The pressures exerted on the soils and on the vegetation have had negative consequences on the productivity of the soils, which has greatly decreased, reaching worrying proportions in the Niger basin and more particularly in the Benin portion. The main causes of this situation are essentially due to climatic variations aggravated by the systems of production and exploitation of the natural resources with little concern of their regeneration (uncontrolled clearing, stump removal, overexploitation of the soils, excessive use of the chemical fertilizers, etc.).

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The venue of the Sun Beach Hotel in Fidjrossè was the setting for a national workshop on Thursday  February 2nd, 2023. Having brought together several actors and managers of water and mines, this workshop was a consultation on the operationalization of the regional climate change adaptation fund (RCCAF/PES) in the Niger Basin. According to the National Coordinator of the Programme Integrated and Adaptation Climate Change, Adamou WOROU WARA, this national workshop is in line with decision N°2 of the 11th Summit of Heads of State held in Cotonou on January 8th, 2016. The said decision concerns the financing of the operational plan of the Niger Basin and the establishment of the regional climate change adaptation fund.

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The Niger River Basin, shared by nine (9) West and Central African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad), is of great importance capital for the local populations and the economies of the member countries of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA). The aridification of the climate and the decrease in flows have occurred for several decades, locally associated with land pressure, have strongly contributed the generalized degradation of the natural resources and ecosystems, the worsening of water and wind erosion as well as than to the silting up of the Niger River. These phenomena, amplified from year to year by recurrent droughts, weaken the living conditions of the populations and the biodiversity of the basin as well as the survival of the river, whose functioning is sometimes completely disrupted by floods or severe low water levels. The methodological approach to deal with climate change and variability in the Niger Basin respected all stages of the development of decision-making tools, from the diagnostic report to the operationalization plan. And this, through an iterative and participatory process.

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