Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)

Name: Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
Duration: September 2006 - September 2011
Donors: United States Agency for International Development (primary donor), World Wildlife Fund, World Conservation Society

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM), and Pact created a consortium to assist the government of the DRC and other partners and stakeholders to mitigate threats to the landscape's biodiversity and natural resources. Together we are committed to achieving the following objectives:

• Development of sustainable management plans for different land use zones with full and active participation from all public and private sector stakeholders
• Capacity to create and implement participatory mechanisms to manage natural resources
• Monitoring of trends in biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and socio-economic changes
• Devolution of decision making to local levels through development of collaborative private sector/local community management schemes, with particular attention to the participation of women and indigenous peoples
• Alternative livelihoods for people residing in nearby local communities to reduce pressure on natural resources.

The Central African Regional Program (CARPE), under which this project is funded, is a USAID program to reduce the threats of forest degradation and loss of biodiversity through efficient natural resource management in 11 landscapes in six Central African countries. This program seeks to achieve the goals of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) Presidential Initiative.

Pact is currently working in two landscapes: Salonga-Lukenia-Sankuru landscape, and the Ituri-Epulu-Aru landscape.

2008 Update

• to map conflicts and identify potential risks in the landscape
• to train Government departments and other stakeholders involved in the CARPE work in conflict analysis, mapping and dialogue

Partners

World Wildlife Fund
World Conservation Society
Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM)
Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature(ICCN)
Ministry of Forestry Economy and the Environment Republic of Congo (MECNEF)
Conservation de la Faune Congolaise ; Mbou-mon-Tour ;
Association pour la Conservation de la Nature de la Likouala (ACNL) ;
Association pour le Développement des Bomitabas (ASDEB)
UNHCR; World Fish Center; International Conservation and Education Fund (INCEF)

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