Natural Resources Management

Participatory community-based Natural
Resources Management (NRM) Projects have been implemented
over the last 5-6 years in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and
Niger with the support of France, Germany, Norway, the
United States, and the World Bank's International
Development Association facility. Furthermore, pilot
operation concentrating on specific NRM issues are underway
in Chad (pastoral perimeters) and Guinea (land tenure
securement). Since 70 to 90 percent of the land in these
countries is collectively owned, such projects are in fact
trying to reinforce common property management systems, with
the dual objective of alleviating poverty and improving the
management of (crop) land, water, pasture, and forest
resources. This Note summarizes the impact of NRM on the
ground, presents the lessons learned, and provides a list of
key documents on NRM.