Mangrove conservation, climate change and food security
The initiative focuses on helping to restore rice fields and mangroves that were once abandoned.
Contribution to improving the resilience to coastal erosion in Togo
Local communities in coastal areas were supported to face to erosion and coastal pollution.
Kawawana community heritage area: good life recovered through conservation
Kawawana (“our local heritage to be preserved by us all”) is an estuarine territory where the ancient governance and management rules –renovated and agreed upon also by the municipal and regional governments – are finally again respected.
Sea turtle conservation in Ivory Coast
This solution helped to stop the poaching of sea turtles on the most important nesting beach of Côte d’Ivoire, the beach of Mani-Kablaké located west of the country.
Community Mangrove Restoration within the Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site, Ghana
The project replanted mangroves in 7.5ha out of 30ha of degraded areas along the shore of the Muni lagoon in Ghana.
Rehabilitation of coastal areas through agroforestry reforestation
PAEDE (Program to support Arable and Livestock Farmers for Local Development) formed the local community in sustainable techniques of agronomy and aims to raise the political, administrative and traditional awareness.
AfricaSaw – Alert network for the protection of the West African sawfishes
The solution allows for creating a rapid alert network in the event of sawfish captures, to harmonize and coordinate responses that aim at their protection in the West African sub-region.
Alternatives to mangrove degradation and improvement of women well-being
OPED is transforming the local fishing industry by providing energy-efficient alternatives to cutting down trees to smoke fish, a primary driver of mangrove forest loss in the region.
Net-Works™
Net-Works is an award-winning initiative that redesigns global supply chains to reduce marine plastic, replenish declining fish stocks and improve the socio-ecological resilience of marginalized coastal communities living in biodiversity hotspots of developing countries.
Synecoculture (synecological farming) project
A novel method of market gardening was developed: Synecoculture, based on the high-density mixed association of edible plants without the application of tillage, fertilizer, and chemicals.