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Nigeria: UN Agency Says Combating Desertification is a Must
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Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Mr. Luc Gnacadja, said it is imperative for all nations in the world to intensify efforts in combating desertification.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: Planning Scenarios Help West African Fisheries Adapt to Climate Change
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World Fish Center
PRESS RELEASE
WorldFish Center, a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), hosted a workshop on "Envisioning 2050: Climate Change, Aquaculture and Fisheries in West Africa," in Dakar, Senegal, from 14-16 April 2010, with attendance by experts from Ghana, Mauritania and Senegal.
In response to the impact of climate change on fisheries resources, the group agreed on the need for coupled cli
Participatory Learning and Action: Community-based adaptation to climate change
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Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) – formerly PLA Notes and RRA Notes – is published twice a year. Established in 1987, it enables practitioners of participatory methodologies from around the world to share their field experiences, conceptual reflections, and methodological innovations. The series is informal and seeks to publish frank accounts, address issues of practical and immediate value, encourage innovation, and act as a ‘voice from the field’.
Adaptation to Climate Change - Responding to Shoreline Change in its Human Dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal Area Management (ACCC)
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, UNESCO/IOC, National Environmental Agency (NEA)Summary:
Funded by the Strategic Priority on Adaptation, this pilot project focuses on implementing measures to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities to the impacts of climate change on coastal resources. A multi-agency Project Team will implement this pilot project in Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, and Cape Verde over a duration of 4 years. The experience of UNDP, in close collaboration with UNESCO/IOC, will guide the implementation of this project through a set of nationally and regionally executed activities.
Project Components:
- Component 1: Implemented pilot activities to increase the adaptive capacity of coastal communities in the participating countries.
- Component 2: Mainstreaming of adaptation into policies and programmes.
- Component 3. Building to increase the ability to plan for and respond to climate and coastal change.
Expected Outputs:
- Number of newly constructed, rehabilitated coastal protective (soft and hard) systems. This includes for example, new number of developments with new materials/methods, set-back of new developments.
- Length of coast protected, reduction in erosion rates, sediment loads, number of channels constructed, plant coverage in pilot sites (in HA), reduction in forest clearance in pilot sites, number and extent of fire belts, increase in forest cover.
- Perceptions of efficacy and relevance of project outcomes, increases in household income, number and area extent of community conservation projects, number of households using new sources, wood consumption, number of stakeholder exchanges on climate change and coastal management.
- At least 25 information nodes (climate change and coastal management task force members, project staff, community members)
- Area coverage of coastal management systems, river and basin management schemes, number of plans addressing sea level rise (and climate change), number of policies & programmes amended to address adaptation, and number of bilateral and multilateral adaptation relevant agreements
- Number of new sand mining sites per year (before and after project)
- Participation of governmental and private sector participants in workshops, number trained community members in management of coastal resources in the context of climate change and anthropogenic impacts
- Awareness of results of monitoring (number of media announcements on climate change and impacts on coastal regions and sea level rise)
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UNDP Program Officer
- Mr Almamy Camara
- Programme Analyst
Project Status:
Under Implementation
