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Increased food security in Haiti
15/12/2022 - This case study highlights Eco-DRR interventions in Haiti focused on ecosystem restoration and protection in 3 municipalities: Chardonnieres, Les Anglais, and Tiburon in the South district of Haiti. The key risks being addressed within this context are fooding, landslides and food insecurity.
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Inclusive risk governance in Ethiopia
12/12/2022 - This new case study provides highlights of the Eco-DRR interventions in Ethiopia, focusing on ecosystem restoration and protection in the Fafan and Liben Zones of the Somali Region.
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Protected wetlands in India
09/12/2022 - A new case study highlights Eco-DRR interventions in India, focussing on integrating Eco-DRR measures on improved water management into local development plans, through capacity-strengthening and participation of communities and (local) governments.
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Community based peatland management Indonesia
06/12/2022 - PfR and UN-Environment worked together on an Eco-DRR project in South Tapanuli District in Northern Sumatera, supporting local communities to reduce the risk of peat fires. In this case study it is described how the community restores the degraded peatlands.
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Upscaling Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) in Uganda
01/12/2022 - This case study published by UNEP presents the Eco-DRR project implemented with PfR in Otuke, Alebtong, Abim, Agogo, and Kotido Districts in Northern Uganda. The project seeks to scale up Integrated Risk Management (IRM) and inclusive risk governance through improved catchment-based water resources management that is risk-informed, gender- and ecosystem-sensitive
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PfR's Autumn Newsletter is out!
08/11/2022 - The degradation of ecosystems – such as forests, wetlands, coastal/ marine systems, and drylands – is a major driver of disaster risk. UN Environment and Partners for Resilience have worked together to increase communities' resilience and reduce disaster risks through ecosystem-based solutions. In this newsletter we share PfR updates linked to Nature Bases Solutions, inspiring examples that can be replicated in other araes.
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Ecosystems crucial to reduce disaster risk
25/10/2022 - The degradation of ecosystems is a major driver of disaster risk and a key component of communities’ vulnerability to disasters Over the past decade, disasters linked to natural hazards have taken a significant toll on human lives, livelihoods, assets, and economies. We work to prevent and reduce the adverse impacts of disasters on vulnerable communities and countries through improved ecosystem management.
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Upcoming Webinar: Up-Scaling Community Resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction
11/10/2022 - Interested to learn more about scalable features of Eco-DRR models? Join the UN-Environment Programme and Partners for Resilience for a live webinar on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction on DRR Day, 13 October, 14.00-16.00 CET. Register now: https://bit.ly/3BXZivc
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We need wetlands: The urgent case for global wetland targets
06/07/2022 - As critical COP15 negotiations took place in Nairobi in June 2022, Wetlands International has produced a white paper calling for urgent global wetlands targets to be adopted internationally and met within the next decade. We need wetlands!
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Working with nature deepens humanitarian work
30/05/2022 - Analyses of vulnerability show that poverty is usually an important factor in explaining why natural hazards turn into a disaster. It matters where people live, how they live, and how they manage their environment. Vulnerability arises, among other things, in places where the natural environment no longer acts as a buffer.
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