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2 million hectares of the Central Africa rainforest were lost between 2015 & 2020, and another 1.5 million degraded

40 million people depend on the Central African forest for food, habitat, medicine, energy and spirituality. The forest harbors over 10,000 species of trees, plants and animals

Each year, the Central African rainforest absorbs as much CO2 as 385 coal-fired power plants produce.

A cooler future, for all of us

The Central African forest is the second largest in the world : it spans over an area as large as Western Europe. Each year, it absorbs close to 1.5 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, or 4% of the world’s emissions. Its contribution to fighting the global climate and biodiversity crises - and mitigating their impacts on people at the local level and for the whole region - is more essential than ever.

CAFI at a glance

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Through 20 enabling & reform programmes and 11 large-scale field programmes combined with high-level policy dialogue, CAFI helps its 6 partner countries - Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo - to