Communal lands in the Succulent Karoo Biome face combined pressures from climate change and overgrazing. Therefore, local farmers and pastoralists have been trained in rangeland restoration techniques and climate resilient livestock farming.
The Potato Park in Peru is managed by a collective of indigenous communities who employ traditional knowledge and management methods to restore agrobiodiversity, particularly of potatoes, adapt agricultural systems to climate change, and strengthen cultural identity and sovereignty in the area.
In 2006, the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area became the first community-managed conservation area in Nepal. Since this transfer from former national government management, local communities have engaged in community forest management, restored large parts of the area, and continuously monitor and work to respond to conservation needs.
Community planned and implemented reef enhancement and mangrove restoration aims to break wave energy, reduce coastal erosion, and create a habitat for fish, coral, and other species.
Sustainable agriculture and agroforestry combined with political advocacy for improved regulation of fishing in Lake Kivu are helping restore coastal forests and aquatic habitats in the Gulf of Kabuno. Reforestation efforts also aim to improve the carbon storage potential of the surrounding area to counter Lake Kivu’s high rates of carbon and methane emissions.
Watershed rehabilitation and sustainable forest management is promoted through land tenure reform with a specific focus on increasing land ownership among women.
A network of sixteen indigenous communities on the islands of Nguna and Pele in Vanuatu have come together to advance a coral gardening project. The coral gardening efforts aim to restore coral reef ecosystems weakened by ocean acidification and rising surface temperatures. Furthermore, the stronger reef is intended to act as natural buffer between local communities and coastal impacts such as erosion and storms.
Local communities in the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve who maintain traditional ways of living in harmony with nature, have engaged with the Mountain Ecosystems-based Adaptation program implemented by the UNDP and IUCN to better manage grasslands and local watersheds.
The initiative aims to strengthen the technical and institutional capabilities needed to sustainably manage the Nile Basin transboundary wetlands through participatory assessment and integrated planning.