The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is part of the world'ssecond-largest tropical forest (following the Amazon.) Decades ofinternal conflict have taken a toll on the forested areas” and the newdemocratically elected government is struggling to implement necessaryreforms in forest tenure and exploitation. Many hope that this criticaltime will provide the opportunity to finally address this problem.

Aconference on sustainable management of the Congolese forests held inBrussels in February reaffirmed the international commitment to thereform process. More>> (in French). And the United Kingdom promised $100 million to the conservation of the Congo Basin. More>> (in French).

CIFOR”a RRI partner” recently published a report with the World Bank andCIRAD synthesizing the current issues of forests in Congo. It isavailable on the CIFOR website

in English and in French.