PIREDD Plateaux – Piloting the CAFI PES approach
Building on successes and lessons learned from prior World Bank and CAFI- funded projects in the DRC, the PIREDD Plateaux focuses on rural economic development and environmental protection, promoting deforestation-free agriculture and sustainable livelihoods in 4...
PIREDD Maniema
Maniema, a landlocked province in the heart of the DRC, is home to remarkable biodiversity but faces increasing deforestation due to shifting agriculture, artisanal mining, and growing demographic pressure. The PIREDD Maniema was promotes sustainable land management...
Supporting the DRC Land-Use Planning Reform
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the absence a legal, regulatory and institutional framework for land use planning has historically led to sectoral legislation (land, mining, forestry and agricultural) being drawn up without cross-cutting consultation between...
PIREDD Kwilu
In Kwilu, a DRC province heavily reliant on forest resources, the rural development (PIREDD) Kwilu project was designed to promote sustainable alternatives to deforestation while improving the living conditions of rural populations. Building on REDD+ and local...
Sustainable family agriculture in DRC’s 145 territories
Family farming, while essential for subsistence in the DRC, suffers from limited access to inputs, technical services, and markets, and remains reliant on extensive practices such as slash-and-burn agriculture. This situation contributes to deforestation, low...
Kwango-Nioki Agroforestry Project: Producing More While Protecting Forests
The Kwango-Nioki Agroforestry Project forms part of PROBAK, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Payments for Environmental Services programme for Kinshasa's supply basin. The project is implemented by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), with...
PIREDD Mai Ndombe
Combining a central approach of territorial development planning with incentives via Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), the Integrated REDD+ project (PIREDD) in Mai-Ndombe, that ran from 2016 to 2024, was one of the first large scale rural development project...
Zero-Deforestation Smallholder Agriculture in Kongo Central
One Acre Fund is piloting a zero-deforestation agriculture model for smallholders in Kongo Central. The programme equips farmers with inputs, knowledge, services and incentives to shift from cyclical slash-and-burn cultivation in forest areas to sedentary, sustainably...
PIREDD Kasaï Oriental and Lomami
The two DRC provinces of Kasai Oriental and Lomami hold 6.2 million inhabitants and 1.1 million hectares of forests. They face major socio-economic and environmental challenges: extreme poverty - over 90% of the population lives on less than USD 2 per day- chronic...
Milestone Achievement Support (PAAJ)
The DRC and CAFI have concluded an ambitious letter of Intent, complete with time-bound milestones. This project aims to support and strengthen the capacities of six sectoral Ministries (Land use Planning, Agriculture, Forestry, Planning, Mines and Hydrocarbons) and...