Central African Forest Initiative
@cafisecretariat.bsky.social
Forests source of life, thriving rural communities, stabilised climate
🚨 At #COP30, #CAFI is showcasing how Congo Basin countries leverage PES to channel climate finance directly to forest guardians.
📆 18 Nov • 🕒 3–4 PM • 📍 DRC Pavilion
#Forests #ClimateAction #CongoBasin @norad.no @alainnoudehou.bsky.social #RDC #Congo #Gabon
📆 18 Nov • 🕒 3–4 PM • 📍 DRC Pavilion
#Forests #ClimateAction #CongoBasin @norad.no @alainnoudehou.bsky.social #RDC #Congo #Gabon
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🚨 At #COP30, #CAFI is showcasing how Congo Basin countries leverage PES to channel climate finance directly to forest guardians.
📆 18 Nov • 🕒 3–4 PM • 📍 DRC Pavilion
#Forests #ClimateAction #CongoBasin @norad.no @alainnoudehou.bsky.social #RDC #Congo #Gabon
📆 18 Nov • 🕒 3–4 PM • 📍 DRC Pavilion
#Forests #ClimateAction #CongoBasin @norad.no @alainnoudehou.bsky.social #RDC #Congo #Gabon
CAFI has a new partner ! Costa Rica brings its vast experience on Payments for Environmental Services to support Central African countries
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June 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
CAFI has a new partner ! Costa Rica brings its vast experience on Payments for Environmental Services to support Central African countries
@un-mptf-office.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @fcdoinclusion.bsky.social @bmzclimate.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
@un-mptf-office.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @fcdoinclusion.bsky.social @bmzclimate.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🗣️ “No country can tackle climate change alone.”: Costa Rica’s entry today into the CAFI partnership deepens South-South cooperation, boosting shared learning between tropical forest nations. 🌎 #CAFI #Biodiversity #Geneva
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June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🗣️ “No country can tackle climate change alone.”: Costa Rica’s entry today into the CAFI partnership deepens South-South cooperation, boosting shared learning between tropical forest nations. 🌎 #CAFI #Biodiversity #Geneva
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🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, Costa Rica joins the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI)! A global leader in forest recovery, Costa Rica brings decades of success and innovation to support Central Africa’s climate and development goals. 🌱🌳 #ClimateAction #SouthSouthCooperation
June 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, Costa Rica joins the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI)! A global leader in forest recovery, Costa Rica brings decades of success and innovation to support Central Africa’s climate and development goals. 🌱🌳 #ClimateAction #SouthSouthCooperation
CAFI launches a new Call for Expressions of Interest in the DRCongo ! We're looking to select implementing organizations to develop projects under the Payments for Environmental Services Programme on the Kinshasa Supply Basin.
↪️All information here : www.cafi.org/node/1136
↪️All information here : www.cafi.org/node/1136
May 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
CAFI launches a new Call for Expressions of Interest in the DRCongo ! We're looking to select implementing organizations to develop projects under the Payments for Environmental Services Programme on the Kinshasa Supply Basin.
↪️All information here : www.cafi.org/node/1136
↪️All information here : www.cafi.org/node/1136
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Feature in April 2025 National Geographic reveals the story of a new vanguard of central African scientists who are striving to understand the ecosystems of the Congo Basin at a time when it is needed most: www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
April 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Feature in April 2025 National Geographic reveals the story of a new vanguard of central African scientists who are striving to understand the ecosystems of the Congo Basin at a time when it is needed most: www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Announcing CAFI's collaboration w. High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative !
💽 generate data to help define High Value Forests in #DRC and HCS/HVC Forests in #Congo and #Gabon
🙌inform Land-Use Planning decision-making, in synergy with processes that CAFI projects support
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💽 generate data to help define High Value Forests in #DRC and HCS/HVC Forests in #Congo and #Gabon
🙌inform Land-Use Planning decision-making, in synergy with processes that CAFI projects support
➡️tiny.cc/0c0i001
Bank of America, Central Africa Forest Initiative, Good Energies Foundation, and UBS Optimus Foundation Support HIFOR Initiative to Conserve High-Integrity Tropical Forests Globally
New York, NY, April 28, 2025 – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is proud to announce that Bank of America, the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI), the Good Energies Foundation, and the UBS...
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April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🌍🌱This #EarthDay we celebrate funds like @cafisecretariat.bsky.social that empower high-forest cover countries in Central #Africa to fight forest loss & poverty.
Using joint-country roadmaps, they chart paths for people & planet: mptf.undp.org/fund/afi00 #ClimateAction #SDGs #earthmonth2025
Using joint-country roadmaps, they chart paths for people & planet: mptf.undp.org/fund/afi00 #ClimateAction #SDGs #earthmonth2025
April 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🌍🌱This #EarthDay we celebrate funds like @cafisecretariat.bsky.social that empower high-forest cover countries in Central #Africa to fight forest loss & poverty.
Using joint-country roadmaps, they chart paths for people & planet: mptf.undp.org/fund/afi00 #ClimateAction #SDGs #earthmonth2025
Using joint-country roadmaps, they chart paths for people & planet: mptf.undp.org/fund/afi00 #ClimateAction #SDGs #earthmonth2025
As our project in the Mai Ndombe province of the #DRCongo is coming to an end, let's rewatch this video by our #WorldBank partners, highlighting the connection between people’s daily food and energy needs and ongoing forest degradation
youtu.be/2IDWvwR_ojQ?...
@fonaredd.bsky.social
@norad.no
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@fonaredd.bsky.social
@norad.no
Solutions centrées sur les personnes à la dégradation des forêts en République démocratique du Congo
YouTube video by World Bank
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April 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
As our project in the Mai Ndombe province of the #DRCongo is coming to an end, let's rewatch this video by our #WorldBank partners, highlighting the connection between people’s daily food and energy needs and ongoing forest degradation
youtu.be/2IDWvwR_ojQ?...
@fonaredd.bsky.social
@norad.no
youtu.be/2IDWvwR_ojQ?...
@fonaredd.bsky.social
@norad.no
💲🌳Payments for Environmental services - a more equitable, efficient, innovative & financially sustainable tool to protect forests & enhance rural well-being.
After the first regional even last Jan., DRC ministers, parliament and partners gathered last week to launch the "PES roadmap to Belem"".
After the first regional even last Jan., DRC ministers, parliament and partners gathered last week to launch the "PES roadmap to Belem"".
April 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
💲🌳Payments for Environmental services - a more equitable, efficient, innovative & financially sustainable tool to protect forests & enhance rural well-being.
After the first regional even last Jan., DRC ministers, parliament and partners gathered last week to launch the "PES roadmap to Belem"".
After the first regional even last Jan., DRC ministers, parliament and partners gathered last week to launch the "PES roadmap to Belem"".
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What a thrill to hold this month’s issue of National Geographic magazine and open it to see the faces and words of Congolese researchers studying the Congo Basin rainforest splashed across 24 pages of this iconic publication 🌱🌍🔬
April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What a thrill to hold this month’s issue of National Geographic magazine and open it to see the faces and words of Congolese researchers studying the Congo Basin rainforest splashed across 24 pages of this iconic publication 🌱🌍🔬
"It's the world's most critical rainforest, and you probably can't name it"
Excellent piece by @melaniegouby.bsky.social @nationalgeographic.bsky.social on the new generation of Central African researchers revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Excellent piece by @melaniegouby.bsky.social @nationalgeographic.bsky.social on the new generation of Central African researchers revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
It's the world's most critical rainforest—and you probably can't name it
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.
www.nationalgeographic.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"It's the world's most critical rainforest, and you probably can't name it"
Excellent piece by @melaniegouby.bsky.social @nationalgeographic.bsky.social on the new generation of Central African researchers revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Excellent piece by @melaniegouby.bsky.social @nationalgeographic.bsky.social on the new generation of Central African researchers revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Land-use planning, agriculture, environment, mining : all sectors in DRC are needed to reduce deforestation and reach ambitious development objectives. Our multi- sector project to achieve milestones in the Letter of Intent between #CAFI and the #DRC held its 1st meeting of the Steering Committee
🗞️1ère Réunion du Comité de Pilotage du Projet D’Appui à l’Atteinte des Jalons (PAAJ)
📌L’objectif principal de cette rencontre était d’examiner les Plans de Travail Budgétisés Annuels (PTBA) 2025 des Ministères sectoriels et des entités nationales impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de ce projet.
📌L’objectif principal de cette rencontre était d’examiner les Plans de Travail Budgétisés Annuels (PTBA) 2025 des Ministères sectoriels et des entités nationales impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de ce projet.
April 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
📽️ Have you seen the latest from Enabel ?
Walk thru results & testimonies of beneficiaries of the PIREDD Mongala of the DRC, funded by CAFI & @fonaredd.bsky.social
youtu.be/hEOfbozSN84?...
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Walk thru results & testimonies of beneficiaries of the PIREDD Mongala of the DRC, funded by CAFI & @fonaredd.bsky.social
youtu.be/hEOfbozSN84?...
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PIREDD-MO : 4 ans d’impact pour les forêts et les communautés de la Mongala
YouTube video by Enabel - Belgian development agency
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April 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
📽️ Have you seen the latest from Enabel ?
Walk thru results & testimonies of beneficiaries of the PIREDD Mongala of the DRC, funded by CAFI & @fonaredd.bsky.social
youtu.be/hEOfbozSN84?...
🙌 netherlandsmfa.bsky.social wedishmfa.bsky.social bmzclimate.bsky.social norwaymfa.government.no norad.no
Walk thru results & testimonies of beneficiaries of the PIREDD Mongala of the DRC, funded by CAFI & @fonaredd.bsky.social
youtu.be/hEOfbozSN84?...
