Katingan Mentaya REDD+ Peatland Conservation Project (Indonesia)
Indonesia
World's largest forest-based avoided-emissions project: 157,875 ha of tropical peatland in Central Kalimantan verified at 7.5M tCO2e/yr under Verra VCS+CCB …
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Gabon CAFI Forest Carbon Agreement
Gabon · Libreville · See the Gabon profile
Gabon's 23.6M-ha Congo Basin rainforest (88 % of territory, deforestation <0.08 %/yr since 1990) earns results-based CAFI payments: US$17M received for 2016–2017 reductions; up to US$150M earmarked for 2016–2025 at $5/tonne verified.
23.6M ha (88% of territory)
Forest area
<0.08%/yr since 1990
Deforestation rate
US$17M
Payment received (2016-2017 reductions)
up to US$150M at US$5/t
Payments foreseen 2016-2025
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Government of Gabon / Ministère des Eaux et Forêts / CAFI
- Period
- 2016-present
- Keywords
- Tropical forest, carbon, REDD+, Congo Basin, biodiversity
Context
Gabon's 23.6M ha of Congo Basin rainforest (88% of the territory, with deforestation below 0.08%/yr since 1990) receives results-based payments from the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI).
Results
It received US$17M for its 2016-2017 reductions, with up to US$150M foreseen for 2016-2025 at US$5 per verified tonne.
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
- Government of Gabon / Ministère des Eaux et Forêts / CAFI — accessed 2026-06-21
- Africa Renewal / UN – Gabon first African country to receive REDD+ payment — accessed 2026-06-21
- UNDP – Gabon first payment under CAFI agreement — accessed 2026-06-21
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