Promotion of renewable energy and natural resource management through an integrated landscape approach.

• Support for 194 economic actors (including 121 women): producers and distributors of improved stoves, solar energy entrepreneurs, nurserymen, etc.
• 419,830 trees planted, from 30 nurseries, by several thousand planters in 32 communes in the region
• Accompaniment of the process and implementation of development and participatory management plans for 21,255 ha of 13 forests and the 105 villages surrounding them.
• 3 editions of the Fatick renewable energy fair
• 3,124 people made aware of the importance of preserving forests and the use of improved stoves
• 42,488 improved stoves produced between 2016 and 2020, generating a turnover of 321,682,500 CFA francs and saving about 98,323 tonnes of CO2e emissions

• No forest fires in the areas in question since 2017
• Improvement of the population’s living environment through regreening (densification of the grass cover, return of wildlife, protection against winds, etc.)
• Increasing involvement of communities in the activities (15 communes involved technically and financially in 2020)
• Growing involvement of the population in preservation and enrichment activities (3194 planters in 2020) and increasing requests for tree support.
• Change in people’s behaviour towards the forest (less cutting, agricultural encroachment, etc.) and strengthening of social cohesion
• Development of numerous partnerships in recent years (see “other partners” section)

The PRODER is mainly financed by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. Contributions from the Agence Française de Développement, the Léa Nature Foundation and the BEL Foundation supplement the budget, as well as those of local authorities and partners.