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Programa de Reducción de Emisiones Mai-Ndombe en RD Congo (FCPF / Banco Mundial)

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Primer programa REDD+ nacional en el Fondo de Carbono del FCPF (dic. 2016); 3,89 M tCO2e verificados en 2019–2020, generando USD 19,48 M en jun. 2025. Los ingresos de carbono financian agua potable para más de 218.000 personas en la provincia Mai-Ndombe, RD Congo.

3.89M tCO2e

Reducciones de emisiones verificadas (2019–2020)

USD 19.48M

Pago obtenido (June 2025)

218,000+

Personas con nuevo acceso a agua potable

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (DRC) / Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (World Bank)
Period: 2016-present
Keywords: Tropical forest, carbon, community, watershed, REDD+

Context

El Programa de Reducciones de Emisiones de Mai-Ndombe, en la República Democrática del Congo, fue el primer programa REDD+ nacional admitido en el Fondo de Carbono del FCPF (diciembre de 2016).

Results

Verificó 3,89 millones de tCO2e para 2019–2020, generando para la RDC 19,48 millones de USD (junio de 2025), con los ingresos de carbono financiando infraestructuras de agua potable para más de 218.000 personas en la Provincia de Mai-Ndombe.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (DRC) / Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (World Bank) — accessed 2026-06-21
World Bank – DRC receives USD 19.47 M for reducing deforestation emissions (June 2025) — accessed 2026-06-21
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Mai-Ndombe Emission Reductions Programme updates — accessed 2026-06-21
PFBC-CBFP – Le projet REDD+ Maï-Ndombe : un exemple réussi de conservation en RDC — accessed 2026-06-21

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Quality score: 73/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 4% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

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Evaluation

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Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced3/3

3.89 M tCO2e emission reductions independently verified for 2019–2020 under FCPF Carbon Fund methodology; USD 19.48 M results-based payment received by DRC government June 6, 2025 — first verified sovereign REDD+ payment in the Congo Basin.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced2/3

Province-scale avoided deforestation in the Congo Basin protects critical habitat for bonobos, forest elephants and endemic species, but the ERP does not carry independent CCB certification at project level.

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control3/3

Carbon revenues directly finance three solar-powered boreholes providing clean water to 218,000+ beneficiaries; the benefit-sharing portfolio reaches 856,000+ people; Oshwe's 43,000 km² territory water services explicitly quantified in World Bank reporting (June 2026).

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced0/3

Humid tropical forest in Mai-Ndombe Province has low inherent wildfire risk; fire management is not part of the programme design or monitoring framework.

Governance, certification & transferability3/3

First FCPF Carbon Fund national programme (Dec 2016); verified results under World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund methodology; Ministry of Environment as official counterpart; ERPA published; first payment confirmed June 2025.

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Evidoria. Programa de Reducción de Emisiones Mai-Ndombe en RD Congo (FCPF / Banco Mundial). Persistent ID: e7384f47-5967-47af-9305-28de499c1cc0.

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