This working paper is part of a series of regular updates on the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) readiness process. It reviews documentation detailing national REDD initiatives emerging from the FCPF in order to assess how these efforts are dealing with fundamental issues of forest governance that underpin deforestation and forest degradation problems in REDD countries. Without addressing these issues it will be difficult, if not impossible, to reduce deforestation and degradation at the national level and deal with risks of leakage. We recommend improvements to the FCPF process that will support these objectives.
In 2005, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) launched a comprehensive process to review historical logging titles and bring them into compliance with its recently enacted Forest Code
The Democratic Republic of Congo cancelled logging operation titles in 12 million hectares of tropical forest this year in an effort to promote sustainable, socially responsible forest management.
As the official poster for the Gabon Interactive Atlas project, this map provides an overview of current logging titles and protected areas in Gabon as of December 2008.
