Vision:
Resilient, Healthy, and sustainable drylands ecosystems and communities with equitable access to resources, diversified livelihoods, and empowered women, men, and youth.
Goal:
To enhance climate-resilient livelihoods, promote gender equality and strengthen natural resource management in dryland ecosystems.
A core focus of the Programme is the promotion of the Al Hima approach – a community-based rangeland management system rooted in traditional tribal practices that date back thousands of years.
Al Hima empowers communities to sustainably manage and steward their rangelands, strengthening ecological integrity while reinforcing local governance, cultural heritage and collective responsibility.
- Sustainable rangelands management SRM: Is the planned and adaptive use, conservation, and restoration of rangelands in a way that maintains their ecological integrity, productivity, and biodiversity, while also supporting livelihoods, cultural values, and economic viability for present and future generations.
- The nature-based solutions (NbS): Are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human-wellbeing and biodiversity benefits.
- Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA): Is an approach to climate change adaptation that uses the conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of ecosystems to help people adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. In simple terms, EbA works with nature to reduce climate risks and increase resilience, while also providing social, economic, and environmental benefits.
For more information kindly contact:
Laith Al Rahahleh - The Regional Programme Manager
