| Time span of the project | 2009-2016
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| Contact person | Wendelien Tuijp
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| Project partners
| CIS-VU; University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana; National Agricultural School, Targa-Aide, Morocco; Sinodale Centre, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda; UNEP; National Institute for Urban and Territorial planning, Rabat, Morocco
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| Project sponsor | EP-Nuffic |
| Project website | http://www.unep.org/stories/Ecosystems/Communities-first.asp |
The project highlights the potential of sharing and stimulating community initiatives in Africa. It focuses on four diverse African countries – Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda – with UN Environment as the GEF implementing agency.
A new book capturing lessons learned from the project and titled “Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management: Lessons from the field in Africa” was launched on 28 September at the UN Environment headquarters in Nairobi.