The Miombo Restoration Alliance was launched at New York Climate Week in 2024.

Co-founded by Trafigura, ICCF Group and Conservation  International – the Alliance underpins a $500 million investment in large-scale native species restoration projects in Miombo Initiative signatory states.

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The Miombo Initiative was endorsed in 2022 where 11 Heads of State signed the Maputo Declaration, establishing regional priorities to conserve the vital Miombo woodlands ecosystem and its resources. The ecosystem supports over 300 million people while addressing threats like deforestation, climate change, and unsustainable resource use. The ICCF Group acted as key convener and facilitator for the Declaration.

Signatories of the Maputo Declaration:

Angola

Mozambique

Tanzania

Botswana

Namibia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Congo

Malawi

DRC

South Africa

Keystone initiative

A complementary effort to identify and strengthen a network of “Keystone” conservation areas across Africa — protected areas that are especially important for biodiversity, climate resilience, and local livelihoods. The Walton Family Foundation has supported this, with ICCF Group helping convene governments and partners.

H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of Mozambique

US Senator Chris Coons

Mozambique Minister of Land and Environment

Angola MPs: Hon. Lourdes Caposso Fernandes, Hon. Jose Antonio Lopes Semedo

Minister of Tourism, Culture, Wildlife Malawi

Minister of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife, Malawi; MOE, Mozambique

Mozambique Minister of Finance

Minister of Environment, Angola

MP, Malawi

MP, Republic of Congo

H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi; MOE Mozambique; Permanent Representative of the African Union Mission to the USA

US House Rep. Jimmy Panetta

US House Rep. Andrew Garbarino

French Depute Hubert Julien-Laferriere, US House Rep Eric Burlison

CEO Rainforest Trust, WCS EVP, Senator

ICCF CEO John B. Gantt

CEO, Rainforest Trust

President and CEO, Forest Trends

MD of the Global Mechanism, UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Deputy Chief Climate Officer, US International Development Finance

Head of River Basin Management

Director of external affairs, Green Climate Fund; Honourable Lourdes Caposso Fernandes

National Director of Forestry, Ministry of Land/Environment, Mozambique; MRV Coordinator of Mozambique

Hon. Imanga Wamunyima, Ambassador of Zambia to USA, Hon. Nickson Chilangwa

VP ICCF

Executive Director of Business Planning and Markets, WCS

External Affairs Manager (TNC), Jaime Cavelier, ICCF

Climate Change Advisor, International Fund for Animal Welfare

Coordinator, African CSO, Biodiversity Alliance

VP, Field Conservation, WCS

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