The Bangui and Surrounding Areas PES project deploys Payments for Environmental Services to support landscape restoration and sustainable land management around the capital of the Central African Republic. It first establishes the legal, institutional, social and land-tenure conditions required for PES, including community governance, identification of individual environmental service providers, Free, Prior and Informed Consent, safeguards and municipal zoning plans. It then contracts beneficiaries and supports agroforestry, assisted natural regeneration and conservation in community forests. Payments are conditional on verified results, supported by georeferenced monitoring and CAFI-aligned MRV systems. Inclusive governance for women, young people and Indigenous Peoples is embedded throughout the project.
Bangui and Surrounding Areas PES Project
Countries:
The Central African Republic
Topics:
Payments for Environmental ServicesAgriculture+4
Status:
Funds Transferred
Amount:
USD 10,000,000
Start Date:
22/07/2026
End Date:
22/07/2031
Implementing Organizations:
UNDP
National Partners:
Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo BasinMinistère des Finances+1
Timeline
Objectives
The project aims to restore and sustainably manage priority landscapes around Bangui through verified, results-based incentives that improve livelihoods, strengthen land and forest governance, and increase the sustainable supply of wood energy.
- Establish PES eligibility conditions, including community legal structures, governance arrangements, FPIC, land-tenure documentation, safeguards and municipal zoning plans.
- Develop a sustainable wood-energy supply scheme for Bangui anchored in territorial planning.
- Enrol and contract eligible environmental service providers in georeferenced landscape blocks.
- Establish 2,000 hectares of agroforestry plantations and support 800 hectares of assisted natural regeneration.
- Conserve 20,000 hectares through community forests.
- Operate a transparent MRV, reporting, independent verification, communication and learning system.
target agroforestry plantations
target assisted natural regeneration
target conservation in community forests
Documents
| Document Name | Date | Download |
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 Project document - PES Bangui - UNDP |
03/09/2026 |
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