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Togo is confronted with environmental problems generated by the degradation of the natural resources and the frame of life.
Forest cover disappears at annual intervals of 15,000 hectares. The institutional and legal device set up during the middle of the
1980’s did not produce all the discounted effects. To deal with these problems, three solutions were defined by the Government
in collaboration with the UN in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework: The national Action Plan to Combat
Desertification, the preparation of a National Adaptation Plan of Action and the promotion of an environmentally ethic consciousness.
UNDP has also assisted Togo in developing its National Water Policy Strategy. 2
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PORTFOLIO
Fidele Sarassoro, Resident Representative
UNDP is supporting the Government to effectively manage its water resources, by providing assistance to the National Water Policy
Strategy. The project is conducting legal, institutional and environmental studies to determine a priority action plan that will promote
the process of integrative and participative management of the water resources in Togo. Funding is provided from UNDP regular
resources.
To assist Togo in addressing and adapting to climate change issues, GEF-funding is supporting a project to enable the country to fulfill
its obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).The project includes a climate change inventory and
support in the preparation of the Second National Communication to the UNFCCC.
Three projects are currently being implemented in Togo in the area of chemicals, all focusing their assistance on the refrigeration sector,
specifically in implementation of the country’s refrigerant management plan. The objectives of the plan include establishment of a
recovery and recycling scheme wherein 30 recovering machines, 2 recycling machines and 2 MAC recovery and recycling units will be
procured for the country; training workshops for service technicians; as well as an incentive programme for the commercial and industrial
end-user refrigeration sector. In addition, a separate monitoring component designed to ensure sustainability of the plan’s objectives
is being implemented. The country is also participating in a regional methyl bromide phase-out project being implemented by
UNDP for low-volume consumers in Africa.
CONTACTS
Laté Lawson-Ananissoh – late.Lawson-a@undp.org
Tel.: Office 228-221-20-08 / 221-25-10
Fax: 228-221-16 41
http://www.tg.undp.org/Environnement/index.html
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in Togo
UNEP
IFAD
Global Mechanism
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UNDP Togo Questionnaire, 2005.; 2 http://www.tg.undp.org/reperes.html; *Frameworks and Strategies for Sustainable Development
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