Natural Resource Management Project

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Closed

The project is the first five-year timeslice of a long-term national program to provide the necessary support to village communities to enable them to establish, implement, and monitor village management plans covering the natural resources in their communities. The main components of the project are: (a) village-level investments to stop degradation of soil, water, and natural vegetation and to establish infrastructure, and productive facilities with immediate, direct impact on the communities' quality life, in about 150 villages within three of Mali's eight administrative regions; (b) modification of the boundaries of the Baoule National Park and implementation of long-term management plans; (c) support to the Government services at regional and local levels to assist villagers to set up, implement, and monitor community natural resource management plans; (d) support to the newly created Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, in establishing an environmental information system; (e) implementation of a training and public awareness program; and (f) technical assistance, consultant services, applied research and technical studies.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government