The scoping forestry project

Reaching large-scale forestry projects

DRC in East Africa has been exploring how to develop environmental and forestry project approaches that have the potential to reach large-scale environmental impact that benefits refugee hosting districts.

• Reforestation and land restoration activities in locations near refugee settlements and community engagement in activities, including livelihood opportunities
• Clean energy activities to reduce the dependency on firewood, including potentially sustainable access to firewood through forest management
• Inclusion of carbon credits to partly fund the project or provide income for communities

Reforestation and resilience

DRC Uganda will work with a private company that can provide the missing skills, using approaches already readily available, where environment companies actively engage in and fund project development if they can see the revenue potential from future carbon credit sales.

By bringing a project development partner onboard with existing links to climate finance, an understanding of the process and by jointly conducting a scoping exercise in Uganda (West Nile and Southwest regions), DRC will be able to develop an approach that is viable, uniquely displacement/refugee-focused and linked to a new innovative financing model.