USAID’s Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience Program was implemented between December 2012 and December 2018. Through the program’s conservation reforms, substantial accomplishments occurred including transformations in how the Philippine government manages forests at both national and local levels.
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How can we use the resources of public-private partnerships to solve youth unemployment and position young people to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – in agriculture, natural resources, tourism, and more?
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How can cities become more nimble in their response to challenges around water services and infrastructure? In this blog post, Kristin Dreiling and Basil Mahayni provide some recommendations around proactive planning, investment, and community engagement.
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Chris Perine is an environmental management specialist with over 25 years of international experience working on climate change mitigation and adaptation, environmental impact assessment, urban environmental infrastructure development and natural resources management. He is currently the…
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Brian App is an international natural resource management specialist with over 20 years of experience working in the climate and environmental sectors. Brian currently serves as a Senior Climate Services Director in Chemonics’ Climate Group where…
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Kule Chitepo, formerly the chief of party on a transboundary cooperation for resilience-building project in Southern Africa, is a leading expert in the development of world-class policy and practice for transformative integrated natural resource management. With…
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USAID’s Coastal City Adaptation Project worked with local communities in Mozambique to restore mangrove trees, which offers a host of benefits to the environment and the economy, while encouraging the use of mobile phones to alert residents of pending disasters.
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Lee Gerston, the manager of the USAID Coastal City Adaptation Project, is in Bonn, Germany this week for the ICLEI Resilient Cities conference. You can follow the action at ICLEI on Twitter at @ICLEI_ResCities using hashtag #resilientcities.
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