6.5 Million Ha Equivalent to
7.9% of Total Land Area of
66.9 Million Hectares
48 Million Ha Equivalent to
54.4% of Total Land Area of
88.3 Million Hectares
41 Million Ha Equivalent to
51.4% of Total Land Area of
77.9 Million Hectares
4.7 Million Ha Equivalent to
24% of Total Land Area of
19.7 Million Hectares
12.3 Million Ha Equivalent to
15.7% of Total Land Area of
1.112 Million Hectares
Is a regional initiative that aims to improve forest monitoring and management in the region by sharing, exchanging and accessing data and information to produce a comprehensive and harmonized regional dataset on the latest trends and threats to forests, and to make information useful and easily accessible to policymakers, funders, forestry practitioners and citizens in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda – to meet their climate and environment targets.
The area is home to the largest remaining fragment of intact coastal forest in East Africa.
African ecosystems offer a wide range of essential services
OFESA is jointly implemented by CIFOR and RCMRD
