The project will test highly-decentralized and participatory approaches for sustainable management of the Bangassou Dense Forest region of southern CAR. This area has high species and ecosystem diversity, and an unusual blend of forest and savanna flora and fauna, including threatened populations of forest and savanna elephants, and the northernmost population of chimpanzees in central Africa. Fire, land-use changes and over-hunting are degrading the Bangassou ecosystems. The project will test community-based management approaches to make local resource use more sustainable, along with policy and tenure reform to protect and support local conservation.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
218
Country
Central African Republic
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Development Programme
Approval FY
1997
Status
Completed
Region
Africa
Executing Agencies
United Nations Office for Projects Services
GEF Period
GEF - 1
Project Type
Full-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
970,000
GEF Project Grant
2,500,000

Timeline

Concept Approved
01 May 1995
Project Approved for Implementation
04 Sep 1997
Project Closed
22 Nov 2013