Funding protected areas, preserving unique biodiversity in the DRC
Who are we?
Fonds Okapi is the first Conservation Trust Fund in the DRC. It aims to provide a sustainable response to the financing challenges of environmental projects.
Discover
the supported parks
The DRC is home to some of Africa's most extraordinary national parks. Dive into the heart of this unique biodiversity that Fonds Okapi is committed to protecting for future generations.
Guiding Principles
Fonds Okapi is a private, legally independent institution created to provide sustainable financing for biodiversity conservation in the DRC.
Transparency, ethics and accountability
Essential to ensuring the credibility of the Fund.
Diversity
Diversity of professional profiles and qualifications aligned with the Fund's objectives.
Representativeness
Nationality, gender, indigenous peoples.
Separation
A clear separation between strategic governance and operational execution.
Nature Conservation
in the DRC
Statistics
Fonds Okapi in figures
Fonds Okapi is a private, legally independent institution created to provide sustainable financing for biodiversity conservation in the DRC.
$70 million
Assets under management as of the end of 2025
2020
Start of investments
5
Supported National Parks
$2.6 million
Total grants distributed by the end of 2025
Fonds OKAPI's areas of intervention
Support for protected areas through PPPs
The Fund's main objective is to support, through grants, the conservation efforts undertaken by its various partners across the protected areas of the DRC.
Strengthening community forest management
The mechanisms for the efficient management of the Congo Basin forests, on which local communities depend, are at the heart of the Fund's action, in collaboration with local and international partners.
Support for carbon- and biodiversity-related financing projects
The Fund actively contributes to developing ecological models of financial compensation linked to the preservation of biodiversity in the DRC.
With the financial support of
Sustainably financing conservation in the DRC
Fonds Okapi is an independent trust mechanism dedicated to the sustainable financing of biodiversity, protected areas and ecosystems of global importance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.