BRIDGE promotes cooperation and water diplomacy in the 9 transboundary basins between Ecuador and Peru, and in the Titicaca basin, shared between Bolivia and Peru.
Women fishers in Ngardmau, Palau are learning new ways to make a living while protecting the environment. With the help of Ebiil Society (Inc.) Kiwa Initiative project, they are now running four giant clam farms instead of traditional fishing.
In the margins of the Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee meeting chaired by Canada, the Kiwa Initiative awarded grants to ten local projects in the Pacific Island Countries, as well as launched the third Kiwa regional project…
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined by IUCN as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits”.
A key output for the Local Projects Component is capacity building for local NGOs, civil society groups and local authorities to raise their ability to access funds and to understand and implement Nature-based Solutions for climate change adaption.
The 31st of March was an exciting day for the Local Projects Component of the Kiwa Initiative for the Pacific Island Countries in the ACP as it marked the deadline for the submission of full proposals.