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NOAA Sea Grant Initiates $1.2 Million Community Climate Change Adaptation Initiative
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program has launched a one-time $1.2 million effort to help coastal communities prepare for the impacts of climate change. The initiative is supporting rapid response, community-based, climate adaptation demonstration projects in coastal and Great Lakes states.
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Adaptive Marine Resource Management in Solomon Islands
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-03-15 03:26
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This brief presents a review of lessons learned and good practices in developing management plans within the context of community based resource management (CBRM) in Solomon Islands. The lessons are based on work done by the WorldFish Center, the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Adaptive Marine Resource Management in Solomon Islands
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-03-15 03:18Summary:
This brief presents a review of lessons learned
and good practices in developing management
plans within the context of community based
resource management (CBRM) in Solomon
Islands. The lessons are based on work done by
the WorldFish Center, the Foundation of the
Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)
and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries
and Marine Resources. The document is
intended to complement other initiatives in the
country and through the Solomon Islands
Locally Managed Marine Area Network add to
lessons learned by other organizations in order
to help the people and the government of the
Solomon Islands meet their marine resource
management goals.
WorldFish lessons are a compilation from two
ACIAR funded projects: (1) Improving
sustainability and profitability of village sea
cucumber fisheries in the Solomon Islands; and
(2) Improving resilience and adaptive capacity
of fisheries-dependent communities in Solomon
Islands (the
Adaptation Experience:
Through the 'Resilience' project, WorldFish has adopted the overarching 'Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries' (EAF) management, within which work is structured around a Participatory Diagnosis Adaptive Management (PDAM) framework (Figure 1, Andrew et al., 2007, Evans and Andrew 2009).
Results and Learning:
Key lessons:
- Initiatives in community resource management that develop from genuine requests for participation from entire communities, have realistic expectations, secure stakeholder access to land and sea, and compensate for language barriers can successfully identify risks and threats to communities in order to guide adaptation planning and the assessment of possible supplementary livelihoods.
- Good community management institutions must be created and/or strengthened, provincial and national fishery officers should be brought on board, and research-for-development partnerships should be sealed with formal agreements and facilitated with effective communication.
- Management plans and monitoring methods should be simple and straightforward, tailored to local conditions so that they build on existing community norms and are realistic and sustainable.
- Decision-making tools and skills for adaptive community resource management enhance stakeholder capacity in general, improving community governance, cooperation and cohesion.
Sustainability:
Investment in strengthening management institutions within communities may be necessary. This may include training on tools for adaptive management, or helping community members to clarify local mechanisms for resolving (or preventing) conflicts and misunderstandings. A management institution that can effectively manage their resources and/or solve problems will be stronger for not needing to be dependent on outside institutions, will gain the community's trust and assist in general community governance. This supports the Solomon Islands government's initiative to empower communities to be able to manage their resources effectively with little outside intervention and is envisaged as a mechanism to enable the sustainability of management plans and thus, help improve livelihoods of rural people.
Replication:
Replication was not explicitly discussed, but refer to attached document for further details.
Microinsurance for Disaster Risk Reduction – Course Material
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-02-05 03:43
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Training modules are designed to increase the level of awareness about microinsurance amongst organisations. They emerge from All India Disaster Mitigation Institute's (AIDMI) experience with it's Afat Vimo (disaster insurance) work in India and in the region. This course material is developed with support from ADPC, Proventium Consortium, and UNDP among others.
How to Use this Course Material
The four modules in the knowledge product may be used in isolation as singular training seminars, or alternatively used together within a daylong training session.
Disaster Risk Management Systems Analysis
Submitted by Claudia.Hiepe on Wed, 2009-11-25 20:12
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This Guide provides a set of tools to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district and local institutions with responsibilities for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to improve the effectiveness of DRM systems and the integration of DRM concerns into development planning, with particular reference to disaster-prone areas and vulnerable sectors and population groups.
Adaptation of Pastoral Cattle Farming of Lepsy Local Community to the Climate Change
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Farmer of Kazakhstan Foundation, ARAI Youth Center NGO; Akim and Lepsy Forestry Management DepartmentsSummary:
Background
Project Components:
The UNDP CBA project is directed on the prevention of adverse consequences of climate change at the sand pasture ecosystems through:
- 1.) the restoration of the traditional pastoral management as the method to adapt to climate change; and
- 2.)the capacity-building of the local community to adapt to climate change.
Expected Outputs:
Outputs include: 1.) the repair of seven (7) waterpoints in the medium distance pastures, using the traditional Kazakh technique "Asar'; 2.) implementation of remote-grazing practices to reduce near-village overgrazing and rotation of seasonal pasture observed; 3.) improved access of the community to watering sites and forage resources; 3.) strengthening capacity of the community on addressing projected climate change risks through training and education; 4.) reduction of climate change pressures on decreasingly resilient waterpoints; 5.) Improvement of pasture management practices by taking climate change factors into account; 6.) dissemination of lessons learned from project implementation to government policy and global learning.
Contacts:
CBA Project Management Unit:
Charles Nyandiga at charles.nyandiga@undp.org
Anna Lisa Jose at annalisa.jose@undpaffiliates.org
220 East 42nd St, 21st Floor
NY, NY 10017
646-781-4402- Ms. Katerina Yushenko
- National Coordinator UNDP Small Grants Programme
- 7-3272 582646 / 582643
- katerina.yushenko@undp.org
Project Status:
Completed; September 2011Primary Beneficiaries:
Farmer of Kazakhstan Foundation for the local community of Lepsy
Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) Handbook
Submitted by andrea on Sat, 2009-06-27 01:54Summary:
Background
The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) methodology helps us to understand the implications of climate change for the lives and livelihoods of the people we serve. By combining local knowledge with scientific climate information, the process builds people’s understanding about climate risks and adaptation strategies. It provides a framework for dialogue within communities, as well as between communities and other stakeholders.
