Multinational – The Global Environment Facility for the Programme to Rehabilitate and Strengthen the Resilience of Lake Chad Basin Systems (PRESIBALT)

The proposed intervention is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of USD 2.56 million to Central African Republic (CAR) as co-financing in the Programme to Rehabilitate and Strengthen the Resilience of Lake Chad Basin Systems (PRESIBALT). PRESIBALT, which is consistent with the Five-Year Investment Plan (2013-2017) of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and is geared towards enhancing the resilience of vulnerable populations in Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, CAR and Chad, who depend on the basin’s natural resources. As a program, interventions have been elaborated into six “child” projects submitted to the GEF, one regional and five national projects. The five projects at national level are primarily focused on reducing and reversing land degradation and deforestation, conserving basin biodiversity, and promoting renewable and low carbon energy alternatives that reduce pressure on ecosystems. Activities are in line with the GEF focal areas of Land Degradation, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Forest Management. In addition, the regional project, which falls fully under the GEF International Waters strategy, is based on improving basin-wide governance and sustainability of basin ecosystem services, and promoting cooperation of this transboundary lake. With its underlying aims to ensure integrated management of water resources, preserve the basin’s productive and ecological functions, and improve food security and livelihoods, the GEF program is fully aligned with the LCBC Investment Plan and the GEF 2020 Vision.