 1 billion
US dollars in Forestry in 21 countries over the last 20 years
Complementarities with CBFF CBFF targets areas of COMIFAC convergence plan not addressed by PACEBCO
CBFF strengthened by FIP and PACEBCO‘s capacity building
Thank you!
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