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Building small island resilience through shared learning: insights from the Caribbean
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean face significant environmental challenges, compounded by their vulnerability to climate change impacts. Addressing wide-ranging challenges including biodiversity loss, land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity, food insecurity, and waste…
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![Organic farmers restoring lands in northern Quito, Ecuador. Photo credit: Ikuko Matsumoto/GEF Man and woman stand in front of vegetables on a table](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/2023-07/ecuador_workshop_farmers_2023.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=Hh0vrbav)
In Ecuador, learning about Land Degradation Neutrality in practice
Countries worldwide have pledged through the UN Convention to Combat Desertification to halt, and then reverse, land degradation that is affecting the health of soils and ecosystems globally.
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) is an innovative approach to achieve this: it aims to prevent and reduce…
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![Local trainees of the Farmer Field School in Pandienou, Senegal. Photo credit: Christian Hofer/GEF Two smiling Senegalese women walking through a dry corn field](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/2023-06/senegal_field_farmer_schools_women.jpg?h=b6717701&itok=cIzjT3pK)
Countries build climate resilience by learning from one another
To build a more climate-resilient world we need to learn from the experiences of diverse countries – what has worked, what has not, and what should be tried in new locations. This is especially true for developing countries with limited means to adapt to changes in weather, water, and storm…
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From Ridge to Reef: learning from holistic best practice in Fiji
Like many other Pacific Island countries, Fiji is one of the most coveted tourist destinations in the world. At the same time, it is a microcosm of some significant development and environmental challenges. A natural resource-dependent country with limited land area, Fiji experiences intense…