{"id":12069,"date":"2023-03-28T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/press\/next-events\/securisation-et-gestion-ressources-naturelles-niger\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:00:46","slug":"strengthening-natural-resources-security-western-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/actualites\/strengthening-natural-resources-security-western-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening natural resources security and management in Western Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Starting from an unexploited and degraded land, all layers of the population have been involved to sustainably restore hectares of land in Niger. Since 2021, the REPO project (Agro-sylvo-pastoral resilience, West Niger), <strong>financed by the European Union Trust Fund<\/strong><\/strong>, <strong>is implemented by Enabel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Niger is characterised by <strong>strategic agro-pastoral areas<\/strong> that are used for agro-pastoral and pastoral purposes. These areas allow the <strong>maintenance of pastoral mobility <\/strong>and constitute <strong>essential subsistence resources for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities <\/strong>in western Niger and neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D&#039;une terre nue \u00e0 200 hectares de terre durablement restaur\u00e9s au Niger\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLOtUzW1FJo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Video production (French-speaking): Studio Kalangou<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2021 for a period of 4 years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.enabel.be\/fr\/NER\/2461\/2062\/u\/au-niger-le-projet-rsilience-agro-sylvo-pastorale-appuie-la-restauration-des-terres-pastorales.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPO project<\/a> <strong>focuses on the resilience of young people and women, particularly through strengthening their access to agro-pastoral resources and their participation in land governance mechanisms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of activities carried out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Restoration &amp; marking of grazing areas;<\/li><li>Restoration of deteriorated land;<\/li><li>More than 1.000 young people and women supported in socio-economic activities aimed at sustainable livestock services and practices;<\/li><li>Spaces for dialogue and consultation with land management and peace-building structures have been set up.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Before the project, this place was unexploited. Today, we have restored the land and we manage to feed and graze our animals..&nbsp;\u00bb <em>M. Adamou, a beneficiary of the project<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12016\"\/><figcaption><em>Creation of half-moons to retain rainwater.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12022\"\/><figcaption><em>In restored areas, the impact is visible.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>At the beginning, we did not have any sheep, but with the support of the project with a livestock package, we now have a double benefit: we can use animal droppings to improve the land, and we can sell the fattening products to finance the development of an income-generating activity meeting our family\u2019s small expenses and needs.&nbsp;\u00bb <em><em>Mrs Akan Rabo, <em>a beneficiary of the project<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go further<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/contact\/#newsletter\">Subscribe to the Sahel Alliance newsletter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/press\/\">Read the latest articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexploited and degraded areas of land have been sustainably restored in Niger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"article-projet-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55,54],"tags":[],"thematiques":[],"types-de-ressources":[],"pays":[24],"secteurs-intervention":[31],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"thematiques","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thematiques?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"types-de-ressources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-de-ressources?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"secteurs-intervention","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/secteurs-intervention?post=12069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}