2025-04-01T21:08:13-04:00 2023-12-31 GARY K SMITH MBA 210 VALLEJO STREET STE B Petaluma CA 94952 990 2023-01-01 522146443 BONOBO CONSERVATION INITIATIVE BONO 1629 K ST NW STE 300 Washington DC 20006 SALLY COXE PRESIDENT 2024411599 2025-03-31 true true GARY K SMITH P00545444 7077899695 2025-04-01 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SALLY J COXE 67 RICE BRANCH ROAD Asheville NC 28804 1608622 false X WWW.BONOBO.ORG X 1998 DC PROTECT ENDANGERED BONOBOS,PRESERVE THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST HABITAT, EMPOWER COMMUNITIES IN THE CONGO BASIN. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, BCI IS SAFEGUARDING BONOBOS, PRESERVING LARGE TRACTS OF RAINFOREST, BENEFITTING PEOPLE THROUGH LIVELIHOOD AND EDUCATION 8 7 2 0 0 1900825 1608622 0 2 0 0 1900827 1608622 0 0 901422 652567 0 34859 1243128 1127898 2144550 1780465 -243723 -171843 304433 126488 52757 52757 251676 73731 PROTECT ENDANGERED BONOBOS,PRESERVE THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST HABITAT, EMPOWER COMMUNITIES IN THE CONGO BASIN. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, BCI IS SAFEGUARDING BONOBOS, PRESERVING LARGE TRACTS OF RAINFOREST, BENEFITTING PEOPLE THROUGH LIVELIHOOD AND EDUCATION false false 1064313 REDD+ Carbon Credit/Nature-Based Solutions /NBS Financing: To ensure sustainable, long-term support for the Bonobo Peace Forest, BCI is actively developing REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) carbon credit (NBS)financing to benefit local and indigenous communities, wildlife, and the rainforest. REDD+ projects at Sankuru and Kokolopori are registered with VERRA and are now midway through the process of validation, with accomplishment of major milestones. Third-party validation/verification audit was completed as Sankuru. In tandem, BCI and partners conducted extensive field work and consultations with local communities, including FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent), participatory mapping, socioeconomic assessments, and establishment of local development committees. 463327 The Bonobo Peace Forest: a network of community-managed forest reserves and concessions, spanning a vast area of rainforest habitat. Includes two nationally gazetted nature reserves: Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve & Sankuru Nature Reserve, together encompasing almost 9 million acres, plus five additional community forests preparing for legal protection, where bonobos are protected. Working with The Nature Conservancy and other partners to scale up conservation activities and secure official protection for the forests and the bonobos of Lilungu, a strategic site that links a critical conservation corridor. Three additional community conservation areas completed participatory mappinga key step in the process of obtaining legal protection of their lands. In-situ activities include reserve management, wildlife protection, and sustainable livelihood initiatives. 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