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Proforest Africa secures funding to enhance FPIC education in Liberia and Republic of Congo

Proforest Africa has secured $125, 000 to develop, communicate and support implementation of Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) guidelines in the Republic of Congo (RoC) and Liberia. The one-year project funded by Global Commons...

Investir dans le paysage de San Pedro: Collaboration et Communauté en Côte d'Ivoire

Proforest a collaboré avec les autorités régionales, les communautés et d'autres partenaires pour élaborer un plan de gestion et d'investissement complet pour le paysage de San Pedro en Côte d'Ivoire. Ce plan se concentre sur...

Investing in the San Pedro Landscape - Collaboration and Community in Côte d'Ivoire

Proforest has collaborated with regional authorities, communities, and other partners to develop a comprehensive Management and Investment Plan for the San Pedro landscape in Côte d’Ivoire. This plan focuses on sustainable...

Parliament of Ghana Enacts Tree Crops Regulation L12471

Parliament of Ghana has passed LI2471 to fortify the Tree Crop Development Authority’s (TCDA) operations.  The TCDA, was established in 2020 to regulate and develop tree crop sectors such as oil palm, cashew, coconut, rubber,...

Proforest Africa Marks a Decade of Positive Impact on People, Nature and Climate

Proforest Africa celebrates 10 years of transformative contributions to responsible sourcing and production, promoting sustainable landscapes and facilitating multistakeholder engagements.

Proforest works with companies, private...

Bringing global companies and producer initiatives together - lessons learned and next steps

Lessons learned from our 3 year IKI-funded programme. Originally published on the IKI website October 26th 2023

Proforest and ASCI at #AfricaClimateWeek

Please join us at a side event: “Learning to Build Better Food Systems through the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative – a regional multi-stakeholder platform in West & Central Africa”

Date: Wednesday, September 6

Time: 3.30pm – 4.30pm local time

Location: Mount Nimba Room, Africa Climate Summit

San Pedro stakeholders validate the sustainable landscape management and investment plan, Côte d’Ivoire

The sustainable management and investment plan for the San Pedro landscape has been validated at a workshop in July 2023, organised by Proforest and the landscape coalition.

Proforest Supports Participatory Land Use Planning in Liberia

Land use planning has been acknowledged as an urgent development strategy in Liberia that can address overlapping concessions, establish customary land rights, and direct wise economic development.

Walmart Foundation adds to funding for Proforest’s work in Asunafo Asutifi cocoa landscape

Proforest Initiative Africa has secured a grant from the Walmart Foundation to implement a project: ‘Building a deforestation-free climate and climate-resilient cocoa landscape’ in the Asutifi South Sub- Hotspot Intervention Area (HIA) in the Ahafo Region. Key activities of the nearly $1 million grant will help advance priorities outlined in the Asunafo-Asutifi HIA Management Plan, produced in collaboration with key stakeholders.