Useful biodiversity programme resources from projects prior to NaturAfrica West Africa

NaturAfrica West Africa builds on the experiences and lessons learned in several previous EU-funded programmes, most notably PAPBio (for the region’s savannah and coastal ecosystems); and PAPFor (for the forest ecosystems).

A selection of final project resources from these programmes have been collected for background information.

For PAPBio, see: https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/news/publications-support-programme-preservation-biodiversity-and-fragile-ecosystems-regional-governance-and-climate-change-west-africa-2018-2024_en

For PAPFor, the programme website [https://papfor.org/] (still online for 2025) presents the unique Guinean forests in storymaps, films, articles and technical publications. A reference work, Rainforests and forest protected areas in West Africa – Current situation and outlook is available here: https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/library/rainforests-and-forest-protected-areas-west-africa-current-situation-and-outlook_en?listing=group_library&refgid=250127