Integrated management of the doumeraie of the Goulbi N’kaba watershed and adjacent ecosystems - Maradi Region of Niger

• Support municipalities in planning integrated natural resource management and restoration activities through agricultural and forestry extension agents. 
• Facilitate the integration of these activities into Local Development Plans (LDPs) and Annual Investment Plans (AIPs). 
• Provide financial support to municipalities through dedicated budgets for AIP implementation. 
• Promote ecological investments at the communal level where they are currently under-prioritized. 
• Establish a replicable model of ecological planning and monitoring at the municipal level. 

• Ministry of Hydraulics, Sanitation and the Environment - Ministère de l’Hydraulique, de l’Assainissement et de l’Environnement (MH/A/E)
• Agence Nationale de Financement des Collectivités Territoriales (ANFICT)
• Garkua NGO: Garkua – Organisation Non Gouvernementale pour le Développement Local et la Résilience Communautaire.

• Rural populations in Goulbi N'Kaba region of Maradi.
• 272 965 direct beneficiaries 

• Support improved governance and institutional capacity to enhance climate resilience in agro-sylvo-pastoral communities within pilot landscapes. 
• Facilitate the development and implementation of management plans focused on land restoration, ecosystem rehabilitation, and sustainable natural resource management. 
• Promote agroforestry and climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmland fertility and production system resilience. 
• Enable sustainable income-generating activities and agricultural intensification to strengthen the resilience of rural livelihoods. 
• Contribute to the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned to stakeholders and wider audiences for knowledge sharing and policy influence.
  

• 400 km of transhumance corridors rehabilitated.
• 29 200 ha restored for better adaptation to climate change.
  

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This project was funded by the GEF 8 funding cycle.