FAISAIRES - Realize the feasibility study for the design of a project to strengthen the Management of Protected Areas in Côte d'Ivoire

Start
April 2022
End
September 2022
Project cost
14 000 €
Role in the project
Conservation expertise

Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

Fields

Spatial Planning Biodiversity Climate Degradation-Restoration Forest REDD+

Main goals

Study the feasibility of the design and budgeting (design of activities and financing plan) of land development activities and riparian measures in the outskirts of the "Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve" and the "Haut Bandama Fauna and Flora Reserve" for a 22 million euro project from AFD and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Côte d'Ivoire

Specific objectives

SO1. Carry out an analysis of the socio-economic context and the issues surrounding the protected areas of Mabi-Yaya and Haut-Bandama
SO2. Identify community and local development activities that can be supported by the project while evaluating investment financing and capital contribution from the Endowment Fund for Protected Areas, the Foundation for Parks and Reserves in Côte d'Ivoire (FPRCI)
SO3. Participate in the drafting of the feasibility study

Related people

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Country representative in Côte d'Ivoire

Renaud Lapeyre

PhD in environmental and development economics (ENS Cachan, University of Versailles St Quentin-en-Yvelines), he is expert in conservation finance, including through ecotourism and innovative financial mechanisms (PES), and he specialised in international cooperation programs. He worked several years in Namibia, Morocco, and Kenya. In 2012, he joined Iddri (SciencesPo Paris) as senior researcher in biodiversity economics, before joining WWF France in 2017, as a manager for public sector partnerships. At Nitidae since September 2021, Renaud was PRM2 Project Manager from 2021 to March 2024

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