CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain
In the rural village of Amphoe Khlong Khuean in Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand, small-scale farmers living in wetland areas along Bang Pakong River met with 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 staff and partners to discuss the impacts of climate change and development on local livelihoods.聽 Using a series of鈥
In Iranawila village in Puttalam, a district situated on the west coast of Sri Lanka, 90% of the population relies on fishing for their livelihoods. In the past decade, villagers have been cutting and selling mangroves trees for the construction of dwellings, for firewood and for making鈥
Clean air and food on the table. For World Mangroves Day, we're highlighting the ways mangroves offer sustainable solutions to those communities whose livelihoods depend on the resources provided by a resilient coast.
July 26, 2017 鈥 The world is losing its mangrove forests at an alarming rate. Scientists estimate that 50 percent of our mangroves have disappeared during the last five decades. And every year we lose roughly another 1 percent. At this rate all unprotected mangroves could disappear in the next鈥
Women and men in coastal communities are often closely connected to their coastal ecosystems and gender roles are often traditionally identified and clearly divided. Women and men differ in how they interact and depend upon mangroves 鈥 how they use the ecosystem, which mangrove products they鈥
From 2013 to 2016, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and the Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) implemented an EU project to strengthen community fisheries and improve the livelihoods in three target sites in the Tonle Sap: Kampong Phluk, Boeung Chhmar, and Phlov Touk.
The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播-Marriott Partnership Project has won 鈥淏est CSR - Social Impact Partnership鈥 at the 2017 Rockefeller Social Impact Awards, curated by The Resource Alliance.
Driving along the winding hill roads of the Indian state of Uttarakhand from Dehra Dun to Pithoragarh, one cannot fail to be impressed by the magnificent Himalayan scenery. The forests and mountains of the Himalayas have been tremendous assets to Uttarakhand, shaping the daily life and鈥
Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Community (EPIC), funded by the German government鈥檚 BMU鈥檚 International Climate Initiative (ICI), aims to document the role of 鈥 and improve 鈥 ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction聽(DRR). This concept is also referred to as Ecosystem-based鈥