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Created 10 March 2025
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RCoE

The Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) is a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing biodiversity, forests, and seascapes ecosystem management across Eastern and Southern Africa. Established within the framework of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), RCoE aims to drive sustainable environmental practices, enhance data sharing, and foster collaboration among key stakeholders.

RCoE aims at ensuring that forests, biodiversity and seascape ecosystems in the 24 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are sustainably managed and continue providing ecosystem services and contribute to the well-being of the populations, by providing improved, regular and updated information for informed decision making.  It does this through innovative research, specialized training and capacity-building programs, and fostering collaboration among stakeholders at local, national and international levels.

RCoE website 
Video - About RCoE 
Regional Forest Reserves Dashboard
RCoE Forests Geoportal