Mauritania has established a Strategic Investment Program (SIP), through the support of the TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund. The SIP is an umbrella investment vehicle that purposes to scale up SLWM practices in line with the TerrAfrica approach. Resulting from establishment of the SIP, the Mauritania Drylands Project was established to contribute to the country’s Inclusive Green Growth Strategy and build on the lessons from the Community Based Watershed Management Project. The Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP) is also in the process of supporting Mauritania’s Sustainable land and Water Management (SLWM) initiatives with US$5.2 Million, particularly focussing on mitigation and adaptation efforts under the Drylands project

With the support of the TerrAfrica partners, Mauritania has also been able to implement its Promoting Sustainable Land Management in the Oasis Ecosystems of Mauritania project which has received USD4.19 million. A regional SLWM Knowledge Base has been generated and disseminated. It contains tools, documents, and practical information to assist in SLWM upscaling at national, regional and continental level. This has led to creation of a country specific SLWM information system

Media practitioners from Mauritania were trained on how to communicate Sustainable Land Water Management (SLWM) issues and facilitate information flow between TerrAfrica Secretariat, Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)