Forest conservation and REDD+ projects in DR Congo

The forest conservation and REDD+ projects the hub holds in DR Congo, each with its organisations named and its sources linked.

Projects

Congo Basin Peatlands (Cuvette Centrale)

Described by UNEP as the world's largest tropical peatland, a 30-billion-tonne carbon store straddling the two Congos.

Isangi REDD+ Project

Avoided-deforestation carbon project in two former logging concessions on the Congo River near Isangi, Tshopo.

Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor

DR Congo's plan for a protected tropical forest reserve stretching from the Kivus to Kinshasa.

Mai-Ndombe REDD+

A former logging concession in the Congo Basin turned community-governed rainforest refuge.