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Assesment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Benin

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

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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.

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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.

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Assesment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Togo

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

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Assessment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Togo

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

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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. 

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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.

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The Gambia plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

The Gambia is a low-income country in West Africa which, with the exception of the Gulf of Guinea, is bordered by Senegal. The Gambia’s economy is dependent on agriculture and tourism, normally accounting for approximately 33 percent and 20 percent of GDP, respectively. Administratively, The Gambia is divided into five regions, one municipality, and one city (Banjul) and runs a presidential republic system with a parliament.

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Liberia country plastic brief

Auteur: World Bank

Liberia is a low-income country in West Africa bordered by Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Sierra Leone . Liberia’s principal exports are iron ore, rubber, diamonds, and gold, while palm oil and cocoa are emerging increasingly as new export products. The country is divided into 15 administrative counties and runs a presidential republic system with a parliament.

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Quarterly West African Regional Coastal Observatory (WARCO) Newsletter

Auteur: UEMOA, WACA, World Bank, FFEM, UICN

The quarterly West African Regional Coastal Observatory (WARCO) newsletter is created and published on the collaborative platform expertises. 

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Assessment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas SENEGAL SOUTH

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

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Assessment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas SENEGAL North

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

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St Louis, Senegal: Coastal Communities Facing Waves of Change

Auteur: World Bank

Saint Louis’s coastal community is losing ground to the ocean each year, and families are losing their possessions, food and homes to coastal erosion, flooding, even breaking waves. But West Africa’s countries are working together, with the support of WACA, to create new solutions to protect the most vulnerable.