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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Climatelinks Photo Contest!

The 2021 Climatelinks photo contest was a huge success! We received more than 100 stunning submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 22 countries.
  • Steve Hardeman
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Climate Smart Agriculture for a Food Secure Future

The U.S. Government’s Feed the Future program is making climate change a central objective of their strategy. Global food security is under stress from increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, dr...
  • Tedi Rabold
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A New Wave of Private Investment for Climate Solutions

With the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) portfolio of climate change programs, partnerships, and expertise around the globe, the Agency is positioned to answer the global call to a...
  • Sashi Jayatileke

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New “Resilient West Africa” Magazine Highlights Conservation Efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Deforestation, forest degradation, poaching, and environmental problems caused by climate change pose serious threats to many of West Africa’s already fragile ecosystems, including the region’s biodiversity-rich forests. Award-winning international journalist David Goodman learned about the severity of these threats as he traveled to the countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia to document the work of the USAID-funded West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) Program.
  • West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change program
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Partnering Locally is Key to Long-Term Protection of Liberia’s Forest Resources

Nearly two-thirds of what remains of West Africa’s rainforests are in Liberia. But will that always be the case? Deforestation at the hands of humans once posed the biggest threat. Now climate change is exacerbating the challenge to protect forests and biodiversity. As chief of party of the USAID-funded Forest Incomes for Environmental Sustainability (FIFES) Activity, I’ve seen how our activity, implemented by ACDI/VOCA, is succeeding in this fight to protect forests and forest-dependent communities.
  • Glenn Lines