FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT

This document is a regional annex to the 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment, focusing on the Congo Basin. It details a comprehensive evaluation framework consisting of 50 indicators across four themes—forest goals, sustainable production and development, forest finance, and forest governance—designed to monitor progress in forest legality and governance based on Chatham House methodology.

• The Forest Declaration Assessment utilizes a regional pilot framework for the Congo Basin comprising 50 indicators divided into four primary themes: forest goals, sustainable production and development, forest finance, and forest governance.
• The assessment framework is modeled after the Chatham House think tank's methodology for monitoring forest governance and legality.
• The document identifies specific national forest codes and laws for four countries in the region: Cameroon (Loi n°94/01), Gabon (Loi n°016/2001), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Loi n°011/2002), and the Republic of the Congo (Loi n°33/2020).
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo has committed to restoring 8 million hectares of land as part of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), which aims for 100 million hectares of restoration by 2030.
• Forest definitions vary by country: Gabon defines a forest as land over 1 hectare; the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo both use a threshold of over 0.5 hectares.
• The framework includes indicators to evaluate the alignment of national development policies with forest protection, the existence of credible certification systems to fight agricultural deforestation, and the availability of 'green budgeting' to redirect public investments away from harmful subsidies.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2022). FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022RegionalAnnex_FR.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. 2022. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022RegionalAnnex_FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2022forest, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022RegionalAnnex_FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }