CARPE Overview July 12, 2021 1 · General Sector Overview Central Africa’s Congo Basin is critical to the health, livelihoods, and security of more than 80 million people. ○ Forests and peatlands regulate climate and millions of tons of carbon. ○ Endangered wildlife species (forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, and lowland and mountain gorillas) ○ Congo River provides food, fresh water, and transport for people and wildlife. The Congo Basin is also a region of change, opportunity, and uncertainty. ○ Logging, harvesting timber for fuel, bushmeat hunting, poaching and wildlife trafficking, and expanding smallholder agriculture increasingly contribute to deforestation and defaunation of the region. ○ Diseases such as Ebola and the loss of forest landscapes are detrimental for the health and livelihoods. ○ International market for wildlife and wildlife products attracts violence, increases corruption, and funds international criminal syndicates. ○ Uncontrolled and extractive use of natural resources underlies many conflicts. N I G E R I A C H A D CARPE PROGRAM FOCUS LANDSCAPES S O U T H Democratic Republic of the Congo · August 2019 S U D A N C E N T R A L A F R I C A N R E P U B L I C 9 Garamba C A M E R O O N Bangui Chinko Yaounde 1 Tri-National Sangha Landscape 7 EQUATORIAL 13 Ituri GUINEA Dja-Odzala Epulu 10 Minkébé Tri 5 Aru Monte Alén National (Tridom) Maringa Monte de Cristal Lopori-Wamba C O N G O U G A N D A Libreville 12 G A B O N 6 Lopé Maiko-Tayna 8 Chaillu 3 Kahuzi Virunga Louesse Lac Télé 4 Biega Kigali 11 Lac Tumba Gamba 2 Salonga R W A N D A Mayumba Léconi Lukenie Conkouati Batéké Sankuru Léfini BURUNDI Brazzaville Kinshasa T A N Z A N I A D E M O C R A T I C R E P U B L I C O F T H E C O N G O AFRICA A N G O L A Country Capital Landscape Boundary _ Map Reference: RAFR-CP006-0318; International Boundary Protected Area CARPE: Central Africa Regional Preliminary/provisional, "as-is" and subject to revision. Not for navigational ^ Program for the Environment use; no liability Accepted; no expressed or implied warranties made. Geographic Coordinates System,Copyright:(c) Datum: WGS 2014 1984. Esri Developing the Vision for CARPE IV Themes Strategic Approaches 1. Land management ● Invest in protected areas as hubs of biodiversity, peace, works for biodiversity security, and green growth investment and forests ● Mobilize innovative, international sustainable financing for forest management and biodiversity conservation ● Build institutional capacity to implement and monitor conservation-minded provincial and local land use management 2. Civil society works for ● Strengthen environmental monitoring and advocacy efforts biodiversity and forests 3. Law enforcement ● Strengthen law enforcement capacity for combating wildlife works for biodiversity and forest crime and forests ● Enable and strengthen regional and interagency coordination and collaboration 4. Inclusive markets work ● Support conservation-friendly and inclusive market systems for biodiversity and forests Program Name Theme Landscape Objective Garamba/Chinko Protected Themes Garamba National Park, Support overall PPP management for the park Areas support—APN 2&3 DRC, Chinko Nature Reserve, CAR Nouabale Ndoki Tourism Themes Republic of Congo / Reduce poaching and improve livelihoods through Exapansion--WCS 1&4 Nouabale Ndoki National tourism, generating new jobs in/ near NNNP. Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve All themes Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Ituri, Improve management of OWR through PPP support (WCS) DRC Community Based Themes Garamba National Park, Support community-based approaches to combat Countering Wildlife 2&4 Haut Uele, DRC wildlife trafficking Trafficking--APN Community Forest Themes Equateur, Maniema and Pilot ways to generate sustainable revenue from Concessions (Rainforest 1,2&4 North Kivu, DRC titled community forest concessions UK) LPG as Alternative to Theme 4 DRC / Goma / Virunga Reduce deforestation and household cooking costs, Charcoal--BBOXX and improve health outcomes, through Pay-as-you Go LPG. Poultry as an Alternative to Theme 4 Republic of Congo Develop scaled, sustainable alternative protein value Bushmeat (WCS) chains to reduce poaching Program Name Theme Landscape Objective Conservation through Theme 4 Republic of Congo Stimulating private investment in green growth, Economic Empowerment in spurring the establishment of local enterprises, and the Republic of the Congo ensuring local communities are benefiting from forest and biodiversity resources. Forestry and Biodiversity All themes Regional Improve the enabling environment for conservation, Support Activity--Tetra Tech foster green investment and promote CLA in the CARPE region. Forest Resource Theme 1 Regional Provide support focused on sustainable forest Management (US Forest management through training workshops, technical Service) assistance, and the development and use of tools and best practice approaches. Strengthening Conservation Themes Regional Technical expertise and financial assistance to Management in Central 1,2&3 programs that improve site-based wildlife Africa conservation in priority population strongholds in Gabon and elsewhere in Central Africa. (US Fish and Wildlife Service) Thank You! .