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Building resilience to climate change through theatre

20. December 2021 In Ndavaya ward, Kwale County, decades of environmental destruction and increasing incidences of drought are threatening many people’s lives; the lands are…

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Climate-Smart Agriculture for Ethnic Minorities in Central Viet Nam

A Luoi is one of two mountainous areas of Thừa Thiên-Huế province in Central Vietnam. Given the forest degradation, the barren hills, and steep slopes, the area is vulnerable to climate change with…

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Risk Management in Laikipia and Nyandarua

This IKI Small Grants project addresses climate resilient water management and climate resilient agricultural practices. Thereby it supports smallholder farmers in adapting to the negative impacts of…

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Advancing Community Rights in Malaysia’s Biodiversity and Climate Change Policies

Although indigenous customary land rights are recognised in Malaysia, the state often limits them as a form of user rights and unilaterally determines their boundaries, without the issuance of…

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Holistic Management for Recovery of Degraded Soils in Bolivian Grazing Grasslands

In the Bolivian altiplano there are thousands of hectares of degraded grasslands with more than 50 per cent bare soils, mainly caused by poor grazing management. These areas can be rehabilitated to…

A local villager in Benin stands in a green field, inspecting the crops.

New Approaches for Climate and Biodiversity Action in Benin

With support from Germany’s International Climate Initiative, Benin’s National Fund for Environment and Climate (FNEC) established an initiative to finance climate and biodiversity action projects…

The local communities learned to turn the 1,500 tonnes of cleared biomass into over 130 tonnes of compost. © GIZ/Katha

Managing Invasive Species in Community Forests in Nepal

ForestAction Nepal implemented a two-year project, supported by IKI Small Grants, to restore degraded forests and conserve biodiversity in Barandabhar biological forest, a vital native woodland.…

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!Khwa ttu – Conserving Biological Diversity

The buffer zone of South Africa’s West Coast National Park is home to a globally unique but endangered biodiversity. To address habitat loss in the fragmented region, this IKI Small Grants project…

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Community-Based Monitoring of Biodiversity and Forests of Vanuatu

Vanuatu, an island state in the South Pacific, is one of the regions most affected by climate change in the world. Effective management of Community Conservation Areas has been identified as pivotal…

On this photo you can see a winnowing ceremony. The practitioners leave behind dusty puffs of grain.

Strengthening Women Seed Custodians in Community Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change

Weather extremes, soil erosion, seed loss, and biodiversity depletion increase the vulnerability of communities in Bikita district in the Masvingo Province. The goal of the IKI Small Grants project…

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Building Resilience through Permaculture in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, agriculture is predominantly based on the Slash-and-burn principle, which leads to a loss of (forest) vegetation and soil fertility. It also contributes significantly to greenhouse…

Beneficiary farmers preparing to plant tree seedlings in one of the communal areas offered by the Chebara ATC in Elgeyo Marakwet

Implementing Silvopastoral Systems in the North Rift

The livelihoods of pastoral and agropastoral communities living in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya is significantly threatened by the adverse effects of climate change. Severe droughts and other…

ICT4resilience To Climate Change in Gran Chaco

In the Gran Chaco region, high deforestation rates and the effects of climate change are increasingly challenging the livelihoods of the 7.5 million inhabitants. Smallholder farmers are threatened by…

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Sustainably Scaling Solar Irrigation in East India

Despite the fact that solar water pumping systems have been promoted in India for over 2 decades their current share in agricultural production is only about 0.5-1%. The current use of mainly…

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