At CITES COP20 in Samarkand, Mali actively participated in African discussions on the protection of the plant and animal kingdom, with debates on endangered species, including elephants, felines, pangolins, turtles and tropical woods.

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3rd Session of the Steering Committee of the Degraded Land Restoration Project in Mali (PRTD-Mali).

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National workshop for the validation of the Master IDDME teaching sheets.

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On Wednesday the opening session of the training of supply officers and markets of the structures involved in the implementation of the Degraded Lands Restoration Project (PRTD-Mali) was held.

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The Degraded Land Restoration Project (PRTD-Mali) held on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, on the premises of the Project Management Unit, the meeting of its Technical Committee, chaired by the Technical Adviser of MEADD.

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The Ministry of the Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development, through the General Directorate of Waters and Forests, opened on Tuesday 28 October 2025 at the Centre Diamcis in Banankoro (Koulikoro region) the validation workshops of the Planning and Management Plans for Forest Massifs, Classified Forests and Protected Areas, within the framework of the Degraded Lands Restoration Project (PRTD).

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The provisional reception of the work on upgrading and widening of the access road to Mopti governorate was carried out in Mopti governorate.

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About the MERIT Project

« Strengthening resilience to the effects of climate change »

Co-financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Global Environmental Fund (GEF), the « Multi-Energy for Resilience and Integrated Land Management (MERIT) » project primarily smallholders (farmers, livestock brewers, agro-pastoralists), men, women and young people, considered to be the group most vulnerable to climate change.

The project aims to support resilience and promote the use of renewable energies (dissemination of the greenhouse gas (GHG)-efficient next at the household level but also through land management (access to water groundwater, sustainable management of market gardening).
MERIT will strengthen the climate resilience of ecosystems by promoting low-mission energy sources. It will benefit more than 42,000 households, or about 420,000 indirect benefits in its area of intervention, including at least 50% women and 30% young people.

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Gilbert HOUNGBO

President of IFAD

The objective of the project is to contribute to the improvement of food and nutrition security, the reduction of poverty and the strengthening of the resilience, in particular climate, of the poor rural populations of southern Mali. The development objective is the sustainable improvement of access to renewable energies and self productivity.

Moussa CAMARA

MERIT Project National Coordinator

MERIT targets women, men and young smallholders, who are considered the most vulnerable group to climate change. The setting approach will combine the criteria of vulnerability to climate change at the local level and the eligibility criteria (number of animals, access to water) contained for ASAP/PAMAP to identify the benefits of the biodigesters.

Modibo KEITA

Minister of Rural Development of Mali

The "Multi-Energys for Resilience and Integrated Land Management (MERIT)" project will strengthen the climate resilience of ecosystems by promoting low-mission energy sources. It will benefit more than 42,000 households, or some 420,000 indirect benefits in the project area, including at least 50% women and 30% young people.