275,025 Hectares
of Living Forest
One of Central Africa's most significant forestry concessions — intact equatorial forest in the heart of the Congo Basin.
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Sankuru Province & the Lubefu River Basin
The BOIS KASAI concession is located in Sankuru Province, in the central interior of the Democratic Republic of Congo — one of the most ecologically intact regions of the Congo Basin. The province sits at the heart of the world's second largest tropical rainforest, far from the deforestation pressures affecting the forest's edges.
The Lubefu River and its network of tributaries flow through the concession, carving through dense equatorial forest and creating a mosaic of riverine habitats. The Lubefu is a major tributary of the Sankuru River, which itself feeds into the Congo River — the world's deepest river and a critical artery of the Congo Basin ecosystem.
This geography — remote, intact, and hydrologically rich — makes the BOIS KASAI concession an exceptional candidate for REDD+ carbon credit development. The forest is under low deforestation pressure today, but faces growing threats from agricultural expansion and charcoal production — making proactive conservation finance both urgent and impactful.
Congo Basin Canopy
Aerial view — equatorial forest
Forest Interior
Lubefu River
Sankuru Province, Democratic Republic of Congo — 275,025 ha of intact equatorial forest
A Living Ecosystem of Global Significance
The BOIS KASAI concession is not simply a timber asset — it is a functioning equatorial ecosystem that plays a measurable role in the global climate system.
Tropical Moist Forest
The concession is dominated by intact equatorial moist forest — a dense, multi-layered canopy ecosystem with trees reaching 40–60 metres, supporting extraordinary levels of plant and animal biodiversity.
Lubefu River Basin
The Lubefu River and its tributaries flow through the concession, creating rich riparian corridors that support aquatic biodiversity and regulate the local hydrological cycle — a critical component of the forest's carbon storage capacity.
Carbon Sink Function
The Congo Basin is the world's second largest tropical rainforest and absorbs more carbon than the Amazon. The BOIS KASAI concession contributes directly to this global carbon sink, making it a high-value asset for climate finance.
Biodiversity Hotspot
Sankuru Province hosts endemic species found nowhere else on Earth — including forest elephants, bonobos, okapis, and hundreds of bird species. Protecting this forest means protecting irreplaceable global biodiversity.
What This Forest Means for Carbon Credits
The BOIS KASAI concession represents a rare, large-scale opportunity to generate internationally certified carbon credits from one of the world's most important forest ecosystems.
What Are Carbon Credits?
A carbon credit represents one tonne of CO₂ (or equivalent greenhouse gas) that has been prevented from entering the atmosphere — either by avoiding deforestation or by actively sequestering carbon in living trees and soil.
Companies, governments, and institutions with net-zero commitments purchase carbon credits to offset emissions they cannot yet eliminate. Demand for high-quality, nature-based carbon credits — particularly from tropical forests — is growing rapidly as corporate climate commitments accelerate.
The BOIS KASAI concession, with its 275,025 hectares of intact equatorial forest, is positioned to generate approximately 12 million tCO₂e in verified carbon credits — making it one of the most significant forest carbon opportunities available in Central Africa today.
REDD+ Eligible
The concession qualifies for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) — the leading international framework for forest carbon credits. REDD+ credits are recognised by voluntary carbon markets and increasingly by compliance markets worldwide.
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
BOIS KASAI is pursuing certification under the Verified Carbon Standard (Verra), the world's most widely used voluntary carbon crediting program. VCS-certified credits are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, governments, and institutional investors.
Estimated ~12 Million tCO₂e
Based on forest biomass assessments and standard REDD+ methodologies, the concession is estimated to hold approximately 12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent in carbon credit potential — representing significant value in today's carbon markets.
Co-Benefits: Biodiversity & Communities
Beyond carbon, the project generates verified co-benefits including biodiversity conservation, protection of indigenous community livelihoods, and sustainable land use — qualifying for premium pricing under frameworks like the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards.
"The forest is not a resource to be consumed — it is a living asset to be valued."
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