Nature-based Solutions in Action: Lessons from the Frontline
Explore real-life evidence of how high quality NbS can deliver positive outcomes for climate, nature and people through 13 case studies in this IIED report.
Farm Africa
Farm Africa is an international organisation working to build a prosperous rural Africa.
Use of traditional Ndivas in Tanzania
In Same district, located in the Makanya Basin in Tanzania, farmers have been using a traditional irrigation technique known as Ndiva, a local word meaning micro-dam. This water harvesting technology has been in use since the 18th century, but agrarian communities in the district continue to improve it to capture water to irrigate their farms during dry spells and to adapt to current challenges.
Cow dung as fuel in the Aberdare Range, Kenya
This solution, whose implementation began in 2009, consists of using cow manure to generate biogas through household biodigesters, supported by the Kenya Biogas Programme. Its objective is to help local farmers reduce their dependence on firewood and fossil fuels as energy sources, thus reducing both the economic expenses for families and the impact on local forests resulting from fuelwood harvesting.
Institute of Agricultural Development
INDAP is a dependent institution of the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra is the ministerial department in England responsible for improving and protecting the environment. It aims to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities.
An investigation of the effects of PICSA on smallholder farmers’ decision-making and livelihoods
This case study analyses the affect of the PICSA approach on smallholder farmer's decision-making and livelihoods when implemented at large scale in Northern Ghana.
Center for Rural Development (SLE)
Originally founded in 1962 as part of the vocational graduate study programme, the SLE today has four areas of operation. Each of these has been strategically developed since around 2011.
Farm Radio International
Farm Radio International is the only organization in the world focused exclusively on serving African farming families and communities through the radio.
Malta Organic Agriculture Movement
Malta Organic Agriculture Movement (MOAM) is a totally independent and voluntary organisation set up in November 1999 to promote Organic Agriculture in Malta.
Land-based adaptation to global change: What drives soil and water conservation in western Africa?
Conservation of land resources is a promising strategy for sustainable agricultural intensification in order to adapt dryland farming systems to climate, market and other stresses. Go to abstract.
Managing a living cultural landscape: Bali’s subaks and the UNESCO World Heritage Site
In 2012, the cultural landscape of Indonesia’s Bali province was inscribed as a World Heritage Site – a place of “outstanding universal value”, to be protected and preserved for all humankind.
Gender and Vulnerable Groups
This poster is one of the posters featured at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015.
Exploring on-farm adaptation options under climate change in southern Africa
This poster is one of the posters featured at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015.
Wildfire Water Resource Pond
The wildfire water resource has been part of a series of innovative wildfire projects.
Reducing poaching around Livestock feeding points
Cheviot Futures is trialling an innovative solution to the age-old problem of ground poaching by livestock around ring feeders.
