Our projects, which result from the implementation of our programs, themselves areas of our strategic plan are diverse and refer to hot topics of the day.

Study of the potential or real impacts of oil and gas exploitation on the world of fishing and consumers along the coast and other water bodies in West Africa

Financed by Milieudefensie, Friends of the Earth-Togo coordinated a study on the exploitation of oil in west Africa. This project was initiated with regard to the environmental and socio-economic challenges posed by the exploitation of oil in the world.

Organization of regional fora on the just energy transition

Energy transition is an ecological objective that consists of a change in the energy system towards a new energy system based on renewable resources. It consists mainly to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in a large part of human activities such as industry, transportation, lighting, building, land use and allocation, etc.

Organization of the Farmers' Social Forum

On November 26 and 27, 2019, the first edition of the peasant social forum was held in Lomé (Tokoin Césal). A forum co-organized by Friends of the Earth-Togo and the Togolese Convergence of Land and Water Struggles.
The two days of this forum saw panel discussions which focused on:

  • - The economic, socio-cultural rights of peasants, in the light of Togolese agricultural policy, national and international legal instruments: strengths and weaknesses.
  • - Togolese farmers, authors and actors of their development: what alternatives, challenges and perspectives?
  • - Agro-ecology and food sovereignty in the face of the challenges of global warming: women in heart of family farming.

Organization of the West African skills-sharing workshop on the conservation and restoration of gender-responsive community forests and bioenergy strategy meeting

Friends of the Earth-Togo organized in partnership with the Global Forest Coalition from 18 to 21 March 2019 at the spiritual center of cannosiennes of Lomé, a skills-sharing workshop on the conservation and restoration of community forests gender-sensitive, and a strategic meeting on bioenergy which brought together 33 participants from 6 different African countries. Participants came from civil society organizations and forest communities.

Organization of the campaign against economic partnership agreements in Togo and West Africa

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and West Africa (WA) propose to abolish/modify trade relations current preferences granted to West Africa. This could therefore be detrimental to the livelihoods of millions of people in the region. Friends of the Earth Togo has decided to coordinate its efforts with those of other members of the Friends of the Earth-Africa Network to strengthen the capacities of the civil society in West Africa to help stop EPAs and advocate for fairer trade policy for Africa.

Project “No to mercury dentistry in Togo”

Friends of the Earth-Togo received, on April 30, 2019, support from the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, financial support for:

  • - Advocate for the tax exemption of mercury-free substitute materials
  • - Encourage universities to develop partnerships to modify curricula for mercury-free options in dental practice;
  • - Undertake initiatives to encourage the implementation of the provisions of the Minamata Convention on the progressive reduction dental amalgams.

Mobilization for the regulation of lead paint in Togo

Friends of the Earth Togo is working for the adoption by the Government of a regulation on lead in painting in Togo This is how she took part in the 7th annual International Week of prevention of lead poisoning.
The organization marked this week of action by organizing a conference-debate on the prevention lead poisoning in paint, October 31, 2019 in the conference room of the Ministry environment, sustainable development and nature protection. This conference-debate opened by the Director of the Environment representing the Minister responsible for the environment.

Capacity building of Togolese producers on the devastating effects of agricultural chemical inputs and mobilization in favor of ecological alternatives

Initiated by the Pan-African Alliance for Climate Justice, Togolese branch, (PACJA-Togo) and the NGO Friends of the Earth-Togo, it was held, on April 24, 2019, in Danyi-Atigba, a training workshop on the theme mentioned above.

TIMBY : This is my backyard

TIMBY is a mobile reporting application for the protection of the environment. As such, it has been used for some time by Les Amis de la Terre-Togo for the conservation of biodiversity.
Indeed, the Togodo Sud wildlife reserve, with a current area of ​​15,000 ha, is one of the 10 priority protected areas of the country. This park, which is a Ramsar site, has a level of diversity biologically high and home to endemic species. Our organization, in collaboration with the Village Associations for the Management of Protected Areas (AVGAP) and the Union of Village Associations Management of Protected Areas (UAVGAP), carried out in 2008, a beekeeping project coupled with an activity reforestation in the 8 surrounding villages, before an extension of activities in 2012. Nevertheless, the incidence of poverty has led to strong anthropogenic pressures from local populations of the park. These human activities contrary to the sustainable management of resources call for a change of behavior.
The purpose of using the TIMBY application is to alert Friends of the Earth-Togo to the illegal actions that take place in the park.
The reports produced by Friends of the Earth Togo can be consulted by clicking on the following address: https://adtinvestigations.timby.org/