![Page 1: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the Republic of CongoFIP SC Meeting, December 13, 2017Grégoire Nkéoua, FIP/CAFI Focal Point
![Page 2: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
• 22,334,000 ha
• 65.4 % of national territory
• Contains part of second-largest peatland complexin the world
• REL :– 2000-2010: 19.2 MtCO2/yr– 2015-2020: 35.5 MtCO2/yr
• Deforestation rate 0.05%
Republic of Congo’s Forests: A treasure of global importance
![Page 3: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
The drivers of deforestation
Shifting agriculture
Forest industry
Mining
Agribusiness
Infrastructure
Wood energy production
Weak governance
Lack of coordination
Population growth
Dire
ct d
river
sU
nder
lyin
g dr
iver
s
Poverty
![Page 4: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Deforestation hotspots
![Page 5: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Republic of Congo’s Vision for its Investment Plan: Based on the National REDD+ Strategy
1: Strengthening governance
2: Sustainable forest management and utilization of forest resources
3: Improving agricultural systems
4: Rational production and use of wood energy, and promotion of clean energy sources
5: Green mining
STRA
TEGI
C O
PTIO
NS
![Page 6: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
A Participatory Investment Planning Process
• December 2016 to September 2017: 33 workshops in 12 locations throughout the country, with a focus on the FIP investment areas
• 1026 participants, representing local communities, indigenous peoples, women, NGOs, local governments, private sector, development partners
![Page 7: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Priority Programs
National Land Use Planning
Greening Agribusiness
Greening the Mining Sector
Greening the Infrastructure Sector
Enabling Programs
Geographically Integrated Programs
Sangha-Likouala Emission Reductions Program
Improving Governance + Capacity Building
Pool-Plateaux Agroforestry and Wood Energy Program
Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program
Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program
Chaillu Sustainable Forest Management Program
Cuvette Agroforestry Program
![Page 8: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
• Part of Sangha-Likouala Emission Reductions Program
• Driver addressed: Shifting agriculture
• Objectives: 1) Reduce deforestation and forest degradation and increase carbon stocks in heavily degraded areas (0-60% forest cover) of Community Development Zones, 2) Improve living conditions
• Activities: Climate-smart agroforestry systems based on fruit/cocoa and subsistence crops on 5,000 ha, conservation of 4,000 ha through agricultural intensification
• Enabling activities: Participatory land use planning, community lending schemes, farmer and community PES, agricultural value chain support
• Strict monitoring: Community monitoring, ER-Program Management Unit, Independent REDD+ Observer
• Gender aspects: Agroforestry, participatory land use planning
• Co-financing: FCPF, AFD, GEF/WB, IDA
• Support from the World Bank
Northern Congo Agroforestry Project
![Page 9: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
• Driver addressed: Wood energy production
• Objectives: 1) Improve agroforestry systems, 2) Improve sustainability of wood energy supply for Brazzaville, 3) Improve living conditions
• Activities: Fuel wood (4,000 ha) and agroforestry (2,000 ha) plantations, improved carbonization, improved cookstoves(20,000)
• Gender aspects: Agroforestry, fuel wood, cookstoves
• Enabling activities: Simple management plans, securing land tenure
• Co-financing targeted from GCF (with FAO), AfDB, AFD, EU
• Support from the AfDB
Pool-Plateaux Community Agroforestry and Fuelwood Program
![Page 10: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Financing Plan
Project FIP (US$) Estimated Co-Financing (US$) Total (US$)
Northern Congo Agroforestry
16,000,000 104,700,000 + IDA
≥ 120,700,000
Pool-PlateauxFuelwood and Agroforestry
8,000,000 ≥ 7,000,000 + GCF + AFD + EU
≥ 15,000,000
Total 24,000,000 ≥ 114,700,000 ≥ 135,700,000
The FIP proposal is integrated into the Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy, with a budget of US$ 295 million.
![Page 11: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
• Promotion of innovative models that can be replicated in other parts of the country
• Community approaches to sustainable forest landscape management
• Set the cacao sector on a sustainable growth path
• Potential for strong private sector involvement
Transformational Impact
![Page 12: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Co-benefits
• Generation and diversification of income and employment for communities, including for women
• Increased agricultural productivity
• Improved health through diversified nutrition and reduced exposure to smoke, especially for women
• Skill and knowledge development
• Improved governance and institutional capacity
• Community participation in improved agricultural, forest and land management
• Biodiversity protection
![Page 13: The Investment Plan of the National REDD+ Strategy of the ......Mayombe and Coastal Forest Sustainable Management Program. Niari Valley Forest Management and Agroforestry Program](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022040910/5e83fb6222cef17abe0f69f4/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Thank you for your attention