12 Water Management Policy for Freshwater Security …
271
Table 6 Some achievements in adaptation to climate change in Senegal (Source Ministry of
Environment and Sustainable Development)
Sectors
Actions/infrastructure
Actors
Coastal zone
– Coastal protection works
Direction
– Dams and protective wall;
– Reforestation at littoral
level;
– Coastal Act
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Network of Parliamentarians
for the Protection of
Environment in Senegal;
Third World Environment and
Development
Agriculture/ Water Resources /
Livestock
– Control of soil salinization;
– Control of land degradation;
– Landscaping and
watersheds;
– Anti-salt dikes;
– Hydro-agricultural
developments;
– Sustainable land
management practices;
– Agroforestry;
– Basins of retention, pastoral
ponds
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Retention Basins and
Artificial Lakes Branch;
Agency of Great Green Wall;
Sustainable and Participatory
Energy Management Project;
Water and Forest Service;
National Institute of
Pedology; Senegalese Institute
of Agricultural Research
Local governance
– Development of integrated
territorial climate plans
mapping of zones’
vulnerability, carbon
footprint;
– Setting up and training of
Regional Committees on
Climate Change
Texas Advanced Computing
Center; United Nations
Development Programme;
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Regional Committees on
Climate Change
Risk and disasters
Management
– Establishment of an
interdepartmental Crisis
Management Operational
Center conditioned by an
integrated early warning
system;
– Floods management;
– Installation of undersized
structures against floods
Continuous Professional
Development; National
Agency for Civil Aviation and
Meteorology; Direction of
Environment and Classified
Establishments; Direction of
Planning Restructuring of
Flood Areas; National Office
of Sanitation of Senegal
Fisheries and biodiversity
– Creation of Protected
Mayors Areas;
– Aquaculture development;
– Community Nature
Reserves
Municipal Development
Agency; Direction of Marine
Protected Areas; National
Parks Direction; International
Union for Conservation of
Nature
271
Table 6 Some achievements in adaptation to climate change in Senegal (Source Ministry of
Environment and Sustainable Development)
Sectors
Actions/infrastructure
Actors
Coastal zone
– Coastal protection works
Direction
– Dams and protective wall;
– Reforestation at littoral
level;
– Coastal Act
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Network of Parliamentarians
for the Protection of
Environment in Senegal;
Third World Environment and
Development
Agriculture/ Water Resources /
Livestock
– Control of soil salinization;
– Control of land degradation;
– Landscaping and
watersheds;
– Anti-salt dikes;
– Hydro-agricultural
developments;
– Sustainable land
management practices;
– Agroforestry;
– Basins of retention, pastoral
ponds
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Retention Basins and
Artificial Lakes Branch;
Agency of Great Green Wall;
Sustainable and Participatory
Energy Management Project;
Water and Forest Service;
National Institute of
Pedology; Senegalese Institute
of Agricultural Research
Local governance
– Development of integrated
territorial climate plans
mapping of zones’
vulnerability, carbon
footprint;
– Setting up and training of
Regional Committees on
Climate Change
Texas Advanced Computing
Center; United Nations
Development Programme;
Direction of Environment and
Classified Establishments;
Regional Committees on
Climate Change
Risk and disasters
Management
– Establishment of an
interdepartmental Crisis
Management Operational
Center conditioned by an
integrated early warning
system;
– Floods management;
– Installation of undersized
structures against floods
Continuous Professional
Development; National
Agency for Civil Aviation and
Meteorology; Direction of
Environment and Classified
Establishments; Direction of
Planning Restructuring of
Flood Areas; National Office
of Sanitation of Senegal
Fisheries and biodiversity
– Creation of Protected
Mayors Areas;
– Aquaculture development;
– Community Nature
Reserves
Municipal Development
Agency; Direction of Marine
Protected Areas; National
Parks Direction; International
Union for Conservation of
Nature