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Promoting Sustainable Land Management in Angola - GCP/ANG/055/GFF

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The project aimed to address land degradation in southwestern Angola, particularly in Huambo and Benguela provinces, which are heavily affected by unsustainable practices such as shifting cultivation and overgrazing. Land degradation, a significant issue in rural Angola, was exacerbated by inadequate land-use planning, limited technological capacity, and insufficient integration of sustainable land management (SLM) practices. Despite its potential to reduce dependence on oil and food imports, the agricultural sector in Angola remains underdeveloped, particularly for small-scale family farmers The project’s primary goal was to reverse land degradation trends by combining sustainable land-use planning, decision making, and capacity building through participatory approaches. The strategy was based on three components: strengthening national capacity for land-use management, integrating SLM practices at local levels using agroecological zoning (AEZ) data, and developing financing options for SLM. The project built on previous and ongoing Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded SLM projects in Angola (UTF/068/ANG, GCP/ANG/048/GFF and GCP/ANG/050/LDF) and worked synergistically with related initiatives, including national efforts under the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). The project has three main components. The first is on capacity Building with a focus on strengthening the Center for Tropical Ecology and Climate Change (CETAC)’s geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial planning for land-use management and developing a decision-support system (DSS) to monitor land degradation, especially on Benguela and Huambo provinces. The second component aims to drive local SLM integration, promoting sustainable practices at the municipal and community levels, engaging local authorities and communities, and developing local SLM plans in demonstration landscapes. The last component focuses on developing options for SLM financing, conducting economic analysis of land degradation costs, and exploring innovative financing mechanisms to support land restoration in Huambo and Benguela.

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