{"id":11227,"date":"2015-07-30T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/uncategorized\/initiative-3-wetlands-and-international-solidarity-cooperation-between-the-narbonnaise-regional-park-and-communities-in-benin\/"},"modified":"2017-11-18T19:44:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T18:44:01","slug":"initiative-3-wetlands-and-international-solidarity-cooperation-between-the-narbonnaise-regional-park-and-communities-in-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/newsletter-articles\/initiative-3-wetlands-and-international-solidarity-cooperation-between-the-narbonnaise-regional-park-and-communities-in-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiative #3: Wetlands and international solidarity: cooperation between the Narbonnaise Regional Park and communities in Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The theme in 2015 for World Wetlands Day\u00a0 is &#8220;Wetlands for our future&#8221;, but the Narbonnaise Mediterranean Regional Natural Park (NMRNP) has been putting this idea into practice since 2007 in an ongoing cooperation project\u00a0 with several communities in Benin.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn the framework of decentralised cooperation, and with support from the Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsican water agency, the Narbonnaise RNP (PNRNM) local authority commission signed an agreement in 2007 with five coastal communities in Benin grouped together in an intercommunity organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"225\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; margin: 10px;\" width=\"300\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/p1070723_1.jpg\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>New drinking fountains in the villages are a relief for women in their daily life<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This exemplary cooperation between two Ramsar lagoon sites of international importance has enabled the communities in Benin to complete various actions linked to social and sanitary issues (access to drinking water and hygiene), economic development related to the lagoon environment (including agriculture, fishing, and tourism), as well as environmental protection by improving the conservation and management of local biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"168\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 168px; margin: 10px;\" width=\"300\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lagunecotierebeninverscotonou_0.jpg\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Coastal lagoon in Benin near Cotonou<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A delegation of representatives from the NMRNP visited this area last January and was able to observe the concrete, positive effects of this programme on local people and habitats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"199\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 199px; margin: 10px;\" width=\"300\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/_dsc1393_0.jpg\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Drinking fountains in the villages also limit diseases<\/em><br \/>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%\" xml_lang=\"en-GB\">Additional proof that international solidarity is a very concrete concept that also concerns wetlands, and that development and biodiversity are more compatible than ever before!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credits: Narbonnaise Mediterranean Regional Natural Park (2015)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme in 2015 for World Wetlands Day\u00a0 is &#8220;Wetlands for our future&#8221;, but the Narbonnaise Mediterranean Regional Natural Park (NMRNP) has been putting this idea into practice since 2007 in an ongoing cooperation project\u00a0 with several communities in Benin. 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