Forest Resource Management

USAID will provide funds to directly support biodiversity conservation in targeted countries.

Activities to mitigate threats to biodiversity include capacity building for sustainable forest management, fire management, and participatory land use planning.

USAID will use focused GCC-SL funds to support regional and national policy harmonization, national forest inventory and land use planning linked to national REDD+ strategies and LEDS.

Technical assistance will address needs such as forest biomass and soil carbon measurement, and national forest and GHG inventories. This will contribute to reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration. Biodiversity activities will indirectly support GCC-SL by slowing deforestation and forest degradation.

The activity is regional with a focus on the DRC and ROC.