ABCG Result presentation dissemination webinar

October 18, 2021

9-10AM EDT / 4-5PM EAT

Event Overview

The presentation provided updates on the implementation of Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) management plans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for improved conservation outcomes, a convening of country experts on community forests in light of the Forest law (2020) in the Republic of Congo (RoC), and a longitudinal study of forest cover change in community forests in 5 African countries ((Liberia in West Africa and Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Central Africa.

speakers

Marc Fourrier, Director, Great Ape Conservation, Jane Goodall Institute, Washington, DC

Peter Veit, Director, Land and Resource Rights Initiative, Center for Equitable Development, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC

Teodyl Nkuintchua, Country Manager for the Republic of Congo.  World Resource Institute, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Click here to download the event presentation

Other relevant ABCG tools/resources/reports mentioned during the presentation:

• Forest Cover Change in Community Forests: An Assessment of Outcomes in Five African Countries https://abcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Community-Forests-Report_The ABCG2021.pdf
• Guide opérationnel d’élaboration du plan simple de gestion des concessions Forestières des Communautés Locales (available in French only, Operational guide for the development of a simple management plan for forest concessions of Local Communities ) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDTvjKbMqr8qcoWE-9F3G4Zs4RGYMCLD/view?usp=sharing
• Workshop report; Operationalizing community forest in the Republic of Congo https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_rfo95ju1I4e-r4-_rhBPRB7H0ULe5zR/view?usp=sharing