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Adaptation to Climate Change and Forests in West Africa (ACFAO)

This project develops policies and practices to support the sustainable management of forests in the Savannahs of West Africa.
Village scenes from Burkina Faso.

Village scenes from Burkina Faso. Photo by Carol J. Pierce Colfer/CIFOR

Objectives: To develop policies and practices to support the sustainable management of forests in the Savannahs of West Africa, and to increase the adaptive capacities of local communities through improved livelihoods from forest ecosystem goods and services.

Locations: Burkina Faso and Mali Duration: 2011-2015 Donor: French Global Environment Facility Partners: CIRAD

For more information on this project, please contact Houria Djoudi or CIFOR West Africa

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