The Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is engaged in a process of preparation for the future international mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). This process, launched in January 2009, is headed by the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT), in partnership with the United Nations Collaborative Program on REDD (UN-REDD) and the World Bank (FCPF program). In 2013 the DRC is entering a new phase in the REDD+ process, the gradual transition from the REDD-Readiness phase to that of Investment. The DRC has made remarkable progress in its Readiness phase, where one of the most important achievements where that of a national consensus on the causes of deforestation. This consensus paved the way to a participatory development ...
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