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Forests source of life, thriving rural communities, stabilised climate
📢 Major breakthrough for #PSEs in DRC/ Congo Basin.

With #CAFI support, WWF makes the first collective mobile payment in the DRC via the PSE Management Tool.

The Lewo community receives its first payment for its verified forest regeneration results. 🌿

@bmz.de @unops.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Avec l’appui de #CAFI, le Panel scientifique du Bassin du Congo lance son Rapport 2025 à la #COP30 🌍 avec des propositions concrètes pour la restauration des forêts 🌳les financements innovants 💰 et les marchés carbone 🌿

Écoutez Mme Arlette Sourdan-Nonault👇

@bmz.de @norad.no #COP30
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🚨 Breaking news

CAFI launches a $100M call for expressions of interest to scale up #PSE in the region, bringing the 2025 PSE envelope to $125M.
🌳 300k ha covered
👥 130k beneficiaries
🌍 2.5M tCO₂ sequestered

Thanks to all partners for their support @bmz.de @norad.no #COP30
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 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
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🗣️ “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

@gabonmediatime.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no
June 5, 2025 at 4:15 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
June 5, 2025 at 4:10 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
May 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
💲🌳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"".
April 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
« 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 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
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
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 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
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 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
March 21, 2025 at 2:43 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
March 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🍽️ 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
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
Today is International #ForestDay! Celebrate how they nourish the people.
6️⃣8️⃣M people suffer from malnutrition in the Congo Basin. #CAFI funds
🌽agriculture (and honey 🐝!) - 9 projects in DRC with@fonaredd.bsky.social, 2 in Gabon & 1 in Rep Congo -
🤎deforestation-free cocoa & coffee in Cameroon
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🌿 Les femmes jouent un rôle clé dans la protection des forêts et le climat ! En cette #JournéeDesDroitsDesFemmes, CAFI réaffirme son engagement pour l’égalité. #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
3️⃣March is World Wildlife Day !

A mosaic of forests, savannahs, wetlands, rivers and peatlands the Central African region is teeming with wildlife and biodiversity.

#WWD2025
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
3️⃣March is World Wildlife Day ! #WWD2025

🔛Discover the fauna and flora species of the Central African region
March 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🗞️ Nouveau projet lancé en RDC ! 1ère réunion du Comité Technique du Programme d'Appui à l'Agriculture Durable avec #FONAREDD @pnudrdc.bsky.social #MinAgriRDC
🔜établir un système d’agrimultiplication fonctionnel, pour que chaque village des 145 territoires du pays accède aux semences améliorées🌱
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Elaborer le Plan National Climat et réviser la Contribution Déterminée au niveau National dans le cadre de la Lettre d'intention avec #CAFI: au Cameroun, c'est un atelier stratégique de cadrage important qui vient de se conclure sous l'égide du #MINEPDED et la coordination du #MINEPAT
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
En janvier, les pays d'Afrique centrale ont lancé leur Outil de Gestion des Paiements pour Services Environmentaux.

👉On vous l'explique en une infographie !
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
👋Meet the amazing Lesuka monkey ! Known by locals in a few provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and recently "rediscovered" by scientists .. One of the 720 "new" fauna and flora species of the Congo Basin - confirming - if needed - the region's unique position as a biodiversity hotspot !
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM