Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative

To Expand Sustainable Land and Water Management in Targeted Landscapes and Climate Vulnerable Areas

Sahelian Africa faces a persistent problem of variability in rainfall, which is the major driver of vulnerability in the region. Populations in the Sahel are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climatic variability and land degradation. They depend heavily on healthy ecosystems for rainfed agriculture, fisheries, and livestock management to sustain their livelihoods. These constitute the primary sectors of employment in the region and they generate at least 40 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most of the countries. Furthermore, ecosystem services provide much needed livelihood products, such as fuelwood and bushmeat, among others. Unfortunately, increasing
population pressures on food, fodder, and fuelwood in a vulnerable environment have
deteriorating impacts on natural resources, notably vegetation cover. Climate variability along with frequent droughts and poorly managed land and water resources (surface and underground) have caused rivers and lakes to dry up and contribute to increased soil erosion.

TERRAFRICA    

World Bank    

GEF    

TERRAFRICA    

Sahel    

West Africa Program    

Great Green    

Wall Initiative    

Water Management    

Targeted Landscapes    

Climate Vulnerable Areas    

fre Changement climatique    

2011

Document de projet

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Anglais

CILSS/CEDEAO    

BIBLIOTHEQUE    

Bibliothèque