Projects and references

The overall objective is to characterise and assess the impacts of gold mining activities on the Falémé environment in general, and in particular, the impact on the quality of water resources and the hydrological regimes of the river. Lastly, this study enables a proposal to be made for corrective measures and an action plan aimed at limiting the impacts of this activity.

With the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project (MinDiver), the Nigerian government is willing to diversify its revenue sources and to increase its income from the mining sector, in particular from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sub-sector which prevails in the country.
This contract consists in the setting up of an IT unit with a GIS, database and remote-sensing applications to promote data acquisition by Ministry staff, the identification of areas of high mining interest by applying a remote-sensing monitoring system and field data acquisition, their analysis and interpretation, and, finally, the elaboration of a strategy for ASM formalisation by building the capacity of the administration and operators.

The overall objective of the project is to support the development and implementation of the Nigerian Climate Change Response Programme (NCCRP) to guarantee the country’s economic growth and development strategies whilst meeting its conditional 45 % NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) targets by 2030.
The specific objective is to contribute to the creation of Nigeria’s GHG emission profile with the aim of pinpointing mitigation actions reducing energy use and costs in favour of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. This will be mainly achieved through the creation of sectoral MRVs (e.g. for the energy and waste sectors) and a waste baseline.