Sustainable Fisheries and Small-Scale Ports: Supporting Livelihoods and Seafood Markets Read more about Sustainable Fisheries and Small-Scale Ports: Supporting Livelihoods and Seafood Markets Fisheries and small-scale ports were vital to coastal economies across Southeast Asia. They supported millions of livelihoods, strengthened food security, and connected fishing communities to domestic and international seafood markets. Though smaller than major commercial ports, these local harbors played a critical role in sustaining coastal communities and enabling access to markets and services.
Reducing Extreme Poverty: Building Climate Resilience through Graduation Programmes Read more about Reducing Extreme Poverty: Building Climate Resilience through Graduation Programmes BRAC's presentation outlined their Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme that addresses extreme poverty through the "ABCs" approach: Assets (productive investments), Basic needs (consumption support), and Coaching (intensive mentorship). The programme has evolved since 2002 to integrate climate resilience, recognizing that climate change disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
Rehana Riyawala Keywords green livelihood social development sustainable livelihoods capacity building Read more about Rehana Riyawala Rehana Riyawala is associated with SEWA since 2001. Currently she is the CEO of Grass Root Trading Network for Women (GTNfW), a green livelihood company promoted by SEWA. She was Vice President of SEWA from January, 2015 to February 2024 and former Secretary of SEWA from January 2012 – December 2014.
Ken Marshall Keywords WASH community development sustainable livelihoods Read more about Ken Marshall Ken has formal qualifications in International Development from the University of East Anglia in the UK, and a Master’s Degree in Rural Engineering (Rural Water Supply and Sanitation for developing countries) from Cranfield University also in the UK.
Bangladesh: Climate Resilient Livelihoods Improvement and Watershed Management in Chittagong Hill Tracts Sector Project (SARD) Read more about Bangladesh: Climate Resilient Livelihoods Improvement and Watershed Management in Chittagong Hill Tracts Sector Project (SARD) Sanath Ranawana shared the Climate Resilient Livelihood Improvement and Watershed Management in Chittagong Hills Tracts Sector Project in Bangladesh.
Albert Salamanca Keywords natural resources management sustainable livelihoods climate change adaptation Stockholm Environment Institute SEI resilience risk and vulnerabilities mobility and spatial linkages disaster displacement settlement change Read more about Albert Salamanca Albert is a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute's Asia Centre where he leads its Climate Change, Disasters and Development Cluster. He has over 15 years of experience working on natural resources management, sustainable livelihoods, and climate change adaptation issues in several countries in Southeast Asia. His current research interests are on the themes of resilience, risk and vulnerabilities, mobility and spatial linkages, disaster displacement, and settlement change.