Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Author: Pascal Girot
Presented by Pascal Girot, Senior Climate Change Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean for CARE International's--Poverty, Environment and Climate Change Network (PECCN).Mr. Girot discussed two key vulnerability assessment tools…
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Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Author: James Watson, Ph.D.
James Watson, the Director of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at the Wildlife Conservation Society, presented an overview of the adaptation work undertaken my members of the ABCG working group…
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Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Author: Charles Nyandiga, Ph.D.
Charles Nyandiga, UNDP-GEFs community based adaptation (CBA) coordinator, gave an overview of UNDPs CBA program, and specifically highlighted subsistence farming communities in Namibia. The presentation looked at climate change risk…
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Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Author: Roger-Mark De Souza
Human population dynamics, including densities, distribution, livelihoods, migrations, and health/mortality, all have implications and linkages to climate change. This presentation by Roger-Mark De Souza, Population Action International, brings to light…
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Publication Date: July 17, 2012
Author: Julie Ghrist
Amy Clanin and Valerie Akuredusenge discussed the Art of Conservation's (AoC) year-long conservation and health education program for students attending primary schools bordering the park. This innovative and comprehensive program…
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Publication Date: July 17, 2012
Author: David Bonnardeaux
Colleen Vollberg and Janet Edmond presented the findings of a recent paper (authored by David Bonnardeaux) examining the evidence base for how implementers have integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)…
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Publication Date: June 13, 2012
Author: Jefferson Scott Hall, Ph.D.
Jefferson and his colleagues have been investigating the ecosystems services provided by tropical forests within the Panama Canal watershed and how they change with land use and climate change. His…
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Publication Date: June 8, 2012
Author: Andimile Martin
Mr. Andimile discussed an alternative protein and awareness intervention initiative in the Katavi-Rukwa Ecosystem. The project aims to vaccinate chicken against Newcastle disease, which causes reliance on bushmeat as a…
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Publication Date: June 8, 2012
Author: Craig Leggett
Craig's presentation reports on the acceptance of and the potential for holistic planned grazing in five community-based wildlife conservancies in Northern Kenya, including: How this helps preserve critical wildlife habitat;…
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Publication Date: June 7, 2012
Author: Andimile Martin
Mr. Andimile discussed an alternative protein and awareness intervention initiative in the Katavi-Rukwa Ecosystem. The project aims to vaccinate chicken against Newcastle disease, which causes reliance on bushmeat as a…
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