{"id":28319,"date":"2024-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/lancement-du-projet-naturelles\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:40:04","slug":"naturelles-project-launched-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/naturelles-project-launched-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Natur&#8217;ELLES project launched in Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOCODEVI launched the Natur\u2019ELLES project on May 2, in Toubacouda, at a ceremony attended by authorities from the Fatick region, the Department of Marine Protected Areas, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, other partners and the Canadian ambassador to Senegal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_6006-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7952\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mangroves of the Sine-Saloum and Casamance deltas are internationally renowned for their key role in mitigating climate change and supporting adaptation by local people. They provide a wide range of environmental services that reduce climate risks. But despite this crucial role, they have now shrunk to half their original size, and restoring them could improve living conditions for around 250,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian ambassador attended the Natur\u2019ELLES launch ceremony and explained the importance of this initiative, which is fully in line with Senegal\u2019s strategic aims of protecting and conserving marine biodiversity.&nbsp;She emphasized the support that will be given to vulnerable communities, in particular women who do not have access to knowledge, equipment or income and who have little involvement in decision-making spaces that govern access to natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOCODEVI\u2019s CEO added that the Natur\u2019ELLES project aims to effectively address socio-economic challenges that are linked to climate change and affect vulnerable communities and women in particular, supporting the sustainable transformation and development of the Sine-Saloum and Casamance delta mangrove ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_5548-1-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8072\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambassador Marie-Genevi\u00e8ve Mounier with SOCODEVI General Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Natur\u2019ELLES&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natur\u2019ELLES aims to improve living conditions for vulnerable communities, particularly mangrove fisherwomen, by bolstering biodiversity within these ecosystems and encouraging an inclusive approach to governance. The project\u2019s activities will improve living conditions for 8,000 people, including 6,000 women.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_5759-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7958\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by Nd\u00e8ye Man\u00e9 Ba, communications officer for the Natur\u2019ELLES project in Senegal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:1134,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOCODEVI launched the Natur\u2019ELLES project on May 2, in Toubacouda, at a ceremony attended by authorities from the Fatick region, the Department of Marine Protected Areas, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, other partners and the Canadian ambassador to Senegal. The mangroves of the Sine-Saloum and Casamance deltas are internationally renowned for their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"categorie-pays":[148],"class_list":["post-28319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","categorie-pays-senegal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28319"},{"taxonomy":"categorie-pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socodevi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-pays?post=28319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}