Recent and ongoing projects

Mission:

Benin firmed the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in January 2000. Today, the country has 4 Ramsar sites, including site 1018 of the Lower Ouémé Valley / Porto-Novo Lagoon / Lake Nokoué with a surface area of 91,600 ha.

The special status of this area, due to the fragility of its ecosystems, its richness in terms of biological biodiversity, as well as its socio-economic importance for the nearby populations, requires that a thorough anthropological and environmental study be carried out on the entire territory of Porto Novo and its peripheral towns. The results of the study will allow to formulate indispensable recommendations to local authorities, for them to set up a system for the protection and valorisation of natural and heritage areas on the territory of the municipality.

It is within this framework that Insuco has been mandated to carry out the socio-economic, environmental and anthropological baseline studies of the “Porto-Novo, Green City” Project, whose specific objectives are as follows:

• To have reference socio-economic data on the city of Porto-Novo;
• To have specific socio-economic data on the pilot area of the project;
• To specify the “gender” and “disability” approach of the study on People with Disabilities which will follow this first study.

Results:

Insuco provided the following services:

• Development of socio-economic, environmental and anthropological studies;
• Stakeholder consultation;
• Elaboration of maps integrated into the various reports.