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Jeep stuck in mud, Vietnam

Pulling for Forests in Vietnam

March 13, 2020
Jennifer Norfolk
Blog Post
The wheels are spinning, but the vehicle is going nowhere. It’s rainy season in Vietnam, and dirt roads have become rivers of mud. It’s not uncommon...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, ecosystems, forest/forestry, land use, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia
A villager carries mangrove wood along a path.

Saving Mangroves and Protecting People on Sierra Leone’s Coast

March 12, 2020
David Goodman
Blog Post
The tropical air hangs over the Sierra Leonean coastal village of Gbongboma like a moist towel. Musa Lahai sits in an enclave of thatched huts,...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, Climage Risk Management, coastal, disaster risk management, disaster risk reduction, ecosystems, food security, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
A rainstorm moves over the Mara River, Serengeti, Tanzania.

To Improve Water Management, Start Local

July 17, 2019
Owen Scott
Fernanda Zermoglio
Blog Post
Rivers are the world’s main source of clean drinking water, and their economic and environmental value are fundamental to the health of people and...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, resilience, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Workers in a forest gather grass.

New USAID Ecosystem-based Adaptation Evidence Summary and Case Study Series

April 30, 2019
Anila Jacob
Jennifer Kane
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
Finding ways to adapt to the effects of climate change is no longer optional for most communities - it is necessary. The question is, what are the...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, climate change integration, ecosystems, land use, resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Global
Forest cover on a mountain in Southeast Asia.

Mekong, Mumbai, and Beyond: Regionally-Developed Tool Expands to Support Global Forest Monitoring

April 10, 2019
Blog Post
A new land cover tool originally developed for southeast Asia is now being expanded globally. “Land cover mapping in the Lower Mekong has been...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, climate change integration, ecosystems, forest/forestry, indicators, land use, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia
SWP Team Leader Gordon Mumbo stands on a small bridge over a river.

“The River Belongs to the People”

March 28, 2019
Global Waters
Blog Post
Gordon Mumbo grew up in the small village of Kamuga, in Kenya’s Kisumu County. Year after year, he watched as frequent floods from one of Kenya’s...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystems, food security, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Women of Bassoul gather to organize for mangrove monitoring.

Regaining their lost paradise

March 14, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
Since the 1970s, the Sahel region of northern Africa has been experiencing ongoing drought. The ecological, economic and social impacts are far-...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, forest/forestry, gender, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Members of Mbazzi Farmers Group members carry out a monitoring visit in their newly allocated area planted with trees.

Shaking the tree

March 12, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
In the districts of Mpigi, Rakai and Masaka in central Uganda, once-forested landscapes have been degraded by farming and illegal logging. As the...
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Keywords: 
ecosystems, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
A woman stands near young trees in a nursery, Cameroon.

Women gaining ground through reforestation on the Cameroonian coast

March 5, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
Along Cameroon’s equatorial coast, women are planting trees on degraded land, both in the humid terrestrial ecosystems, and the estuarine areas where...
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Keywords: 
coastal, ecosystems, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
View of sky through trees at Maya Biosphere Reserve

Protecting and Using Forests at the Same Time

February 7, 2019
Christne Chumbler
Blog Post
Northern Guatemala, together with neighboring Mexico and Belize, is home to the largest tropical forest north of the Amazon. Like many other tropical...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, ecosystems, forest/forestry, gender, indigenous, land use, resilience, rural, sustainable landscapes, trade
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
Bika Beel wetlands, Bangladesh

Fishing for Change

February 5, 2019
Erin Hughes
Blog Post
“Do your husbands object to your attending class?” “No, no, no,” say the women. “With a show of hands, how many of you are now earning money?” Nearly...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, ecosystems, gender, land use, rural, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia