SPWA-BD: Incorporation of Sacred Forests into the Protected Areas System of Benin

Project Objective: To promote the sustainable use of Benin’s Sacred Forests as a network of community-managed conservation areas incorporated into the national system of protected areas

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/3770
Countries
Benin
Managing organisations
): Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection (MEPN), General Directorate of Forests and Natural Resources (DGFRN)
Additional partners: local NGO partners
Implementing organisations
UNDP
Project ID
3770
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 4
GEF Cofinancing
$5.636.608
GEF project grant
$950.000
Executing Agencies
): Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection (MEPN), General Directorate of Forests and Natural Resources (DGFRN); Additional partners: local NGO partners