A mechanism for offering financial incentives to farmers to manage their land in ways that offer ecological benefits shows significant promise in Côte d’Ivoire, the European Union (EU) REDD...

Smallholder farmers across Côte d’Ivoire rely heavily on cocoa production, but rarely manage to generate a living income from cocoa alone. Balancing the well-being of farmers and conservation and...

Taking stock of the implementation of PES in Côte d'Ivoire

Webinar: Mapping finance as a key tool for implementing NDCs Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire Date:  Wednesday 22 March 2017 Time:  13h – 14h GMT Register here ...

Integrating forests into national planning and investment for a greener economy Côte d'Ivoire’s forests have come under huge pressure in recent decades. At current rates of deforestation, the...

Building a business case for forest-friendly commodities in Côte d'Ivoire

The EU REDD Facility has published a briefing, ‘Comment concilier développement agricole et forestier en Côte d'Ivoire et à quel coût?' (How can Côte d'Ivoire reconcile agricultural and forest...

Five REDD+ experts from the Democratic Republic of the Congo met with colleagues in Brazil from 14 to 23 May 2014 to learn about REDD+, forest governance and Brazil’s model initiatives.

Measuring, monitoring, reporting and verification The successful implementation of a results-based payment scheme such as REDD+ depends on the credible measurement and reporting of performance....

Transparency and access to information A lack of information on the management of natural resources and commodity flows is one of the factors driving corruption, illegal activities and...

Legal and institutional frameworks FLEGT and REDD+ initiatives both involve work to improve legal clarity, and to strengthen institutional frameworks and capacities to: Increase...

Effective multistakeholder processes Multistakeholder participatory processes are fundamental to good land-use governance. For complex issues such as natural resource management, where there...

Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation Forest degradation Human activities that drive forest degradation include overgrazing, demand for fuel wood and charcoal, excessive logging...

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo has a vast forest area estimated at 23.9 million hectares, or about 70% of the national territory. Although the rate of deforestation is...

Côte d'Ivoire Between 1960 and 2017, Côte d'Ivoire's forest cover declined from 12 million hectares to less than 3 million hectares as agriculture, cocoa production in particular, expanded....

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s largest rainforest nations with some 152 million hectares of forest - almost 70% of the...

A ‘REDD+ Provincial University’ took place in the city of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 28 April to 2 May 2014.

Presentation given during the 2nd EU REDD+ Projects Coordination Meeting, 3-4 July 2012 in Brussels

Presentation given during the First REDD+ Projects Coordination Meeting, 5-6 July 2011 in Brussels