Gazetted Forests Management Project

About this project

The development objective of the Gazetted Forests Management Project for Benin is to improve the integrated management of targeted Gazetted Forests, to increase access of the main consumption cities to fuelwood produced sustainably, and to strengthen selected non-timber forest product value chains for forest-dependent communities.It has four components. First component, Support to Forests Governance aims to enhance the capacity of the Forestry Administration for improved management of the sector and establish a sustainable instrument for long term financing of the recurrent costs of managing the country's Gazetted Forests.It has two sub-components. (i) Capacity enhancement of the Forestry Administration, and (ii) Strategies and instruments for sustainable management of Gazetted Forests; Second component, Integrated Management of Gazetted Forests is to support management of selected GFs in the south (Dan, Dogo-KEtou, LogozohE, Toffo-Lama Sud) and in the center of the country (Agoua, OuEmE-Boukou, and Tchaourou-Toui-Kilibo) in an integrated manner through the following four sub-components. There are i) Promotion of agricultural intensification and agroforestry methods, ii) Sustainable management of transhumance, iii) Sustainable management of conservation forests, and iv) Establishment and management of production forests; Third component, Development of Selected Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) Value Chains traditionally, forest-dependent communities have harvested NTFP for h…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Benin

Sectors

Forestry policy and administrative managementForest industriesAgricultural researchLivestockAgricultural policy and administrative managementAgricultural financial services

Places

Foret Classee des Trois Rivieres, Foret Classee de Toui Kilibo, Foret Classee de Tchaourou, Foret Classee de l'Alibori Superieur, Foret Classee d'Agoua, Foret du Dogo, Logozohoue, Bougou, Ketou, Dan

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Accountable

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Benin

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P167678.

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