The Forest Investment Program turned 10 years old
The African Development Bank summed up the 10-year implementation of the Forest Investment Program for West Africa (FIP), a program of efforts to restore degraded landscapes, increase resilience to climate change and improve living conditions in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
The program includes 13 projects with a total value of about $400 million: $163 million allocated by the African Development Bank and more than $231 million in co-financing.
Summary of the Program: in Burkina Faso, 3,027 hectares of forests have been restored, more than 380000 people have benefited from improved living conditions; in Ghana, 42652 hectares have been allocated for sustainable forest management, 13516 people have been trained, more than 2,700 "green" jobs have been created; in Côte d'Ivoire, more than 1,000 hectares of forests have been restored, rural incomes increased by 25%, more than 44,000 direct beneficiaries.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
