The Central African Forest Commission (French: Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale, or COMIFAC) is an intergovernmental organisation in Central Africa. Its goal is to manage the forests of Central Africa in a sustainable manner and is supported by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC The secretariat is based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Raymond Mbitikon serves as its Executive Secretary.
Its four official languages are French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Align with the principles expressed by the States Parties in the Yaoundé Declaration March 1999, The Central Africa Forests Commission (COMIFAC) is the only authority in term of political, technical orientation, coordination, harmonization and decision making regarding the conservation and sustainable management of the Central Africa forests ecosystem and savannas.
COMIFAC has elaborated and adopted, in February 2005, a Convergence Plan to improve the preservation and management of the Central Africa forests.
The programme CAWHFI comes together with the Convergence Plan, with the aim of strengthening the preservation and management of the forest ecosystems in the Congo Basin.
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