Forest and Savanna Restoration Investment Program

The development objective of the Forest and Savanna Restoration Investment Program Project for Congo, Democratic Republic of is to improve forested landscape management and enhance community livelihoods in selected project areas. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improved land use planning and governance for natural resource management in selected project areas aims to support the seven targeted provinces in developing comprehensive land use plans at all administrative levels with a focus on sustainable development and safeguarding forest ecosystems. The second component, development of agroforestry and forest value chains for sustainable landscape management and improved livelihoods will facilitate various landscape investments by smallholder farmer communities and the private sector, thereby reducing the pressure on fragile ecosystems of the forest-savanna mosaic areas targeted under the project. The third component, development of sustainable value chain for energy and efficient cooking will provide training to charcoal producers to improve their product’s quality and reduce wood consumption. The fourth component, enhanced and innovative approaches to measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) and result-based climate financing will support the development of comprehensive national frameworks for engaging in innovative results-based climate finance (RBCF) and carbon finance opportunities. The fifth component, project implementation and monitoring and evaluation will ensure the effective management of project activities that are aligned with the project’s objectives and fiduciary procedures for achieving desired outcomes. The project will promote community and private agroforestry and reforestation activities in degraded savanna areas, while integrating strategies aimed at restoring degraded ecosystems and protecting ecologically valuable ones.