Rehabilitating Lake Faguibine Ecosystem

View the full country profile for Mali

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, AVSF, IER, OMVF, Agence du Bassin du Fleuve Niger, Autorité du Bassin du Niger – Niger River Basin Authority, Government of Mali
    Summary:

    With 1.24 million square kilometres Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa. It is part of the Sahel region that is affected by armed conflicts and humanitarian crises which have strong linkages to climate change impacts.

    Such impacts include the gradual decline of Lake Faguibine in Mali since the mid-1970s. The shrinking lake has forced more than 200,000 people to abandon their traditional livelihoods, which revolved around agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishery.

    Project Components:

    UNEP is supporting the Government of Mali and local partners to rehabilitate the Lake Faguibine ecosystem to restore crucial ecosystem services that form the base for fishery, biodiversity, recession agriculture and eco-tourism.

    Expected Outputs:

    * Improved livelihoods of about 200,000 mainly nomadic people living in and around the area e.g. revived recession agriculture along the lake’s shores and restored fishery will boost the local businesses and provide food for the communities;
    * The lifeline of thousands of migratory water birds will be restored;
    * Increased availability of drinking water for humans and livestock, including groundwater;
    * Enhanced institutional, organisational and technical capacity to engage local user groups in sustainable natural resource management.

    Contacts:

    Director
    Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
    United Nations Environment Programme
    P.O Box 30552, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
    Tel: +254-20-762 3753
    Fax: +254-20-762 3917
    Email: depi@unep.org

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    200,000 people in Mali - local sedentary farmers, livestock keepers and fishermen
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Government of Norway
    Financing Amount:
    Information not available
    Cofinancing Total:
    Information not available
    Total Amounts:
    $1,000,000

Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO)

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
    Summary:

    Potential links between climate change impacts and violent conflict have received wide public attention. International resolutions such as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the European Security Strategy, and the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change address these potential links between climate change and violent conflict. However, the alleged causal relationship between water shortages and violent conflict is as a general rule based on single case studies and have not been confirmed by large comparative studies.

    Project Components:

    Climate change poses several threats to human security. Hydro-climatic hazards such as droughts and floods have the potential to trigger or exacerbate social tensions, intra- and inter-state conflict. The EU-funded project CLICO will examine the relationships between hydro-climatic hazards, human security and conflict. The project will also develop recommendations for the best types of policies and institutions to avoid or better prepare for water conflicts related to climate change.

    Expected Outputs:

    CLICO pursues the following objectives:

    * To understand and model the relationships between hydro-climatic hazards, climate change vulnerability, human security and conflict, on the basis of theoretically-informed, comparative empirical research.

    * To map international and national policies for security and adaptation in water resources and hazard management, and develop a policy model for security against hydro-climatic hazards (“hydro-security”) in the MMES region, applicable to the UN, EU and national states.

    Contacts:

    Fabrice Renaud
    renaud@ehs.unu.edu

    Lars Wirkus
    wirkus@ehs.unu.edu

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    European Commission (EuropeAid)
    Financing Amount:
    Information not available
    Cofinancing Total:
    Information not available
    Total Amounts:
    Information not available