Kirsten Hegener gave this presentation on 22 May 2013 at a panel session during the two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon. The panel, titled “Financing climate change and REDD+: how to help Central Africa capture the potential”, focused on understanding the constraints to Congo Basin countries in accessing the opportunities that REDD+ offers.