The project development objective is to improve irrigation services and agricultural productivity in the target areas. The project will support the rehabilitation of lakes to enhance resilience to drought and soil conservation and afforestation activities within catchments to reduce flood and erosion risks.
The project’s development objective is to improve access to climate resilient urban infrastructure and public facilities, and reduce flood risk in selected cities. The project will upgrade green public spaces and riverbanks, integrating NBS to address the urban heat island effect and improve soil infiltration capacities, and invest in hybrid flood risk reduction infrastructure.
The project will improve regional transport connectivity and enhance road network management for climate‑resilient and safe roads, with a Contingent Emergency Response Component.
The development objective of the Gazetted Forests Management Project for Benin is to improve the integrated management of targeted Gazetted Forests, to increase access of the main consumption cities to fuelwood produced sustainably, and to strengthen selected non-timber forest product value chains for forest-dependent communities. The project aims to promote agroforestry to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, as well as conduct vegetation/reforestation activities to regenerate degraded land.
The objective of the Local Forest Communities Support Project was to strengthen the capacity of targeted local communities in Burkina Faso to participate in REDD+ programs at local, national, and global levels. The project supported training in leadership, conflict resolution, and capacity-building for customary land tenure and traditional forest management systems. Sub-grants facilitated activities to improve livelihoods and supported reforestation efforts, contributing to the restoration or reforestation of 34,000 hectares of forest.
The proposed Project has drawn on international best practices such as “working with nature”.
The project will have an important components on using NbS for erosion, flood risk reduction, and landslide control. This will largely include increasing green spaces, revegeation, and use of microretention areas.
Investments will include a variety of green infrastructure measures, sustainable and climate-smart agricultural practices, and livelihoods diversification. Green infrastructure will be designed in conjunction with gray infrastructure to optimize the functionality, cost-effectiveness, and resilience of the integrated natural and built system.
The project used farmer-led natural regeneration, which is mostly to create food forests, but also improve forest cover to reduce water runoff and maximizing rain infiltration (and protection from wind).
The project will use green infrastructure, such as green roofs and green spaces to reduce energy consumption, but also reduce flooding.
