CARPE the Central African Regional Program for the Environment is a
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative aimed at promoting sustainable natural resource management in the
Congo Basin
The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It con ...
. It aims at protecting the forest in countries such as
Gabon,
Cameroon and the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
providing critical habitat for biodiversity conservation. CARPE works to reduce the rate of
forest degradation and
loss of biodiversity by supporting other groups and working together towards an increased local, national, and regional framework for natural resource management.
CARPE Official Site
Retrieved on June 18, 2008
Since 1997, CARPE has worked in protected areas such as the Minkébé National Park in north-east Gabon and has worked together with agencies such as the WWF and provided funding along with the European Union, UNESCO, the Netherlands Development Cooperation The Netherlands Development Cooperation is an important branch of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is responsible for development and funding, particularly in the developing world in poverty stricken areas of Africa, and allocates €4&nb ...
and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM).
References
United States Agency for International Development
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