🙌 netherlandsmfa.bsky.social wedishmfa.bsky.social bmzclimate.bsky.social norwaymfa.government.no norad.no
En images et en francais, l'installation de la première clôture électrifiée financée par CAFI youtu.be/MRTh2y1pUy0 pour la coexistence pacifique entre humains et éléphants au Gabon, avec @wcs.org et l'expertise de SpaceForGiants
Un pas de géant ! 1ère clôture électrifiée pour atténuer les conflits humains éléphants au Gabon
YouTube video by Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI)
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March 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
En images et en francais, l'installation de la première clôture électrifiée financée par CAFI youtu.be/MRTh2y1pUy0 pour la coexistence pacifique entre humains et éléphants au Gabon, avec @wcs.org et l'expertise de SpaceForGiants
While this is the inaugural installation, in total, 1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣fences (100 per province per year), benefiting 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣rural stakeholders, will be funded by CAFI under this project with @wcs.org and #ANPN
« Co-existence between humans and wildlife is a major priority for Gabon. This project is in line with our strategy to reduce human elephants conflicts, by building electric fences to protect food crops » said Minister Maurice Ntossui Allogo upon installing the 1st electrified fence in Cocoa beach.
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A first giant step to ⬇️ human-elephant 🐘 conflicts in Gabon and ↗️food security : installation by Gabon Minister of Waters and Forests Maurice Allogo of the first electrified fence to protect from elephants raids, under the new CAFI project with @wcs.org #SpaceforGiants and #ANPN
March 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A first giant step to ⬇️ human-elephant 🐘 conflicts in Gabon and ↗️food security : installation by Gabon Minister of Waters and Forests Maurice Allogo of the first electrified fence to protect from elephants raids, under the new CAFI project with @wcs.org #SpaceforGiants and #ANPN
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A first giant step to ⬇️ human-elephant 🐘 conflicts in Gabon and ↗️food security : installation by Gabon Minister of Waters and Forests Maurice Allogo of the first electrified fence to protect from elephants raids, under the new CAFI project with @wcs.org #SpaceforGiants and #ANPN
Improved cookstoves = Less deforestation!
With the LITUKA project, CAFI & ID Congo are building a sustainable supply chain for clean cooking solutions in Brazzaville & Pointe-Noire.
🌿 Less wood consumption
🌳 Forest protection
#CleanCooking #Forests #ClimateAction #Congo #CAFI
With the LITUKA project, CAFI & ID Congo are building a sustainable supply chain for clean cooking solutions in Brazzaville & Pointe-Noire.
🌿 Less wood consumption
🌳 Forest protection
#CleanCooking #Forests #ClimateAction #Congo #CAFI
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Improved cookstoves = Less deforestation!
With the LITUKA project, CAFI & ID Congo are building a sustainable supply chain for clean cooking solutions in Brazzaville & Pointe-Noire.
🌿 Less wood consumption
🌳 Forest protection
#CleanCooking #Forests #ClimateAction #Congo #CAFI
With the LITUKA project, CAFI & ID Congo are building a sustainable supply chain for clean cooking solutions in Brazzaville & Pointe-Noire.
🌿 Less wood consumption
🌳 Forest protection
#CleanCooking #Forests #ClimateAction #Congo #CAFI
🌱 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) make a difference! By rewarding farmers for verified activities such as deforestation-free crops, sustainable agriculture becomes a reality. Sustainability pays off! 💡💰 #GrowingFoodToSaveForests #PSE
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌱 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) make a difference! By rewarding farmers for verified activities such as deforestation-free crops, sustainable agriculture becomes a reality. Sustainability pays off! 💡💰 #GrowingFoodToSaveForests #PSE
Perennial crops for a greener future. Cocoa, coffee, and other agroforestry systems boost food security while preserving ecosystems. Let’s choose nature-friendly farming! ☕🍫 #DeforestationFreeCrops #ForestDay2025
March 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Perennial crops for a greener future. Cocoa, coffee, and other agroforestry systems boost food security while preserving ecosystems. Let’s choose nature-friendly farming! ☕🍫 #DeforestationFreeCrops #ForestDay2025
🌎 A healthy planet starts with healthy forests. Forests regulate water cycles, enrich soils, and provide essential nutrition. Let’s grow food while keeping forests standing! 🌿💧 #ForestDay2025 #SustainableAgriculture
March 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🌎 A healthy planet starts with healthy forests. Forests regulate water cycles, enrich soils, and provide essential nutrition. Let’s grow food while keeping forests standing! 🌿💧 #ForestDay2025 #SustainableAgriculture
🍽️ Forests feed us. From fruits and nuts to medicinal plants, millions rely on forests for food and income. Protecting them means securing our future. 🌳🌰 #GrowingFoodToSaveForests #ForestDay2025
March 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🍽️ Forests feed us. From fruits and nuts to medicinal plants, millions rely on forests for food and income. Protecting them means securing our future. 🌳🌰 #GrowingFoodToSaveForests #ForestDay2025
As we celebrate #ForestDay and how they provide food & nutrition, let's remember how Payments for environmental services - such as paying for verified hectares of agroforestry🌴🌳 and perennial crops🌽- can alleviate poverty and malnutrition in Central African countries @fao.org @fonaredd.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
As we celebrate #ForestDay and how they provide food & nutrition, let's remember how Payments for environmental services - such as paying for verified hectares of agroforestry🌴🌳 and perennial crops🌽- can alleviate poverty and malnutrition in Central African countries @fao.org @fonaredd.bsky.social