RRI Land och skogsrättigheter, försörjningsmöjligheter och naturvård i DR Kongo

About this project

The overall goal in the project is to improve land and forest governance by securing community customary tenure rights and strengthening local livelihoods for poverty reduction, biodiversity conservation, and climate change prevention and mitigation. Based on the overall goal, detailed below are the following expected impacts: 1) Customary land tenure is secured under Community Forest Concessions for Indigenous Peoples and local communities, strengthening the DRC’s movement toward rights-based conservation and Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs). 2) Rights-based land reform laws and strategies are adopted and implemented in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, protecting communities’ rights to secure livelihoods, safety from exploitative industries, and full self-determination. 3) Communities’ livelihoods are strengthened, thus reducing poverty and food insecurity in five provinces due to improved performance and sustainability of existing community-led initiatives and economic activities (inclusive of women and youth) that enhance communities’ financial security and self-determination. The initiative will support CONAREF to develop and pilot a community land registry and support the securing of community forestry concessions in five core provinces: Kwilu, Kongo-Central, Equateur, Tshopo, and Sud-Ubangi. To support communities to realize and employ their full bundle of rights under community forest concessions, community capacities will be s…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 15Life on Land

Published by

Sweden · Government

Focus

Environment · Main focusBiodiversity · Main focus

Places

Kwilu, Kongo Central, Equateur, Tshopo, Sud- Ubangi

Funded by

Sweden

Implemented by

Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Accountable

Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Passes funds through

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Published by Sweden to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: SE-0-SE-6-17185-17185A0101.

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