Following its support for the development of the Republic of the Congo’s NDC 3.0, CAFI is continuing its engagement by supporting the preparation of the country’s NDC Implementation Plan. Through its partners UNOPS and Climate Analytics, CAFI is helping translate climate ambitions into concrete investments, financing strategies, and implementation mechanisms for a low-carbon and climate-resilient future.

The Central African Republic has launched its first national Payments for Environmental Services project. Funded by CAFI with $10 million and implemented by UNDP, it will reward communities around Bangui that protect forests, with payments made directly after results are verified.

Cameroon and CAFI have adopted their first Annual Review in Yaoundé, confirming a partnership on track: 21 of 33 milestones achieved or in progress, 320,000+ producers registered on a new digital subsidy platform, and $93M+ in grants approved.

The 2025 Annual Review of the partnership between the Republic of Congo and CAFI is now available. Prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Letter of Intent, it provides an overview of progress achieved during this first phase of the partnership, as well as...

Young professionals from Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo : The Geneva-based Secretariat of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) is recruiting new Fellows for the 2026–2027 cohort....

5 July 2025- The historical promulgation of the Land use planning Law of the Democratic Republic of Congo by HEM President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo signals its entry into force and marked a milestone towards a national land-use system built on inclusive and...

On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Gabon Minister of the Environment, Ecology, and Climate, HEM Mays MOUISSI, signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Climate Council (CNC), represented by its Permanent Secretary, Mr. Davy ONOMORI MBOUMBA. This agreement...

June 5, Geneva – Today, as the World celebrates International Environment Day, Costa Rica officially joined the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) as a signatory to the CAFI Interministerial Declaration. For several decades, Costa Rica has been a global leader...

Call for Expressions of interest to select implementing organizations to develop projects under the PES Programme in the Kinshasa Supply Basin (PROBAK)

Kinshasa, DRC - The Congo Basin, with its 233 million hectares of tropical forest, is home to exceptional biodiversity and plays a crucial role in climate regulation and the preservation of global biodiversity. Although deforestation deforestation rates have...

The General Assembly proclaims the United Nations Decade of Afforestation and Reforestation for Sustainable Forest Management from 2027 On 17 April, the General Assembly adopted a resolution by 155 votes in favour, by which it decides to proclaim the United Nations...

At its November 27, 2024 session, the Steering Committee of the DRCongo National REDD Fund (FONAREDD) approved an innovative project entitled “Agriculture Paysanne Zéro Déforestation” in the province of Kongo Central. In line with projects already financed by CAFI in...