The Restoration Initiative (TRI) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has worked to put in place policy frameworks supportive of forest and landscape restoration (FLR) in the pilot province of South Kivu. To do this, the team facilitated the development of the Provincial Strategy for the Restoration of Forests and Landscapes in South Kivu, the drafting of two legal documents, one on bushfire management and one promoting FLR, to support the implementation of the strategy, and the integration of FLR measures in the local development plans of the Kabre and Ngweshe chiefdoms. Together, the provincial FLR strategy, supporting legal documents, and FLR-supporting local development plans will help coordinate various FLR projects and actions and help the local upscaling and management of restoration on the ground.

TRI is a GEF-funded project.