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    Sustainable production and consumption
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    Habitat loss halved or reduced
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    Sustainable management of marine living resources
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    Pollution reduced
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    Invasive alien species prevented and controlled
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    Pressures on vulnerable ecosystems reduced
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    Protected areas increased and improved
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    Extinction prevented
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    Plan and Manage all Areas To Reduce Biodiversity Loss
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    Restore 30% of all Degraded Ecosystems
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    Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas
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    Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic Diversity, and Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts
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    Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species
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    Reduce the Introduction of Invasive Alien Species by 50% and Minimize Their Impact
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    Reduce Pollution to Levels That Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity
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    Minimize the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Build Resilience
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    Manage Wild Species Sustainably To Benefit People
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    Restore, Maintain and Enhance Nature’s Contributions to People
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    Enhance Green Spaces and Urban Planning for Human Well-Being and Biodiversity
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    Increase the Sharing of Benefits From Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Traditional Knowledge
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    Integrate Biodiversity in Decision-Making at Every Level
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    Businesses Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative Impacts
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    Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices To Reduce Waste and Overconsumption
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    Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology
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    Reduce Harmful Incentives by at Least $500 Billion per Year, and Scale Up Positive Incentives for Biodiversity
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    Mobilize $200 Billion per Year for Biodiversity From all Sources, Including $30 Billion Through International Finance
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    Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity
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    Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible To Guide Biodiversity Action
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    Clean water and sanitation
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    Affordable and clean energy
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    Decent work and economic growth
    Goal9
    Industry, innovation, infrastructure
    Goal10
    Reduced inequalities
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    Sustainable cities and communities
    Goal12
    Responsible consumption, production
    Goal13
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    Life below water
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    Life on land
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2018 BENIN

Project title :

Strengthening Resilience for Community Conservation of Biodiversity and wet ecosystems in Ouémé Valley

Rocko landing site: Water Hyacinth
weed has sealed off most landing
sites on Lake Victoria
Reforestation activity in Ouémé Valley, Ramsar Site 1018

Rocko landing site: Water Hyacinth weed has sealed off most landing sites on Lake Victoria

Reforestation activity in Ouémé Valley, Ramsar Site 1018

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Organisation :

Amis de l’Afrique Francophone - Benin (AMAF-BENIN)

Project period :

October 2018 - September 2019

Project type :

Capacity building

Landscape type :

Landscape

Aichi Biodiversity Targets :
  • Sustainable management of marine living resources
  • Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry
  • Pressures on vulnerable ecosystems reduced
  • Ecosystems and essential services safeguarded
  • Ecosystems restored and resilience enhanced
  • Traditional knowledge respected and integrated
More Detail Copyright BIP/SCBD
Sustainable Development Goals :
  • No poverty
  • Good health and well-being
  • Climate action
  • Life below water
  • Life on land
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Overview

The degradation of the natural environment is both alarming and important. The situation persists even today and one of the obvious consequences is the decline in biological diversity. Benin in general and its southern part in particular has not escaped this phenomenon of degradation. Indeed, the wetlands of Benin, which are ecosystems endowed with important resources, are under pressure and there is no guarantee that these resources are sustainable. In addition, these areas are used as a migration corridor and nesting area for certain vulnerable and endangered species such as the African manatee.
In order to solve these problems, two main activities were developed during this project. First, there has been environmental education of local communities, through community dialogue workshops, including editing and dissemination of sustainable management rules for protection of wetland ecosystems and African manatee. Secondly, there has been training of eco-guards, including a mangrove planting activity involving local communities. This activity has helped to ensure the success of the restoration, and has provided support for the development of alternative income-generating activities to strengthen livelihoods in communities. The results have led to better organisation of local communities and better protection of biodiversity and wetland ecosystems, as well as direct benefits for community livelihoods.

Key achievements

The important achievements of the project are:

  • Training and structuring of eco-guards: This action has improved communities' knowledge of the resources of their territories and increased their influence in surveillance and protection of resources;
  • Community Dialogue Sessions: These actions brought together local communities, traditional leaders, forest administration officers and Republican police officers to discuss issues related to threats to the natural resources of the area and to define solutions;
  • Reforestation of mangrove and native plant species: This action has restored degraded forest ecosystems to facilitate the ecological and cultural functions of the area and contribute to the fight against climate change;
  • Development of alternative income-generating activities: This action has encouraged communities, particularly women who promote fuelwood, to convert to other ecological activities (ecological packing sheeds promotion, vegetable production, etc.).

Lessons

  • Improving the knowledge of indigenous and local communities and building their capacity is a better way to reassure them of their responsibility and increase their influence in monitoring and conservation of SEPLS.
  • For better SEPLS conservation, local communities, in particular riparian communities or guardians of SEPLS, need to be identified and supported to implement alternative income-generating activities that are amenable to preserving biodiversity and SEPLS.

Project location

Organisation

Amis de l’Afrique Francophone - Benin (AMAF-BENIN)
Amis de l’Afrique Francophone - Benin (AMAF-BENIN)
Sector
Non-governmental organisation
Country
Benin
Website/SNS
https://amafbj.wixsite.com/amafbj

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General Report AMAF Project: Strengthening Resilience for Community Conservation of Biodiversity and wet ecosystems in Ouémé Valley
General Report AMAF Project: Strengthening Resilience for Community Conservation of Biodiversity and wet ecosystems in Ouémé Valley
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Amis de l’Afrique Francophone - Benin (AMAF-BENIN)

The degradation of the natural environment takes on a worrying scale which still persists today and one of the obvious consequences of which is the regression of biological diversity. Benin in general and its southern part in particular is not immune to this phenomenon of degradation.
Wetlands, ecosystems endowed with important resources, are concentrated in the region of South Benin, which shelters more than 50% of the Beninese population. This situation justifies that the surrounding ecosystems undergo an anthropic pressure which does not guarantee the sustainability of the resources which compose them.
Given the density of the human population in the wetlands of South Benin and the high demand for meat from urban populations, the exploitation of natural resources is one of the main conservation constraints. Today, several aquatic species, in particular the mangrove and the African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), are in decline in Benin and even more in the humid zones of the South of the country.
In addition, several studies report anthropogenic pressure on natural biological resources in general and many testimonies report increased hunting and significant massacres on the last populations of the West African manatee.
The pace of ecosystem degradation and poaching of the manatee population is far from satisfying the principle of sustainable use. It is with the aim of contributing to the rational management of these resources that the project "Strengthening Resilience for Community Conservation of Biodiversity and wet ecosystems in Ouémé Valley" is initiated with the support of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) through Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM), in order to alleviate the problems and help to meet the expectations of the convention on wetlands of international importance and the conservation of biodiversity.

Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Aichi Biodiversity Targets

  • Sustainable management of marine living resources

  • Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry

  • Pressures on vulnerable ecosystems reduced

  • Ecosystems and essential services safeguarded

  • Ecosystems restored and resilience enhanced

  • Traditional knowledge respected and integrated

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

  • No poverty

  • Good health and well-being

  • Climate action

  • Life below water

  • Life on land