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Vulnerability of South East Asia is linked to sea level rise and natural disasters driven by climate conditions such as floods, landslides and droughts, or other disasters which are escalated by more frequent extreme climate condition such as forest fires. Enhanced dryness, coupled with a wetter rainy season, is projected to occur in the Mekong River region of the South-East Asian peninsula.
Tropical forest ecosystems provide environmental goods and services to the people living in the region. As Climate change and climate variability can affect the provision of these goods and services, forests need to be managed and protected in order to maintain and restore forests’ natural capacities in reducing the impacts of climate change and climate variability.
TroFCCA in Asia will focus its activities on the region’s development needs and priorities, taking into account its social, environmental and economic realities. It will develop a methodology for mainstreaming adaptation strategies into development agendas through assessing vulnerability and designing appropriate policies. The team acknowledges the importance of involving governments and national organisations as well of science-policy dialogues. The outputs are expected to contribute to the national agendas for sustainable development in order to reduce the vulnerability to the climate change.
Activities in South East Asia will be coordinated from CIFOR’s headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia. CIFOR is an international research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics. It employs over 150 staff at its headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia and at its regional offices in Brazil, Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
Activities in the Philippines will be conducted by the office of the World Agroforestry Center in Los Baños Laguna, Philippines. The World Agroforestry Centre, also known as ICRAF, is the global leader in the generation, synthesis and dissemination of knowledge related to agroforestry, and is actively involved in the development of a challenge program for climate change mitigation and adaptation for rural development. Its headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya with regional offices in Kenya for covering Eastern and Central Africa, in Zimbabwe for Southern Africa, Mali for Sahel, Indonesia for South-east Asia, India for South Asia, and in Peru for Latin America.
TroFCCA Southeast Asia Flyer
