International 
Lac Tumba Lediima Reserve & Ngiri Triangle
As of: March 2021
The project aimed at conserving the forests in the Ngiri Triangle and their biological diversity. It promoted the function of these forests as carbon reservoirs and with regard to water regime regulation. The project assisted the establishment of the Ngiri Triangle protected area and improved protected area management. The local population was involved directly in the project and its interests were taken into account. The project partners developed and strengthened participatory bodies, and optimise land and resource use in order to avoid any additional appropriation of land. This work also raised the standard of living across the project region.
Successor project(s)
State of implementation/results
- Project completed
- Support provided for designation of the Ngiri Triangle nature reserve, covering 5,400 km²
- Inventory of biological diversity in the protected area produced
- Local population informed about the establishment of the protected area, and awareness of the area's importance raised
- Rangers trained
- Improved seed distributed
- Deforestation rates recorded through evaluation of satellite data
Project data
- Country:
- The Democratic Republic of Congo
- Implementing organisation:
- KfW Entwicklungsbank
- Political partner(s):
- Congolese Wildlife Authority (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature - ICCN) - DR Congo
- Implementing partner(s):
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Germany
- BMU grant:
- 1.096.388,00 €
- Duration:
- 11/2008 till 09/2012
