Story | 25 Jul, 2017
Negotiating fair agreements around large dam building
GWI West Africa has released a new animation explaining how agreements between government and affected communities can be put in place to ensure large dams bring benefits to all.
Story | 25 Jul, 2017
New Directive announced on the construction of large dams in West Africa
The 78th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, held in Monrovia, Liberia, on 1 and 2 June 2017, adopted the Directive on the development of hydraulic infrastructures in West Africa. This new Directive therefore enters into force immediately throughout the territory of the ECOWAS…
Blog | 13 Jul, 2017
SUSTAIN: Sizing up Africa’s major development corridors
Driven by investment, business, technology and the dynamism of its people, Africa is changing at a rate perhaps unmatched in recorded history. Of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world, nine are in Africa. The continent’s population will double to 2 billion by 2050, while population…
Story | 11 Jul, 2017
Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa
A new animation, produced by GWI West Africa, unpicks the challenges around getting fair compensation for affected people, and sets out the various stages to ensuring that expropriated farmers can securely invest and develop their new land after the dam's construction.
Story | 11 Jul, 2017
Using locally controlled funds to support the development of communities affected by large dams
A new animation from GWI West Africa, one in a three-part series, explains how local development funds can provide long-term financing to communities who lose their livelihoods when the construction of dams forces them from their land.
Story | 11 Jul, 2017
Stakeholders in the irrigation and rural land tenure areas in Niger met on 16 and 17 June in Konni to approve the guide that will allow to carry out land tenure securing operations in all the irrigated schemes throughout the country. The guide was produced by the National Office for Irrigation…
Story | 08 Jun, 2017
New video: learning and dialogue, key steps to building water cooperation across borders
The IUCN BRIDGE projects works towards building river dialogue and governance in transboundary basins. Globally, over 276 lake and river basins stretch across multiple nations, accounting for an estimated 60 per cent of global freshwater flow. Good transboundary water management is crucial for…
Press release | 16 May, 2017
Kigali, Rwanda – Business participation and investment in sustainable landscapes is critical for achieving inclusive green growth, according to a new report released here today at the Forest and Landscape Investment Forum.
Story | 04 May, 2017
Visual storytelling: Water Infrastructure Solutions for the Volta Basin
WISE-UP 'Water Infrastructure Solutions from Ecosystem Services underpinning Climate Resilient Polies and Programmes' is a 4-year multidisciplinary research project that aims to demonstrate the application of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and…
Story | 17 Mar, 2017
Allanblackia oil: from a wild-harvested seed to your morning toast
The fruits of the Allanblackia, a tree considered vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, are harvested in the tropical rain belt of Africa – from Guinea in the west through to Tanzania in the east. Oil from the seeds has been extracted for generations and used for cooking or soap…