1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The main goals of the intervention were:
1. Implement a policy of preservation, rehabilitation and extension of forests, especially concerning the component of forest recovery and of the environment.
2.Contribute to improving the living and working conditions of students and teachers by creating natural capital that can be valued over time by students and their parents in the school environment (wood, fruit, etc.).
3. Sustainably and effectively reverse the phenomenon of deforestation, through the process of environmental education
4. Raise awareness regarding climate change and its connection with human activity
5. Sequester carbon in plantations and fight against the greenhouse effect by taking steps to prepare the registration of the project with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as part of the UN-REDD program through the sale of credit carbon. (2,3,4,8)
1. Implement a policy of preservation, rehabilitation and extension of forests, especially concerning the component of forest recovery and of the environment.
2.Contribute to improving the living and working conditions of students and teachers by creating natural capital that can be valued over time by students and their parents in the school environment (wood, fruit, etc.).
3. Sustainably and effectively reverse the phenomenon of deforestation, through the process of environmental education
4. Raise awareness regarding climate change and its connection with human activity
5. Sequester carbon in plantations and fight against the greenhouse effect by taking steps to prepare the registration of the project with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as part of the UN-REDD program through the sale of credit carbon. (2,3,4,8)
Quantitative targets
Plant 2000 trees of 93 species
Creating 5 ha of green space
Creating 1 arboretum
Involving 4000 students at the high school (3,4,5)
Creating 5 ha of green space
Creating 1 arboretum
Involving 4000 students at the high school (3,4,5)
Monitoring indicators defined
No of trees planted
Size of the area covered
No of students benefiting from the intervention
No of species of trees used (3,4.5)
Size of the area covered
No of students benefiting from the intervention
No of species of trees used (3,4.5)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Prior to 2019, the high school requested from the Ministry of Water and Forests an environmental project. On the 3rd of May 2019, the Minister of Water and Forests alongside high school personnel and students started to plant the trees. The ceremony ended with a tribute to the eminent professor of botany, Aké Assi, who died in 2014, as a reminder that preserving the environment is everyone's task. (1,4)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
As the project, "One school, 5 ha of forest" was started in 2013 and implemented in over 1000 schools, the initiative derives from previous ones . (8)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Other cities and schools implemented similar activities up until 2021. To name just a few of the cities: Abidjan, San Pedro, and Yamoussoukro (6)
