The COMIFAC event

During COP15, one of the highest profile events focused on the Congo Basin, where the 10 member countries of Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC) are working together for conservation and sustainable forest management of almost 30% of the world’s tropical forests.

From left to right: Louis Sylvain-Goma, Secretary General of the Economic Community of Central African States; H. E. Emmanuel Bizot, Ministre des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses et Pêches of the Central African Republic and President of COMIFAC; H. E. Dirk Niebel, German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development; and Hans Schipulle, Congo Basin Forest Partnership Facilitator.