Project Description
Climate Change, Livelihoods, Natural Resources Management
Based on lessons learned, this working group promotes concepts that foster the improvement of livelihoods while conserving natural resources in the context of climate change.
It supports the exchange of results and experiences between projects or programmes and develops innovative products to contribute to knowledge management and more efficient implementation of projects and programmes.
The working group believes that a well governed and responsible management of natural resources is the foundation of sustainable development in rural areas. The impacts and risks of climate change on livelihoods and natural resources are taken into account, especially through concepts such as ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation.
Work streams
- Wildlife crime – anti-poaching
- Environmental education
- Digitalization
- Biodiversity and human rights
- Climate risks analysis
- Monitoring and Evaluation and data collection for climate change
- Agriculture in fragile rural areas
- Valuation of ecosystem services (ESS) – “green value” and ESS for/in rural development
- Land tenure – access to land – identity linked to land
- Cross-continental comparison of conducive frameworks for dry valley rehabilitation
- Biodiversity based value-chains – sustainability standards – ABS / benefit-sharing mechanisms for biodiversity conservation