Overview of the project

The biggest development challenges in terms of the fight against poverty, the energy crisis or managing the environment are all relevant to the African context now or in decades to come.

Environmental issues are on the rise and the world is now turning to alternative development sources. Climate change consequences are more and more visible and the main cause is deforestation.

Togo has forests spreading over an estimated 1,250,000 hectares where 1,200,000 hectares of forests undergo unprecedented degradation with deforestation levels reaching 5,1% according to the FAO in 2011. Forests covering mountains and ecological zones of Togo are today completely fragmented and reduced to rows of trees by rivers (Adjossou, 2004).

This being said, compared to other countries in the region such as Ghana and Ivory Coast, Togo is not a forest country in economic and industrial terms. It seems as though efficient solutions are needed for society to face these development issues.