Indigenous knowledge that has been developed and used over centuries in Zimbabwe holds solutions to disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in vulnerable communities.
Diverse interventions to restore forest landscapes in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve aim to boost biodiversity and reduce vulnerability to drought and heat waves.
Community forests in Nepal are being complimented by REDD+ pilot projects, which have reportedly increased carbon stocks in the forests and provided livelihood benefits to local people.
Communities in Vietnam are restoring weakened mangrove ecosystems and employing more sustainable farming and harvesting methods to boost resilience to climate change-induced flooding and other coastal pressures.
In high-altitude regions of Bolivia, local communities communally manage, harvest and sell wild vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) fibre, contributing to species and habitat protection.
Community-based mangrove restoration across several villages contributed to disaster risk reduction and protected key habitats for aquatic and terrestrial species.
Communities surrounding the Limpopo River Estuary maintain a mangrove nursery, plant seedlings, and monitor the state of reforested areas. The reforested areas have already been found to provide improved flood protection, reduce salt intrusion on agricultural land, and bring back previously diminished wildlife species.
An ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction approach was implemented in Port Salut using a ridge-to-reef approach that included inland and coastal revegetation and improving the sustainability of local fisheries.
Seed banking and a combination of revitalised traditional and introduced novel agricultural practices are helping improve food security and climate change adaptive potential in the drylands of Karnataka, India.