Blue Lifelines for a Secure Sahel (BLiSS) (Wetlands International)

BLiSS will connect interventions for wetlands and drylands to reverse land degradation and build community resilience to climate change in the Sahel. The vision is that Sahelian communities become more secure and resilient to climate change by restored inter-connected wetland and dryland ecosystems and economies. Goal by end 2030: 20 million hectares of Sahelian wetlands safeguarded and restored in at least 6 major systems improving adaptive capacity and safety of 10 million people across the Sahel. The initiatives objectives ae as follows: 1) Commitment by Sahelian nations to improve the condition of wetlands to enhance community resilience to climate adaptation; 2) Policy development and adjustment at Sahel, river basin and national levels, through relevant African Union fora and bottom-up policy processes; 3) Access for local wetland communities to knowledge and innovative micro-credit finance; 4) Early-warning systems embedded to enable optimal livelihood choices to be made .

Activity period	2019–2019
Last CoAct update	n/a
Web URL	https://www.wetlands.org/case-study/bliss/
Output effectiveness	0.17
Accountability Index	0.17
Inclusiveness Index	0.28
Capacity Index	0.35
Num. actors	5
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Participatory management, Funding
SDGs
Themes	land use
Policy focus	Mainly adaptation
Sectors	No clear economic sector
Implementation countries	Ethiopia, Mali, Niger (the), Senegal, South Sudan

Target	Target type
Enhancing the resilience of 10 million people to climate risk, poverty, conflict and displacement while benefiting biodiversity by 2030	People/countries affected target
Restore 20 million hectares of wetlands by 2030	Area target

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