Project Title
Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation in forest and agricultural landscapes
Key Figures:
- Budget: USD 10 million
- Executing Entity: General Directorate for Water, Forest, and Hunting (DG-EFC)
- Area to rehabilitate: 3,600 hectares
- Beneficiaries: 22,000 directly and 1.1 million indirectly
- Fund: Green Climate Fund
- Project Sites: Seven municipalities: Dassa, Tchaourou, Djougou, Ouake, Boukoumbe, Cobly and Banikoara.
- Timeframe: 2019-2024
Description:
Climate change is increasingly detrimental to the livelihoods of rural agricultural communities in Benin, and communities in the central and northern regions of the country are especially threatened by shorter growing seasons, increased days with extreme heat, rising temperatures, more frequent and severe droughts, and more intense rain events. As a result, communities dependent on agriculture are increasingly turning to natural resources to compensate for the reduced agricultural productivity.
The objective of the project is to build the resilience of local communities towards climate impacts in the central and northern region using an ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach. This will involve integrating climate-resilient agriculture techniques with the tailored restoration of degraded ecosystems. The project will address current and future climate change impacts through components focusing on restoration, particularly riverine forests, that increase the supply of ecosystem goods and services (including water supply, soil conservation, cooling of soils, fiber, medicines, fruits, fuelwood, and timber) The project aims to enhance agricultural productivity through the management of soils and planting of climate-resilient crops, while improving the technical and institutional capacity of governments and communities. This project has an estimated lifespan of 15 years.
Media & Resources:
- Project factsheet
- Press release: Green Climate Fund Board approved USD 9 million project in Benin to increase resilience of rural communities
- Green Climate Fund project page
- Find more climate adaptation resources and multimedia
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