Forest and Savanna Restoration Investment Program

The development objective of the Forest and Savanna Restoration Investment Program Project for Congo, Democratic Republic of is to improve forested landscape management and enhance community livelihoods in selected project areas. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improved land use planning and governance for natural resource management in selected project areas aims to support the seven targeted provinces in developing comprehensive land use plans at all administrative levels with a focus on sustainable development and safeguarding forest ecosystems. It consists of following sub-components: (i) support to land use planning in targeted provinces; (ii) support to land use planning and tenure at the village level; and (iii) capacity building for improved environmental and social risk management. The second component, development of agroforestry and forest value chains for sustainable landscape management and improved livelihoods will facilitate various landscape investments by smallholder farmer communities and the private sector, thereby reducing the pressure on fragile ecosystems of the forest-savanna mosaic areas targeted under the project. It consists of following sub-components: (i) agroforestry and reforestation value chains development in degraded savanna areas; (ii) landscape restoration and protection; (iii) support to sustainable value chains and alternative livelihoods in forested areas, including through community forestry; and (iv) road rehabilitation for enhanced market access. The third component, development of sustainable value chain for energy and efficient cooking will provide training to charcoal producers to improve their product’s quality and reduce wood consumption. It consists of following sub-components: (i) capacity building for transition to more efficient charcoal production; and (ii) support for transition to more efficient energy and cleaner cooking solutions. The fourth component, enhanced and innovative...