Ongoing
From: 21/08/2023
To: 20/08/2028
Partners: Network for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Forest Ecosystems (Réseau CREF)
Associates: The project will be implemented with the CREF network members: SODECO, FOCODER, PAL, PREPPYG, CADIMR and GLHRP, and local management committees of 3 local community forest concessions: OKA, Banyangala-Kikingi and Batiri Nyabayu Uchi. The project will also collaborate with the management of the Maiko National Park.
Stakeholders: The project will support approximately 10 communities in North Kivu representing 7,000 households
Six member organisations of the CREF network will assist 10 Pygmy and Bantu communities in Walikale, Beni, and Lubero in North Kivu to create Local Community Forest Concessions (CFCLs) covering around 380,000 hectares of forest and get the provincial government to recognise them. They will also accompany communities with 80,000 hectares in existing CFCLs. The project area forms part of an ecological corridor linking the Maiko and Kahuzi-Biega National Parks, the Itombwe and Tayna Nature Reserves, and the Kisimba-Ikobo Primate Reserve. Reseau CREF will seek to resolve conflicts and promote collaboration between the communities and these protected areas, especially the Maiko National Park.
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