1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The goals of the intervention are as described below:
1. To restore, protect and manage biodiversity in situ, by promoting self-maintenance by maintaining minimum living and circulation conditions necessary for the survival of species.
2. To increase the environmental resilience of green grids to the climate, while improving people's living conditions by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving people's resilience through increasing incomes and diversifying food sources.
3. To establish green grids, from a climate perspective, as a model of development and management governed by a municipal by-law. The greenways distinguish themselves by relative connectivity with the periurban forests. Greenways are subjected to the regulations applicable to green spaces, which allow for their public management and preserve them from seizure.
4. To set up a Municipal Unit for the Management of Climate Change and to promote productive multiple uses of green spaces in order to contribute to beneficial impacts on the maintenance of urban biodiversity and other ecosystem services.
5. To contribute to (i) the reduction of temperature and run-off by mitigating the urban heat island effect and serving as “green lungs” for the city; and (ii) the improvement of the resilience of the population by increasing and diversifying their food and income sources. (1,3)
1. To restore, protect and manage biodiversity in situ, by promoting self-maintenance by maintaining minimum living and circulation conditions necessary for the survival of species.
2. To increase the environmental resilience of green grids to the climate, while improving people's living conditions by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving people's resilience through increasing incomes and diversifying food sources.
3. To establish green grids, from a climate perspective, as a model of development and management governed by a municipal by-law. The greenways distinguish themselves by relative connectivity with the periurban forests. Greenways are subjected to the regulations applicable to green spaces, which allow for their public management and preserve them from seizure.
4. To set up a Municipal Unit for the Management of Climate Change and to promote productive multiple uses of green spaces in order to contribute to beneficial impacts on the maintenance of urban biodiversity and other ecosystem services.
5. To contribute to (i) the reduction of temperature and run-off by mitigating the urban heat island effect and serving as “green lungs” for the city; and (ii) the improvement of the resilience of the population by increasing and diversifying their food and income sources. (1,3)
Quantitative targets
Serving approx. 800,000 inhabitants indirectly
Covering an area of 6.9 ha adding to a total of 60 ha
Establishing 10 "small green islands"
Establishing 8 greenways
Planting different species: mango, cashew trees (1,3)
Covering an area of 6.9 ha adding to a total of 60 ha
Establishing 10 "small green islands"
Establishing 8 greenways
Planting different species: mango, cashew trees (1,3)
Monitoring indicators defined
Number of people benefiting from the action
Area sized considered for the intervention
Number of greenways established
Types of species planted (1,3)
Area sized considered for the intervention
Number of greenways established
Types of species planted (1,3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The initiative was realised in several stages.
In stage 1: A technical workshop was organised in June 2012. These exchanges with the member of the Municipal Council, the representatives of the administrative authorities, as well as the Directors of municipal or deconcentrated technical services and representatives of the local networks on environment protection and climate change have led to the choice of agroforestry and multifunctional use of greenways as a Territorial Project.
In stage 2 : A participatory territorial diagnosis on Urban and Periurban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) in Bobo-Dioulasso from July to October 2012 was conducted.
In stage 3: An exploratory study on the social feasibility of the development of the selected greenway was carried out. The purpose of this study was to identify local stakeholders' interest in the project and to define the conditions for social acceptability and the success of the proposed activity.
In stage 4: Implementation of the initiative through participatory management of the selected greenway and coordination of planned activities (March 2013-February 2014). The multifunctional and productive exploitation of the green network in sector 33 (part of the city) had to respond to a sustainable approach aimed at improving the lives of inhabitants of the sector and the city and four dimensions have been associated with it: environmental, scientific, social and political. (2)
In stage 1: A technical workshop was organised in June 2012. These exchanges with the member of the Municipal Council, the representatives of the administrative authorities, as well as the Directors of municipal or deconcentrated technical services and representatives of the local networks on environment protection and climate change have led to the choice of agroforestry and multifunctional use of greenways as a Territorial Project.
In stage 2 : A participatory territorial diagnosis on Urban and Periurban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) in Bobo-Dioulasso from July to October 2012 was conducted.
In stage 3: An exploratory study on the social feasibility of the development of the selected greenway was carried out. The purpose of this study was to identify local stakeholders' interest in the project and to define the conditions for social acceptability and the success of the proposed activity.
In stage 4: Implementation of the initiative through participatory management of the selected greenway and coordination of planned activities (March 2013-February 2014). The multifunctional and productive exploitation of the green network in sector 33 (part of the city) had to respond to a sustainable approach aimed at improving the lives of inhabitants of the sector and the city and four dimensions have been associated with it: environmental, scientific, social and political. (2)
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
The innovation itself is not new as it is part of a UN-Habitat project carried out in other countries and cities such as Kathmandu (Nepal) and Kesbewa (Sri Lanka). (4)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
This best practice has already been replicated in the cities of Banfora and Ouahigouya.(2)
