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DocumentGreat Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative. National Strategic Action Plan 2012
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The Action Plan will serve as the planning tool for interventions in response to rehabilitation needs of the degraded landscapes in the dryland region of Nigeria. This document spells out the strategic activities that focus on ecosystem restoration and improved livelihoods of the people in the dryland communities through sustainable management of land and water resources. -
Book (series)Evaluation of the project "Action Against Desertification in support of the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, the United Nations to Combat Desertification and Drought action plans in Fiji and Haiti, and South–South cooperation in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States"
Project code: GCP/INT/157/EC
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No results found.The “Action Against Desertification in support of the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, the UNCCD action plans in Fiji and Haiti, and South–South Cooperation in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States” project (AAD) worked with eight countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia to tackle the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification (2014 to 2020). It was implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners, with majority of funding from the European Union and co-funding from diverse partners. The project contributed to improving the conditions and productivity of agrosilvipastoral landscapes and the capacity to plan land restoration and manage forest and land resources. Livelihood improvements and concrete positive incidence on household income, food security, crops and milk production, and community interactions. It increased awareness and support policy makers developing intervention strategies that address D/LDD. The large-scale, heavy machinery-based technical intervention logic was found appropriate to address desertification/land degradation and drought (D/LDD) in specific conditions and countries. The geospatial study estimated the contribution of Action Against Desertification (AAD) to carbon sequestration to be between 384 000 and 1.27 million tonnes of carbon sequestered. The evaluation recommendations include further investments in training; building awareness and addressing climate change and land degradation; increasing political and policy coherence; guaranteeing sustainability and buy-in from beneficiaries; building in sustainable financing mechanisms at all stakeholder levels; increasing opportunities; and developing non-timber forest product (NTFP) value chains to create and develop viable markets for the products. -
DocumentNational action plan for implementation of Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative for the Gambia 2012
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No results found.The strategies described in this report are summarized as follows along with cost estimates: Strategy for Institutional Strengthening for supporting and coordinating Stakeholder efforts in Sustainable Land Management in the 3 Regions of The Gambia; Strategy for Community Based Natural Resources Management; Strategy on Cross-cutting Activities; and Strategy for Project Management.
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