They also experiment with activity diversification in order to secure their income. In the lake Faguibine area of Northern Mali, for example, reduced water levels mean that traditionally dominant water-dependent activities are less relevant for women's livelihoods. For this reason, they are moving into new economic activities based on forest resources in the former lake area, like charcoal production (Djoudi and Brockhaus, 2011). In the Sahel alone, more than 800 species of edible wild plants have been catalogued to date, (UNEP, n.d.).