Community-based ecological mangrove restoration in action. Copyright Dominic Wodehouse.
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Community awareness, participation and stewardship
Historical and ecological background information collection
Site suitability assessment
Customized mangrove restoration
Long-term monitoring
Community members move mangrove seedlings into a degraded forest, where they will plant them
©Marco Quesada / Conservation International
Science-based design
Active stakeholders across levels
Informing policy processes
Students participating in tree plating excercise
SACDEP
Re-discovering Land Productivity
Benefit Sharing for Ecosystems Conservation
Spray dredging applying a thin layer slurry of dredged material to the marsh
Mark A Ford, National Park Service, US
Filling old canals
Thin Layered Marsh Nourishment
Using Controlled River Diversions for Restoration
Barrier Island Restoration for Disaster Risk Reduction
Fishers representatives at a MIHARI forum
MIHARI
Trustful relationship with the government
Implementation of the network structure
Fishers' leadership enhanced
Community event
(C) Arber Xhaferaj
Community and CSO Training program
Small Grant program
Project implementation team in Lake Nakuru NP
Engaging diverse partners to address climate change impacts
Engaging citizens to control the spread of invasive species
Restoration of degraded habitats
Enhancing water availability to reduce conflict
Formal and informal training for adaptation
Aerial view of Ribeirão Quilombo
Consórcio Intermunicipal das Bacias Hidrográficas dos Rios Piracicaba, Capivari e Jundiaí
Diagnosis and action plan
Awareness and formation of a revitalization group
Meandering Jordan River
Bottom Up - Grassroot initiative
Top Down - National and International initiative
The project demonstrates the benefit of nature-based solutions in the watershed.
Johnson Zhang
The fund invests in upstream catchment management to increase downstream water security
Roshni Lodhia, The Nature Conservancy
Volunteers install native plants around the Spring Creek reservoir on a planting and learn-how-to-row day.
Tobias Wehr-Candler
Living Seawalls provides a solution to increasing the ecological value of artificial structures in the marine environment.
Living Seawalls
The Miyun Reservoir Watershed, located between Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, supplies drinking water to over 11 million people in Beijing
Johnson Zhang
Reforestación riparia
Pronatura México, A.C
Fortalecimiento institucional y gobernanza de los bienes naturales
Desarrollo de capacidades para la movilización y empoderamiento de grupos vulnerables
Adaptación basada en ecosistemas (AbE), con enfoque de medios de vida sostenibles
Monitoreo ciudadano
Gestión del conocimiento y Adaptación al cambio climático