Brochure

Assesment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Benin

Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)

Brochure

Multisectoral Investment Plan Benin

Auteur: Antea Group

The overall objective of the West African Coastal Management Program is to reduce coastal risks to the coasts of Mauritania, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Benin, taking into account the potential effects of climate change.

Publication

Benin plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

Benin is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. Its economy is highly dependent on the informal reexport and transit trade with Nigeria, as well as the export of cotton. The country comprises 12 regional departements and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.

Brochure

Assesment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Togo

Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)

Brochure

Assessment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Togo

Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)

Video

West Africa: Rising Tides Threaten Livelihoods along the Coastline

Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)

Preserving and protecting the coastline along West Africa is critical. A large proportion of West Africa's population lives in areas that are most at risk of coastal erosion, where rising tides threaten their livelihoods and the communities they have built and lived in for generations.

Living on the Edge: Dovi’s Story

Auteur: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)

Dovi Woollens has lived along the coast of Baguida, Togo for her entire life. She makes her living from the sea, by selling fish and seafood in her local community. In recent years, Dovi has struggled to make ends meet because fish are no longer as plentiful, and it’s harder to have a good catch. All along the coast of West Africa, fishermen and women like Dovi face similar threats to their livelihood. They are on the frontlines of climate change, coastal erosion and pollution.

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Ministerial Visit in Support of WACA Resip Actions

Auteur: WACA Program

On December 31, 2020, a field visit by the Minister of Environment and Forest Resources, Mr. FOLI-BAZI Katari, and his counterpart, the Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection, Mr. TENGUE Edem Kokou, allowed them to get acquainted with the realities of the people living in the coastal areas. 

Publication

Togo plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

Togo is a low-income country in West Africa bordered by Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Benin. Although Togo’s poverty rate fell from 61.7 percent in 2006 to 53.5 percent in 2017, poverty and inequality remain extremely high, especially in rural areas where 69 percent of households were living below the poverty line in 2015. The country is divided into five administrative regions and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.

Brochure

Multi-Sectoral Investment Plan São Tomé and Príncipe

Auteur: The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)/ World Bank

Multi-Sectoral Investment Plan to integrate climate change resilience and disaster risk into São Tomé and Príncipe's coastal zone management.

Publication

São Tome e Príncipe: WACA Promotes Safe Port Operations

Auteur: WACA Sao Tome

Safety and profit are crucial in ports operations. In São Tome e Príncipe, WACA is boosting the capacity of the National Meteorological Institute of São Tomé e Príncipe (INM-STP) to provide to ports up-to-date meteorological services to reduce risks.

Publication

São Tomé and Príncipe plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

São Tomé and Príncipe is a lower middle-income small island state 350 km off the coast of West Africa1 . It has a small agrarian economy highly dependent on the exportation of cocoa beans2 . São Tomé and Príncipe is divided into 6 administrative districts and runs a semi-presidential republic system.

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São Tomé and Príncipe: We need physical and social investments to reduce vulnerabilities

Auteur: by Arlindo de Carvalho, WACA Coordinator São Tomé and Príncipe

Two schools were built by the WACA Project in São Tomé and Príncipe

Auteur: by Arlindo de Carvalho, WACA Coordinator São Tomé and Príncipe

Two schools were built by the WACA project in Sao Tomé and Príncipe and opened by the country's government authorities.

WACA communications workshop in Benin

Auteur: WACA Sao Tome and Principe

WACA communication workshop was held in Benin with all WACA Countries.