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  Seeds of adaptation: climate change, crop diversification, and the role of women farmers

  2015

  Around the world, women farmers are taking a leading role in implementing strategies aimed at crop variety conservation and diversification, with the goal of strengthening local climate change adaptation capacities. That is the message conveyed in this gender brief by the Center for International Forestry Research.
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  Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field

  UN Women, 2015

  The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.
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  Future of reefs in a changing environment: An ecosystem approach to managing Caribbean coral reefs in the face of climate change: Belize country profile

  The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies - University of the West Indies, 2014

  This report provides a summary of governance and livelihoods research conducted as part of the Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE) project.
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  Crop isurance: security for farmers and agricultural stakeholders in the face of seasonal climate variability

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009

  Crop insurance is a risk management tool designed to even out agricultural risks and address the consequences of natural disasters to make losses more bearable, especially to the marginalized farmers. In the Philippines, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) implements and manages the government program on agricultural insurance.
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  Examination of intense climate-related disasters in the Asia-Pacific

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012

  The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatures as recorded in publicly available databases for the world, Asia-Pacific, and the Philippines, the case examined in detail.
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  Deepening regional cooperation for disaster recovery and reconstruction: a proposal for proactive approach to risk financing

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015

  Studies find increasing frequency, intensity, and impacts of natural disasters, especially as they interplay with the negative effects of climate change, environmental degradation, and rapid urbanization. The financial implications could be massive, especially in terms of damages on private assets, public infrastructure and on the productive agents of the economy.
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  Property damage recovery and coping behavior of households affected by an extreme flood event in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015

  This study identifies the factors influencing household choice of coping strategy to an extreme flood event in Marikina City in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, as well as household recovery after the event, measured in terms of the length of time to repair, rebuild, or replace damaged property. A survey of 400 households was conducted to obtain data.
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  Carbon offsets and agricultural livelihoods: lessons learned from a carbon credit project in the transition zone of Ghana

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2012

  This paper focuses on one project in Ghana, and is aimed at understanding how the Vision 2050 Forestry Carbon Credit Project (CCP) interacts with property rights, resource access and livelihoods of smallholders in the Forest-Savanna Transition zone of Ghana. The focus is on the process of project implementation, and the underlying assumptions driving this.
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  Making a participatory video: documenting the challenges of the Blanchisseuse fishing industry

  Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, 2011

  This brief outlines the practical steps taken in prepration and hosting the participatory video at a community workshop to addressa range of issues related to sustainable livelihoods. It outlines how they identified challenges, solutions, documented the issues through storytelling and went on to use the video for advocacy.
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  Integrating climate change into national sustainable development strategies and plans in Latin America and the Caribbean

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2013

  An evaluation of the project, "Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies and Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean" implemented in Grenada, Bolivia and Guatemala.

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