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General environmental, demographic & geographic information 

Cote d'Ivoire @ Environmental Performance Index

     · These are just some basic stats on the country based on the environmental performance index.

Cote d'Ivoire @ Nations Encyclopedia  

Cote d'Ivoire @ Land Portal

     · This page gives context to how the land is used in the country and who gets rights to the land.

       Deforestation is a big issue as the majority

       of the land is used for agriculture, specifically for coffee, cocoa, and livestock. Women often are

       excluded from land ownership under the 1998 Rural Land Registration. 

Cote d'Ivoire @ Climate and Clean Air Colalition


Institutions ~ International

Cote d'Ivoire @ Convention on Biological Diversity 

     · This page details basic environmental challenges and facts for the country. 34% of the forests in Cote

       d'Ivoire have been clearcut for timber production and agriculture. It seems that cote d'ivoire is home

       to many monoculture crops such as pineapple, cocoa, coffee, etc. 17% of the country consists of

       protected lands (they also detail conservation challenges and solutions fo the country).

Cote d'Ivoire @ UNEP

Cote d'Ivoire @ World Bank 


Climate change

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) @ UNFCCC NDC Registry

Cote d'Ivoire @ ClimatePromise

Côte d’Ivoire

Also see:

   · Country data sources

     · Africa

Ben Breslow (2024) & Emily McKerrow (2022) of Brandeis University contrbuted to  this page.