Lead country
Congo
Participating countries
Congo
Project status
Closure
Implementing period
From October 6, 2017 to September 30, 2020
Project ID: 5612
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
- Strengthening conservation areas
Sub-area(s)
- Access and benefit sharing
- Wildlife conservation
Landscape(s)
- Conserved areas
- Forests
Sub-landscape(s)
- Terrestrial protected areas
- Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)
- Tropical forests
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
- Agriculture
- Tourism
UNDP role(s)
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
Strategy
- Management operation
- Enabling
- Governance
Sub-strategy
- Sustainable land management
- Wildlife and habitat conservation
- Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
- Institutional capacity building
- Mainstream
- Participatory governance models
- Transboundary governance
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
- Women decision making
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.7 End wildlife poaching, illegal species trafficking
- 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
- 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
- Individuals/Entrepreneurs
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Poverty reduction
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
About this project
Description
Congo is home to one of the richest, most biologically important and intact-forest ecosystems on the planet. These areas are home to a diverse range of rare and endangered mammals, insects and plants  forest elephants, chimpanzees, western lowland gorillas, leopards, bongo antelope and others. The Congolese area within the Minkébé-Odzala-Dja Inter-zone in Gabon, Congo, and Cameroon, also known as the TRIDOM zone, is a key IWT hub. This area and its biodiversity are threatened by IWT, especially by bush meat and ivory poaching. Its forests are target for poachers and its roads and towns constitute a transit route for trafficked wildlife from Central African Republic (CAR), Congo Republic and Gabon. Local people accrue little of the benefits, watch their natural resources being depleted, and they face compromised security in their daily lives. They feel disempowered in the face of criminal elites leading IWT. The long-term solution proposed by the project aims to protect unique biodiversity of Congo and the TRIDOM area in particular via i) a strategy for strengthening the PA network through expansion of protected areas, effective functional zoning to incorporate sustainable development and biodiversity conservation, and integrative management planning; ii) strengthening capacity for effective PA and Illegal Wildlife Trade governance in Congo; and iii) reducing poaching and illegal trade on threatened species via CBNRM and sustainable livelihood.
Objectives
To strengthen the conservation of globally threatened species in the basins of the Republic of Congo by improving biodiversity enforcement.
USD $3,275,250
Grant amount
USD $20,682,400
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,275,250)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Congo
Joint agencies
- World Bank
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