Outcome and impact: The Mauritanian government has transferred
the natural resource management to 24 groups, who are empowered
to manage 6,315 km² in the Guidimakha and 4,201 km² in the Hodh El
Gharbi regions. Most of them cover the costs of the supervisory from
their receipts (user fees and penalties) and three non-timber forest
products of particular importance for women were developed using
special arrangements (arabic gum, barnacles, baobab).