Th G t G W ll f thThe Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the SahelSahara and the Sahel

InitiativeKey Achievements and Lessons Learnty

Outline

I. The GGWSSI: Why ?yII. The GGWSSI: How?III. Achievements/ResultsIV. Lessons learntV. Way forwardy

I.TheGGWSSI:Why?y

• The close interaction between Desertification Land DegradationDesertification, Land Degradation, Drought, Climate Change, Biodiversity loss in drylands,

i ll i Af iespecially in Africa• Their adverse impacts on human

health food security economichealth, food security, economic activity, physical infrastructure, natural resources and the environment and national andenvironment, and national and global security

Source: Carí / Drynet

• How to tackle their effects in a systematic, integrated, synergistic cost efficient andsynergistic cost efficient and results oriented manner?

• What lessons from the past and current experiences can be used to doing so?used to doing so?

Source: Carí / Drynet

• Drylands and Deserts: not just problems but opportunitiesy j p pp

• Local experiences in the Sahel, such as Assisted natural Regeneration in Niger Burkina Faso Mali etc :Regeneration in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, etc.:

Possible to improve and enhance ecosystem services S t i bl l d d t t B i Sustainable land and water management: Basis

addressing DLDD, CC, building ecosystems and local people resilience, improving food security and securing revenues for local communities, including youth, women and pastoralists.

• To Raise awareness on drylands’ development issues

• To improve the resilience of human and natural systems to Cli t Ch tClimate Change extreme events (Drought, floods)

• To looking at long term solutions to DLDD, CC and biodiversity lossbiodiversity loss

II.TheGGWSSI:How?

More than a physical wall of trees, the GGWSSI is aMore than a physical wall of trees, the GGWSSI is a metaphor:

• A people-centred approach to land management that seeks to capitalize on the dynamicto capitalize on the dynamic linkages in the landscape between human and natural

tsystems

• Implement activities that• Implement activities that improve ability of a system -human or natural - to absorb, accommodate or recover from the effects of a shock or stress

A mosaic of sustainable land use practices based on:

Diversified production to• Diversified production to reduce economic risk (e.g. crops, agro-forestry).

A mosaic of sustainable land use practices based on:

• Safety-nets (e.g. increased use of rangelandsuse of rangelands, consumption and/ or sale of wild products collected from th l dthe landscape

• Alternative or additional employment (e.g. off-farm labour, small forest enterprises).

III.Results/Achievements/

Atregionalandsub‐regional

• Harmonized Strategy adopted by AMCEN and AU AssemblyC i ti t t d l

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• Communication strategy and plan• Capacity Development strategy and Plan• Three Cross-borders projects in West Africa (Burkina Faso-p j (

Niger, Niger-Nigeria, Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger )

BRICKS Project : Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services

$1.1 B Total new financing$789M IDA$789M IDA $98.18 M new GEF & Adaptation trust funds$227.08 M other sources (including Govts, b fi i i )beneficiaries)

12 country projects10 approved by Bank Board (of which 6 are (effective)2 under preparation

1 regional project: Building ResilienceBuilding Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services (BRICKS)

The BRICKS Project Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services

for the Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP)

BENINBURKINA FASO

in Support of the Great Green Wall

Sustainable landscapes

BURKINA FASO CHADETHIOPIAGHANAMALISustainable landscapes

for climate resilience,

food and water security,

MALIMAURITANIANIGERNIGERIASENEGAL

More growth and less

poverty

SENEGALSUDAN TOGO

BRICKS Project: Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services

Implemented by regional centers of excellence:centers of excellence:

CILSS - Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the SahelDrought Control in the Sahel

OSS - Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahelet du Sahel

IUCN W and C Africa Office

Atnationallevel

• 11 national GGW Action Plans (Burkina (Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Chad)Chad)

• A Project on creation of a Community N t R d E t iNature Reserve and Ecotourism (Senegal)

Atnationallevel• 11.4 million native trees planted in

Senegalg• 1,500 km of fire-breaks• 10,000 ha of assisted natural

regenerationregeneration• 24,600 hectares of degraded land

restoredC t ti f i f t t h l• Construction of infrastructure helps reducing human and animal pressure on natural resources

Atnationallevel• Vegetable gardens and income‐generating activities

Vegetable gardens, Senegal

Atnationallevel

Women and young girls harvesting pepper at Daura NigeriaWomen and young girls harvesting pepper at Daura, Nigeria

IV.Lessonslearnt

Lessonslearnt:successes• Keen interest (national, international)• Partnerships and establishment of a “Great Green Wall community"• Participation / Real efforts for civil society involvement• Improved coordination among stakeholders

Lessonslearnt:challenges• Coordination (Institutions, sectors at national and regional

levels)• Resource mobilization at national and regional levels

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Resource mobilization at national and regional levels• Maintain the momentum with concrete actions on the ground

V.WayForwardy

I t t th GGWSSI i k l i i t t• Integrate the GGWSSI in key planning instruments (national and local development plans)

• Encourage national governments of AU member states and financial partners to demonstrate their commitment to the initiative though the funding of GGW national action plans

• Mobilize additional 1 2billion USD to fill the funding gapMobilize additional 1.2billion USD to fill the funding gap (National budget, CSOs, Private sector, bilateral and multilateral funds)

• Enhance participation of civil society, the private sector, local communities and community-based organizations

• Create new opportunities for rural employment, especially for women and youthyouth

• Strengthen communication to enhance participationenhance participation, visibility and ownership of the initiative by all stakeholdersy

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