West and Central Africa

Created after the regionalization and decentralization process initiated by the IUCN Secretariat in 2006, the PACO region was born from the merger of Central Africa and West Africa programs.

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If you would like to learn more about our programme of work and our projects, we invite you to read our pages on our work (available in French only).

From there, you will also access more information about PACO's Regional office and the countries we cover.

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The Restoration Initiative: A chance to learn from one another
14.03.2019
The largest-to-date Global Environment Facility supported programme to restore degraded lands kicked off in Naivasha, Kenya, where over 50 programme partners gathered for a 5-day knowledge sharing and planning workshop. The workshop offered the first real-...
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Restoration without borders in West Africa
12.03.2019
West Africa remains one of the most biologically rich places on the planet, containing more than 9000 species of plants, a thousand species of butterflies, and is among the global hotspots for mammal diversity. Other species follow suit to make these...
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MaliVerde & MaliBuluu Fund concept gains steam
11.03.2019
An IUCN concept for an inclusive finance fund is a finalist in the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance – 2019. We hope that this is just a start.