Wood Energy Catalogue

Document de Politique Forestière en République Démocratique du Congo (2011, Forest Policy Document, D.R. Congo)

2011
Region
Africa
Countries of implementation
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This document is structured in two main parts: the first part about general context of the forest sector and the second part about vision, objectives, and strategic axes. It proposes a strategy and a mechanism for implementing this policy and briefly discusses the framework for monitoring and evaluating the policy.

It presents, among others, several interventions on wood energy, including
- development and implementation of a wood energy program aiming at meeting the needs of the country, especially those of the main urban centers
- afforestation and reforestation with fast-growing species
- creation of a specialized service responsible for wood energy issues
- supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the wood energy sector (production, processing, and marketing)
- development of efficient carbonization techniques
- promotion of techniques to reduce wood consumption in households
- study ways and means to introduce a tax on wood energy with a view to partly supplying the National Forest Fund

Keywords
Forest policy, strategy, D.R Congo
Type of initiatives
Policy
Level of intervention
National
Responsible agencies
Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, D.R. Congo)