Burkina Faso

The objective of the Decentralized Forest and Woodland Management Project for Burkina Faso was to promote national development policies and support the definition and implementation of community-based natural resource management processes in thirty-two, mostly rural, communes, to strengthen sustainable local development practices and contribute to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and woodland degradation.

The objective of the Local Forest Communities Support Project was to strengthen the capacity of targeted local communities in Burkina Faso to participate in REDD+ programs at local, national, and global levels. The project supported training in leadership, conflict resolution, and capacity-building for customary land tenure and traditional forest management systems. Sub-grants facilitated activities to improve livelihoods and supported reforestation efforts, contributing to the restoration or reforestation of 34,000 hectares of forest.

The World Bank is supporting the Government of Burkina Faso to increase climate resilience and further improve community-based natural resource management in rural communes. Its objective is to (i) support climate change governance; (ii) improve land use planning and economic activities around forest and woodland resources, reducing drought risk; and (iii) establish guidance, best practices and a structure of knowledge management around sustainable natural resource management as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation.