A Forest Future for All: Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa

Forests play a crucial role in people’s lives, homes and livelihoods. They significantly impact health, food security, income generation and biodiversity conservation. Despite their immense benefits, many forests in Central Africa, just as in other parts of Africa, are under threat from hunting, logging, mining, deforestation, over-exploitation, climate change and conversion to other land uses, especially agriculture and infrastructure development.