Michel Jerome Tankoano, National Coordinator of PPC presents to the plenary of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference the experience of Burkina Faso with integrated landscape management. The country faces some daunting development and environmental challenges, and has been striving to find synergistic solutions to both.

1. Burkina Faso’s Experiences with
Integrated Landscape
Management
Michel Jerome Tankoano, National Coordinator of PPC
July 2, 2014
World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi

2. Land is essential to the people of Burkina Faso:
• Source of revenue and employment for 85% of the
population (agriculture, livestock, forestry)
• Generates +60% of national riches
Land in Burkina Faso is sick:
• 34% of productive land is degraded
• Degradation progresses at a rate of 360,000 ha per year
Desertification and Land
Degradation in Burkina Faso

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Légende
Latitude
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Latitude
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Longitude (en°)
Longitude (en°)
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MIGRATION DES ISOHYETES 600 mm et 900 mm
BURKINA FASO
DIRECTION DE LA METEOROLOGIE
1931-1960
1951-1980
1971-2000
1961-1990
900
900
Climatic Causes
Sahelian Climate Arid
Zone 5 %
Sudano-Sahelian Climate
Semi-Arid Zone 69 %
Sudano Climate
Sub-humid Dry Zone 26 %
Tendancy towards decreased spatio-temporal variability of
rainfall between 1931-2000

4. Anthropogenic Causes

5. • Loss of land fertility
• Disappearance of vegetation cover
• Impoverishment of biological diversity
• Accentuation of climate change
• Food insecurity and poverty
• Conflicts between land users
• Land degradation and resulting inefficiencies cost 4.7%
of GDP in 2008
• The costs of remediation are estimated 2.2% of GDP
Consequences of Land
Degradation

6. Obstacles and Barriers to Sustainable
Land Management (SLM)
• Insufficient coordination
• Land tenure insecurity
• Weak capacity of actors
• Deterioration of terms of economic exchange

7. • Ratification of UNCCD (1996), UNCBD (1993), UNCCC (1993)
• Elaboration of National Action Program for the Fight Against
Desertification (PAN/LCD) (2000)
• Elaboration of Environmental Plan for Sustainable Development (2004)
• Revision of Strategic Framework for Fight Against Poverty (CSLP) (2003) to
include environmental components
• Recent adoption of a land tenure security law
• Adoption of Rural Development Strategy (2003)
• Contribution to environmental initiatives (PASR/CILSS, NEPAD/TerrAfrica,
CEDEAO)
• Soil and water conservation and agroforesty techniques developed/ tested
• Adoption of National Program of Partnership for Sustainable Land
Management (2006)
Political, Legal and Technical Response

8. National Partnership for SLM in
Burkina Faso Program (CPP)
Goal
Fight land degradation and poverty through sustainable,
decentralized and equitable management of rural resources
Program Objective (15 years)
Improve the productivity of rural resources in a sustainable way
through an integrated and holistic approach, permitting Burkina
Fason to meet its Millenium Development objectives related to
reducing natural resource destruction

9. Intervention sites in the first 5-year phase

10. Expected Results – Phase 1
1. Platforms for dialogue at national, provincial and local
levels
2. Institutional, political and regulatory reforms to develop
a favorable framework for SLM
3. Land use techniques based on local knowledge and
innovative practices
4. Actors with appropriate capacities and competencies
5. Good practices in SLM adopted and successful
experiences replicated at a larger scale
6. Sustainable financing mechanism implemented
7. Exchange of SLM experiences and technologies with
partners in the sub-region

11. Leading Principals for the Program
• Participation/responsabilization of stakeholders
• Dialogue, negociation, planning and development of SLM tools
implicating stakeholders through existaing platforms for dialogue
• Guarantee equitable benefits for all actors (especially women) by
providing secure and equitable access to land resources and
decision-making
• Partnership and subsidarity
• Holistic, ecosystem or landscape approaches to management
• Coordination of international aid and its efficient and transparent
use

12. Main Activities of the Program
• 4 sub-programs
• Capitilization of 55 SLM best practices in French and 4 national
languages
• 5000 local, reginal and central actors trained
• Application of SLM best practices on 9000 ha
• Implementation of National Observatory for Environment and
Sustainable Development (www.onedd-burkina.info)
• Adoption of a Methodological Guide on Management,
Securization and Valuation of Pastoral Spaces and Landscapes
• Adoption and execution of training plan and communication
strategy

13. • National and regional SLM platforms
• 3 environmental education guides
• Investment Strategy for SLM
• Guide on integrating emerging themes into local planing
tools
• Contribution to regional SLM initiatives (e.g. Great Green
Wall)
• National policy and guide on management of humid zones
• Support for the develpoment of UNCCD national reports
Main Activities of the Program

14. Main Activities of the Program

15. SLM Agro-Sylvo-Pastoralists
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18. Results of Program
• Building of actors’ capacities
• Regeneration of degraded land for agro-sylvo-pastoral usage
• Reduction of soil erosion
• Improvement of physical, chemical and biological properties of soil
and soil fertility
• Augmentation of water
• Augmentation of infiltration capacity and water retention of soil
• Reduction of water stress of plants related to climatic variability
• Improvement of agricultural prodcution
• Reduction of pressure on ecosystems or landscapes and conservation
of biodiversity

19. Results of the Program
• Increase in the availability of fodder
• Improvement of animal productivity
• Increase in the availability of forest products
• Carbon sequestration
• Limiting the effects of climate change through improved soil
productivity
• Reduction in vulnerability of cattle and humans related to the effects
of climate change
• Reduction of land use conflicts
• Reduction of movement of cattle and humans to neighboring
countries and the North

20. The CPP is a SLM program that contributes to integrated
landscape management, the conservation of biodiversity, the
sequestration of carbon, food security and livelihoods, the
decrease in climate change vulnerability, social peace, and the
fight against migration.
Taking into acount the important results of the pilot phase,
contributions of technical and financial partners are solicited for
the implementation of the second phase of the CPP to extend its
experiences in the whole territory and continue to serve as a
model country for the sustainable management of our local,
national and international environment.
Conclusion

21. Rapport final de l'étude ONEDD 21

22. Thank you!
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