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The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) has evolved from a tree planting initiative to the promotion of sustainable land management (SLM) practices, as a more ecologically appropriate and holistic approach to benefit local land users. Initiated and led by Africa, the GGWSSI specifically focuses on the Saharan and Sahel dryland ecosystems.
The GGWSSI is a Priority Action of the African Union–European Union Partnership on Climate Change aimed at catalyzing sustainable development and poverty reduction in the desert margins north and south of the Sahara. The GM is partnering with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the implementation of a GGWSSI pilot programme promoted by the European Commission in the framework of this partnership. As such, the GM will be involved in establishing a South-to-South partnership platform at regional level that will provide information on the financial options available and capacity building on finance as the first step towards the creation a permanent space of solidarity on financial partnership building at regional level.
In this context, the GM participated in a regional workshop organized by FAO and the Senegalese Agency for the Great Green Wall Initiative, on “Guidelines on Practices for Sustainable Forest Management in Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa”, held from 20-22 January in Dakar (Senegal).
The workshop’s three objectives were:
It is hoped that the guidelines that will now be finalized will be a useful tool for the implementation of the GGWSSI and will be a catalyst in bringing about change in how people manage and secure their livelihoods in the drylands.
For more information:
Mr Youssef Brahimi, Programme Coordinator, North Africa & South-to-South Cooperation
Tel. +39 06 5459 2584
y.brahimi (at) global-mechanism.org
Promoting sustainable land management through the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative
10 February, 2010
The GGWSSI is a Priority Action of the African Union–European Union Partnership on Climate Change aimed at catalyzing sustainable development and poverty reduction in the desert margins north and south of the Sahara. The GM is partnering with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the implementation of a GGWSSI pilot programme promoted by the European Commission in the framework of this partnership. As such, the GM will be involved in establishing a South-to-South partnership platform at regional level that will provide information on the financial options available and capacity building on finance as the first step towards the creation a permanent space of solidarity on financial partnership building at regional level.
In this context, the GM participated in a regional workshop organized by FAO and the Senegalese Agency for the Great Green Wall Initiative, on “Guidelines on Practices for Sustainable Forest Management in Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa”, held from 20-22 January in Dakar (Senegal).
The workshop’s three objectives were:
- to analyze and validate the draft guidelines with partners and stakeholders active in forest management in the arid zones of the Sub-Saharan Africa; for submission to the 17th Session of the FAO African Forestry and Wildlife Commission to be held on 22-26 February 2010 in Brazzaville ( Republic of Congo);
- to promote the implementation of the guidelines by partners and stakeholders active in forest management and related socio-economic and environmental initiatives, such as the GGWSSI and TerrAfrica; and through programmes developed and implemented by regional and international bodies, governmental and non Governmental organizations, research institutes and forestry centres and networks; and
- to secure support for implementation from funding and cooperation organizations - including European Commission, bilateral and multilateral cooperation agencies, UN Agencies and the World Bank.
It is hoped that the guidelines that will now be finalized will be a useful tool for the implementation of the GGWSSI and will be a catalyst in bringing about change in how people manage and secure their livelihoods in the drylands.
For more information:
Mr Youssef Brahimi, Programme Coordinator, North Africa & South-to-South Cooperation
Tel. +39 06 5459 2584
y.brahimi (at) global-mechanism.org
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