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Vulnerability Mapping in Two Tanzanian Water Basins to Improve Water Resources Management

October 8, 2020

Leif Kindberg

John Whiting

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Complex relationships between the climate, population growth, land cover change, and other interactions make decisions on land use planning, water...

Keywords:

adaptation, Climage Risk Management, climate change integration, climate science, development donors, governance, land use, partnership, resilience, Self-reliance, Sustainable Land Management, sustainable landscapes, Training, vulnerability assessment, water

Geography:

Africa

A female farmer kneels in a field of onions.

Ethiopian Cuisine’s Star Ingredient Provides Clues on How to Farm in a Climate-Change Era

February 27, 2020

Agrilinks Team

Blog Post

In Ethiopian cuisine, onion rules. Stews, sauces, and salads all rely on onions as a star ingredient, and market stalls are stacked high with...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, Climate Integration, food security, land use, resilience, Self-reliance

Geography:

Africa

A man and a woman laugh while playing a game.

A Digital Game to Improve How Livestock Index Insurance Promotes Resilience to Drought

January 15, 2020

MRR Innovation Lab

Alex Russell

Blog Post

The game is simple. On a brown digital grassland with a single tree, tiny goats mill back and forth. When you decide how many of those goats to buy...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, land use, resilience

Geography:

Africa

A woman holding a baby stands in an arid background.

Climate Hazards Center Early Estimates and the East Africa March-to-May 2019 Drought

September 5, 2019

Agrilinks Team

Blog Post

This post was written by Laura Harrison, Juliet Way-Henthorne, and Chris Funk with the Climate Hazards Center. The Climate Hazards Center (CHC) has...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, land use, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa

A jeep safari drives away from the camera on a dirt path surrounded by forest.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Land Cover, Land Use Change, and Ecosystems

May 22, 2019

SERVIR Global

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According to the United Nations , close to 1.7 billion people – almost 25% of the world’s population - rely on forests for shelter, livelihoods,...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, climate change integration, ecosystems, evaluation, forest/forestry, land use

Geography:

Asia, Africa

Traditional Tanzanian beehive hanging in tree with woodland landscape in background.

Can conservation organizations leverage the private sector to help reduce deforestation? The case of beekeeping in Tanzania

January 29, 2019

Mark Donahue and David Miller

Blog Post

Conservation organizations have long promoted beekeeping as an activity to sustainably generate incomes and provide incentives to protect ecosystems...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystems, food security, forest/forestry, land use, rural

Geography:

Africa

Forest in Maringa Lopori Wamba Landscape, DRC

The Hunt for Private Sector Approaches to Reduce Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

October 30, 2018

Dr. David Miller

Blog Post

What market system approaches did the ProLand assessment recommend for reducing deforestation and increasing rural incomes at scale in the Democratic...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, forest/forestry, land use, partnership, private-sector engagement, sustainable landscapes

Geography:

Africa

Sacks of charcoal waiting for river transport to Kinshasa

The Hunt for Private Sector Approaches to Reduce Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

October 29, 2018

David Miller

Blog Post

Can USAID work with the private sector to reduce the rate of deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)? Can this be done at a large...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, forest/forestry, land use, sustainable landscapes

Geography:

Africa

While only 5% of Malawi’s rural population use charcoal, it is almost exclusively rural people that produce charcoal illegally from Malawi’s remaining forests to meet the high and growing urban demand.

In Malawi, a Sustainable Landscape Approach Defines a Path to Energy and Livelihood Security

October 17, 2018

Ramzy Kanaan

Gina Althoff

Blog Post

To understand the state of Malawi’s forests, one must account for energy issues in the country. More than 96% of the 18 million people in Malawi use...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, forest/forestry, gender, health, land use, resilience, rural, sustainable landscapes

Geography:

Africa

Marrying Data and Development: How SERVIR Helps Countries Manage Environmental Risks

July 18, 2017

Erin Martin

Blog Post

While emerging scientific evidence suggests that wildfires are on the rise globally, Guatemala’s northern department of Petén, a forest area rich in...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, evaluation, forest/forestry, land use, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa, Global, Latin America & Caribbean

Property Rights and Miracle Trees: Growing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Zambia

March 9, 2017

Stephen Brooks

Blog Post

Joseph Zulu never uses the term “climate-smart agriculture,” even as he proudly points out the fertilizer trees he planted between rows of crops on...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, food security, forest/forestry, land tenure, land use

Geography:

Africa

Swamp reclamation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo funded by USAID.

USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 (Report Launch)

December 29, 2016

Graham Norwood

Blog Post

This blog was originally posted on the Wilson Center's New Security Beat after the report launch of the USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 , co-...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, clean energy, climate change integration, food security, land use, low emission development strategies, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, resilience, sustainable landscapes, urban, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean

Community members in Malawi discuss climate change impacts.

Millions in Africa at Risk of Famine; Climate Change Impacts Thai Fishing Industry

December 1, 2016

Katherine Cunningham

News Summary

The Guardian (11/26) said severe drought has left communities in Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and elsewhere on the brink...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, clean energy, coastal, development donors, disaster, food security, forest/forestry, land use, mitigation, water

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Europe & Eurasia

Christiana Figueres at Bonn Climate Change Conference, May 2016

Christiana Figueres Nominated to Head U.N.; NASA-USAID Launch West Africa Satellite Data Hub

July 14, 2016

Katherine Cunningham

News Summary

The New York Times (7/7) said Christiana Figueres was nominated by Costa Rica to be a candidate for the next U.N. secretary-general, after Ban Ki-...

Keywords:

adaptation, clean energy, climate policy, climate science, forest/forestry, indigenous, land use, mitigation, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), sustainable landscapes, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean

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Vulnerability Mapping in Two Tanzanian Water Basins to Improve Water Resources Management

Ethiopian Cuisine’s Star Ingredient Provides Clues on How to Farm in a Climate-Change Era

A Digital Game to Improve How Livestock Index Insurance Promotes Resilience to Drought

Climate Hazards Center Early Estimates and the East Africa March-to-May 2019 Drought

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Land Cover, Land Use Change, and Ecosystems

Can conservation organizations leverage the private sector to help reduce deforestation? The case of beekeeping in Tanzania

The Hunt for Private Sector Approaches to Reduce Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Hunt for Private Sector Approaches to Reduce Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In Malawi, a Sustainable Landscape Approach Defines a Path to Energy and Livelihood Security

Marrying Data and Development: How SERVIR Helps Countries Manage Environmental Risks

Property Rights and Miracle Trees: Growing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Zambia

USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 (Report Launch)

Millions in Africa at Risk of Famine; Climate Change Impacts Thai Fishing Industry

Christiana Figueres Nominated to Head U.N.; NASA-USAID Launch West Africa Satellite Data Hub

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