CIFOR’s COBAM project is backstopping five pilot projects in the Congo Basin, with the aim of testing and documenting the feasibility of synergy between adaptation to climate change and mitigation (REDD+) at the community level. The intention is to find a way of combining Sustainable Forest Management, the Convention on Biological Diversity and UNFCCC with community well-being, by taking stock of opportunities and negotiating trade-offs.
The five pilot projects are: