FbF (Forecast-based Financing) Webinar III: From Early Warning to Early Action in Mongolia - Bracing for the cold to protect livestock and livelihoods

FbF (Forecast-based Financing) Webinar III: From Early Warning to Early Action in Mongolia - Bracing for the cold to protect livestock and livelihoods

Webinar report - 18 July 2018

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Acting early before a disaster is critical: it can save lives and protect livelihoods from the immediate shocks as well as protecting longer term development gains by increasing the resilience of local communities over time. A growing body of evidence also supports the cost effectiveness of this approach. A recent contribution to this repository of knowledge is study of the 2017/2018 localized dzud event in Mongolia, where FAO and the Mongolian Red Cross Society implemented early actions to protect herder livelihoods.

Language English

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