Reforestation & agroforestryEarly stage

Ecosystem Restoration in Angola's Extended Central Plateau

A UNDP-implemented, GEF-financed ecosystem restoration programme executed by Angola's environment ministry and its biodiversity institute across Huambo, Bié and Moxico provinces, a headwaters region the programme calls the 'east African water-towers.' It held its inception workshop in Luanda in November 2025.

Extended Central Plateau: Huambo, Bié and Moxico provinces, AngolaMiombo forest, grassland, wetland and peatland restorationNone
OperatorUNDP (implementing), Ministry of Environment / Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation Areas (MINAMB/INBC) (executing)
EcosystemMiombo forest, grassland, wetland and peatland restoration
StandardNone
StatusEarly stage
LocationExtended Central Plateau: Huambo, Bié and Moxico provinces, Angola
Overview

Inside the project

It targets 11,200 hectares of miombo forest, grassland, wetland and peatland restoration and 145,000 hectares of improved national-park management.

The programme was approved for implementation in January 2025, following concept approval in June 2023.

145,000 ha
National Park under improved management
11,200 ha
Under restoration
3,281,939 tCO2e
Direct sequestration/avoidance (projected)
12,707
Direct beneficiaries

Objectives

  • Restore degraded ecosystems across the extended central plateau
  • Improve management of agricultural land and forests, and of the adjoining National Park

Approach

  • Restoration of degraded ecosystems is combined with improved management of agricultural land, forests and an adjoining national park, executed jointly by Angola's environment ministry and biodiversity institute.

Sources

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  1. thegef.org ↗https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/11123

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