Climatelinks Photo Gallery

Fradian Murray, a research assistant, assesses a cassava trial plot in Saint Thomas, Jamaica. Through the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change project, Fradian is helping smallholder farmers, including women, sell their cassava crop to the Jamaican beer company Red Stripe and secure better livelihoods and futures in the face of mounting climate risks.

A women's farmers group helps one of their own build a living fence along the perimeter of her property in Senegal. The group of 25 women support one another by lending a hand in the field and through their village savings and loan club.

Dried up lake in the Bolivian salt flats.

Costa Rica, November 2014. The fertile fields of Costa Rica as seen from the slopes of Irazú volcano. Costa Rica's government acknowledges the importance of environmental sustainability, and has created many programs to incentivize good practices by the agriculture and infrastructure sectors, among others. 

The world needs more trees. In a recent study published in the journal Science, researchers at ETH Zurich concluded that the planet could support nearly 2.5 billion additional acres of forest without shrinking our cities and farms. Those additional trees could store 200 gigatons of carbon. Within the framework of the “Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets” financed by USAID and implemented by Rainforest Alliance in Mexico, we strengthen resilient, sustainable farm and forestland management of coffee producers in Chiapas. One of the main goals with our partner Olam is to reforest 4,000 hectares around coffee farms in Chiapas in order to preserve the region’s natural resources and strengthen the forestal management in coffee producers. Monte Sinai, Chiapas, 2019. Project: The Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets

The Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are vulnerable to typhoons, floods, droughts and tsunamis. The Enhanced Preparedness for Effective Response (EPER) program, funded by USAID, supports FSM and RMI’s resilience through capacity development and local ownership in disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management.

As part of this program, IOM designed tabletop exercises to test and improve the capacity of stakeholders to prepare for and respond to disasters. In this photo, two members of the Disaster Coordination Office participate in a tabletop exercise hosted by Chuuk State in Weno between the 16th and 18th of July 2019. The photo was taken by IOM’s Lee Arkhie Perez on the first day of the activity.

Place: Oaxaca
2019

Project: The Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets

The alliance for sustainable landscapes and markets integrates communities, producers, markets and consumers, in order to make impactful changes that attend environmental and social issues.

We link sustainable producers with responsible markets that care about bringing to the final consumer quality products that don’t deforest or degrade forests, generating the capture and storage of CO2 and improving the livelihoods of the forest’s inhabitants in Mexico.

We are working with coffee producers in Oaxaca and Chiapas to strengthen their capacities in climate smart agriculture. Also we are working to increase their profitability and the competitiveness in the market by strengthening the producers entrepreneurial capacities, promoting the inclusion of women and young generations in the value chains.

San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2019.

Project: Alliance for sustainable landscapes and markets

In the alliance for sustainable landscapes and markets, supported by USAID and implemented by Rainforest Alliance in Mexico, we are working with coffee producers in Oaxaca and Chiapas to reforest and restore their landscapes.

The State Coordinator of Coffee Producers in Oaxaca (CEPCO) is one of our partners in the alliance. With them, we seek to generate resilient practices that overcome extreme weather and shocks by introducing new coffee species and planting multi species gardens, in order to create a more competitive product for the global market.

With climate smart agriculture implementation, coffee producers are able to strengthen their practices and restore their landscapes by planting more trees to give shadow and nurture their crops and protecting all the biodiversity that the forest inhabit like this beautiful cheeky kinkajou (Potos flavus) in Oaxaca.

Go green! Looping plastic recycling in Uzbekistan (#4 out of 5)

URGUT Free Economic Zone, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan
A series of photos illustrates the whole process starting from plastic assembling to manufacturing high-quality carpets within URGUT Free Economic Zone in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. A textile joint venture created in partnership with the Turkish brand helps to create more than 150 jobs Benefitting from a special tax regime and custom preferences, the company became competitive to fill import and export needs.

USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia works with free economic zones across the region. The overall goal is to facilitate trade and employment in horticulture, tourism, transport and logistics across the five Central Asian economies. By incentivizing firms to become more regionally competitive and by addressing cross-border impediments to trade, USAID helps to develop a more diverse and competitive private sector and generate export-driven growth.

Go green! Looping plastic recycling in Uzbekistan

Photo Credit: Assel Choibekova, USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia

URGUT Free Economic Zone, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan, 2017
A series of photos illustrates the whole process starting from plastic assembling to manufacturing high-quality carpets within URGUT Free Economic Zone in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. A textile joint venture created in partnership with the Turkish brand helps to create more than 150 jobs. Benefiting from a special tax regime and custom preferences, the company became competitive to fill import and export needs.

USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia works with free economic zones across the region. The overall goal is to facilitate trade and employment in horticulture, tourism, transport and logistics across the five Central Asian economies. By incentivizing firms to become more regionally competitive and by addressing cross-border impediments to trade, USAID helps to develop a more diverse and competitive private sector and generate export-driven growth.

Go green! Looping plastic recycling in Uzbekistan (#3 out of 5)

URGUT Free Economic Zone, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan
A series of photos illustrates the whole process starting from plastic assembling to manufacturing high-quality carpets within URGUT Free Economic Zone in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. A textile joint venture created in partnership with the Turkish brand helps to create more than 150 jobs Benefitting from a special tax regime and custom preferences, the company became competitive to fill import and export needs.

USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia works with free economic zones across the region. The overall goal is to facilitate trade and employment in horticulture, tourism, transport and logistics across the five Central Asian economies. By incentivizing firms to become more regionally competitive and by addressing cross-border impediments to trade, USAID helps to develop a more diverse and competitive private sector and generate export-driven growth.

Go green! Looping plastic recycling in Uzbekistan (#5 out of 5)

URGUT Free Economic Zone, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan
A series of photos illustrates the whole process starting from plastic assembling to manufacturing high-quality carpets within URGUT Free Economic Zone in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. A textile joint venture created in partnership with the Turkish brand helps to create more than 150 jobs Benefitting from a special tax regime and custom preferences, the company became competitive to fill import and export needs.

USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia works with free economic zones across the region. The overall goal is to facilitate trade and employment in horticulture, tourism, transport and logistics across the five Central Asian economies. By incentivizing firms to become more regionally competitive and by addressing cross-border impediments to trade, USAID helps to develop a more diverse and competitive private sector and generate export-driven growth.

Nairobi, 2018

Seedball germination - young acacia tree seedlings coming up strongly in an old charcoal making burn site near the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Southern Kenya.

Repairing and restoring the dry rangelands in Kenya is key to helping insulate these precious ecosystems from the worst effects of climate change.

Reducing the cost of doing it is a huge bonus!

Go green! Looping plastic recycling in Uzbekistan (#2 out of 5)

URGUT Free Economic Zone, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan
A series of photos illustrates the whole process starting from plastic assembling to manufacturing high-quality carpets within URGUT Free Economic Zone in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. A textile joint venture created in partnership with the Turkish brand helps to create more than 150 jobs Benefitting from a special tax regime and custom preferences, the company became competitive to fill import and export needs.

USAID Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs Activity in Central Asia works with free economic zones across the region. The overall goal is to facilitate trade and employment in horticulture, tourism, transport and logistics across the five Central Asian economies. By incentivizing firms to become more regionally competitive and by addressing cross-border impediments to trade, USAID helps to develop a more diverse and competitive private sector and generate export-driven growth.