Deal #3795

The project is a reducing emission from deforestation and degradation plus conservation and sustainable forestry (REDD+) project designed to protect 92,530 ha of unlogged native Congolese forest, legally designated as a selective logging concession. The main activity of the North Pikounda REDD+ Project is the cancelation of the planned degradation and deforestation activities and the decision to instead protect the forest area. The project will implement a series of actions divided into 4 sub-categories: - Carbon stock monitoring - Remote Sensed monitoring - Field Monitoring - Social Activities (see data source 11 & 12). Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB)-Olam achieved a new FSC forest management certificate for its Mimbeli-Ibenga concession, making all CIB-Olam commercial operations 100 percent FSC certified.

Harvested logs not directly exported are processed locally in our own mills, drying kilns and moulding factory. In 2014, the company produced 126 093 m3 of logs and 661 m3 of processed 71 products. The company has carpentry facilities- and produces furniture, frames (doors and windows) as well as panels to build wooden houses.

CIB is engaged in timber harvesting, wood processing, and commercial partnerships for forest conservation and sustainable development initiative