"FAIR DEAL - FAIR SHARE"
Declaration of commitment and call for fair funding
An agreement between the international community and Central African countries for the preservation of Congo Basin forests – Fair Deal process !
The « A Fair Deal » is a fair agreement on the corresponding payment by the international community for precious ecological services rendered to them by Central Africa via the Congo Basin.
A Commitment Declaration of COMIFAC Member States for Central African forests and a call for equitable funding have been signed on 26 August 2021 by COMIFAC Member States.
Centra African parties to this agreement by this Declaration acknowledge services rendered by the Congo forest (CO2 storage capacity, genetic heritage, housing and economic space) as a global public good and together declare their commitment to preserve its resources via;
- Enhancing the role of the Congo forest in global climate talks;
- The increasing privatisation of the management of protected areas:
- More room for civil society and the indigenous population to take part in decision-making;
- The creation of a supra-regional discussion platform to contain transhumance (soaring of cattle herds escalating in forests);
- And more reforestation where forests are no more.
In “return”, African parties expect more technical, political and financial support from the international community and call out for a better coordination of international financing mechanisms and political initiatives together with proper and fair access to climate and biodiversity funding and to global tropical wood markets and a greater promotion of wood products with high added value.
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