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ProjectEnhancing Community Resilience and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries of Lake Kariba and the Zambezi River - TCP/ZIM/3801 2024
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No results found.Fisheries are the main income-generating activity for many communities of the Lake Kariba shore. However, fish production at Lake Kariba has been declining since the 1990s for several reasons. The lake ecosystem is sensitive to perturbations in environmental conditions, such as droughts. Hydropower generation also has its effects on the lake, especially on water levels, while various management regimes from Zambia and Zimbabwe have not been well coordinated. Given the vital socioeconomic importance of the fisheries of Lake Kariba, there was a need to enhance the resilience and sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF). The weak institutional framework, a lack of skilled human resources and technical capacity, and inadequate financial resources within national budgets led MECTHI to approach FAO for assistance in facilitating the resuscitation of co-management structures and other activities that would enhance the resilience of SSF. The project would do this by addressing a number of important components that contribute to fisheries management based on the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF). The specific aim of the project was to initiate a process to increase the viability of fishing, reduce conflicts, improve infrastructure management and engage stakeholders more fully in decisions. This would be accomplished by introducing a co-management approach to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of management processes, with enhanced fishing community participation. -
ProjectFeasibility and Climate Proposal Formulation on Restoration of Degraded Mangroves Landscape and Resilience to Climate Change Vulnerable Coastal Communities to Climate Impact and Risks in Ghana - TCP/GHA/3805 2025
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No results found.Ghana’s coastal communities are among the most vulnerable to climate impacts and risks such as coastal erosion, frequent flooding and storm surges, which often lead to displacements, impact the population’s livelihoods, and weaken the resilience of ecosystem services and the population. Furthermore, Ghana is part of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME), one of the world’s most productive marine and coastal ecosystems, that extends from northern Guinea Bissau to southern Gabon. The GCLME hosts valuable wetlands and mangroves that host major coastal ecosystems, which provide critical ecosystem services to Ghana’s coastal communities, such as i) coastal protection against wave and wind erosion; ii) mitigation of coastal storms and cyclones impacts; iii) shelter and habitat for wildlife; iv) nutrient sink-effect and the reduction of excessive pollutants, and v) the entrapment of upland runoff sediments, thus protecting nearshore reefs and reducing water turbidity (FAO, 1994) -
Book (stand-alone)The key role of forest and landscape restoration in climate action 2022
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No results found.Forest and land degradation affects almost 2 billion hectares (ha) of land and threatens the livelihoods, well-being, food, water and energy security of nearly 3.2 billion people. Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is a relatively recent response to address these impacts and aims to recover the ecological functionality and enhance human well-being in deforested and degraded landscapes. Forest and landscape restoration practices have also proven to have significant benefits for addressing the impacts of climate change. These include carbon sequestration and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improving the resilience of landscapes and reducing disaster risks. Forest and landscape restoration is therefore one of the key solutions of the agriculture, forestry and other land-use (AFOLU) sector considered in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), confirmed in the Glasgow’s Declaration on Forest and Land during the twenty-sixth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP26). This publication highlights the links between FLR and climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, and considers further opportunities to enable greater integration between the two agendas. Many large restoration initiatives have been launched in the last decade. More projects are under preparation through the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, including many projects of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). These projects, often funded under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other climate funds are emphasized in the report to illustrate the numerous climate benefits of FLR. As a relatively cost-effective approach to supporting carbon sequestration, conservation and sustainable forest use, FLR is playing an active role in enabling climate mitigation. Should the Bonn Challenge reach its goal to restore 350 million ha, it could sequester up to 1.7 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (Gt CO2) per year. Reduction of GHG emissions is also crucial, and the FLR approach provides a strong basis to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, especially through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) activities. It can also support sustainable bioenergy, in particular the wood energy sector, a large contributor of GHGs. Forest and landscape restoration is also key for supporting the conservation of existing forests and landscapes to protect and enhance carbon already stored in ecosystems, such as those in peatlands. This publication describes the different tools that have been developed by FAO to better measure the quantities of carbon stored and other climate benefits achieved through FLR projects.
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