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Revitalizing Demak’s coasts through community action and local government support
Wedung Village, Demak, Central Java 28 Sep 2015
Country: Indonesia
Topic: Community Resilence, Knowledge management and communications
Wedung is one of the villages experiencing the effects of mangrove area conversion into hectares of fishponds. But villagers in the area are keen to stop further coastal ecosystem degradation in their village.
Building resilience must be a priority in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand 24 Aug 2015
Country: Asia Region
Topic: Community Resilence
Building resilience should be a key priority in Asia and the region must look toward ensuring the health of nature in order to secure the future of its people, IUCN said at the conclusion of the organization’s 6th Asia Regional Conservation Forum hel...
Addressing women's 'double burden' with alternative fuel sources
Mirpur Sakro, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan 02 Jul 2015
Country: Pakistan
Topic: Community Resilence, Gender equality
As a result of the degradation of surrounding lands, the villagers of Mirpur Sakro resort to the cutting of mangroves as a source of fuel wood. A disproportionate level of responsibility is placed on the women of the village to travel vast distances ...
Reducing the 'invisible work load' by access to safe drinking water
Kultoli village, Munshiganj, Shyamnagar, Satkhira, Bangladesh 02 Jul 2015
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Community Resilence, Gender equality
An increase in shrimp farming and high levels of salinity in the Chuna River are the prime causes of a scarcity of fresh water for consumption in Kultoli village, Shyamnagar, Bangladesh. Existing freshwater ponds had become shallow and salinity had i...
Shrimp Farming: Problem or Solution?
Tra Vinh, Viet Nam 15 Jun 2015
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence
In Viet Nam's Tra Vinh Province, located in the Mekong Delta, poly-culture methods are helping mangroves make a come-back.
A model shrimp farm in the Mekong Delta
Tra Vinh, Viet Nam 12 Jun 2015
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence
Bui Thanh Cong took up shrimp farming after his retirement. The move was not unusual. In the past decade, many people from his province of Tra Vinh have begun taking up shrimp farming, Viet Nam’s newest cash cow.
Building opportunities for fisher-women in Tamil Nadu: the power of micro-financing
Ramnathapuram, Tamil Nadu 23 Mar 2015
Country: India
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence, Gender equality ...
Up to 87% of the poorest households in India do not have access to credit; 380 million are in need of microfinance services. Unequal education opportunities and access to business prospects has resulted in stunted economic security, particularly amon...
VIETGAP: better livelihoods and a clearer environment
Ha Noi, Viet Nam 20 Jan 2015
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods
Tran Van Van, his wife Nguyen Thi Hong, and their two children live in Kim Trung Commune, Ninh Binh Province where they farm white leg shrimp in 3.5 hectares of pond. Two years ago, after frequent disease outbreaks, they defaulted on a 16 million don...
Helping protect Praslin Island's fish resources
Praslin, Seychelles 01 Dec 2014
Country: Seychelles
Topic: Community Resilence
Praslin is the second largest inhabited island in the Seychelles archipelago. A large portion of the fish catch of Praslin comes from the artisanal trap fishery that mainly targets rabbitfish (Siganidae) and parrotfish (Scaridae). Rabbitfish is parti...
কৃষকেরা প্রদর্শন করলেন লবণাক্ততা বৃদ্ধির সাথে অভিযোজনের কৌশল
শ্যামনগর, সাতক্ষীরা, বাংলাদেশ। 20 Nov 2014
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Community Resilence
জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এর সাথে টিকে থাকার কৌশল অবলম্বন করে কৃষকের উদ্ভাবনী নিয়ে বেসরকারি সংস্থা লিডার্স, বুড়িগোয়ালিনী ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ ও তিনটি কৃষক সংগঠনের আয়োজনে ২০ নভেম্বর দিনব্যাপী কৃষি উদ্ভাবনী মেলা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে সাতক্ষীরার শ্যামনগর উপজেলার বুড়িগোয়ালীনি ইউ...