Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Gender-transformative conservation of the Lake Chad Basin
Agreement Number:
7449322 P011862001
Agreement Value:
$25,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 30, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The project seeks to improve the climate resilience of marginalized communities, particularly women and youth, and ecosystems that are structurally vulnerable to climate change, through nature-based climate solutions in six Lake Chad Basin protected areas registered under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. The project directly supports 315,000 people (75% women) through improved resilient agriculture practices and communitarian conflict resolution processes. Two million people will benefit from new or improved ecosystem services by restoring 10,000 hectares of wetlands. Also, 2.7 million people displaced due to conflict (60% children and 25% women) will indirectly benefit as the project contributes to regional stabilization strategies, including peaceful conflict resolution and communitarian processes.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by marginalized communities vulnerable to climate change, especially women and youth, in protected areas of Lake Chad Basin; (2) improving crops that are vulnerable to climate change by adopting gender-responsive and climate-resilient agricultural livelihoods; and (3) increased leadership by women and youth in climate change-focused environmental peacebuilding within and near the project’s Ramsar sites.
Location:
Calgary, Alberta, CA T2X 1Z2
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00538
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Additional Information:
Belated reporting
Recipient's Operating Name:
Alinea International Ltd
Recipient's Legal Name:
Alinea International Ltd
Federal Riding Name:
Calgary Midnapore
Federal Riding Number:
48008
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.