enhancing community resilience for climate adaptation & disaster risk reduction – a case study...

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Enhancing Community Resilience for Climate

Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction –

A Case Study from Cambodia

Ali Raza Rizvi

IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature

August 30, 2012

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Content

• Part – I: Linking CCA, DRR and Conservation –

demonstration project

• Part –II: Lessons Learned & Challenges for the Way

Forward

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Building Coastal Resilience

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The Project Site – Koh Kapik

(Cambodia)

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The Problem

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The Problem

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Risks & Hazards

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Risks & Hazards

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Risks & Hazards

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Plan of Action

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Plan of Action

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Plan of Action

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Reducing Environmental

Impacts…

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Community Based Maintenance

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Commune Support

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Lessons Learned

Putting Theory into Practice

• Potential of collaboration at the implementation level

• Common Interest

• Visible Change

• Indigenous Knowledge & Technical Support

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Challenges

• CCA and DRR have commonalities, but deal with

separate constituencies

• Common Practice: crosscutting themes

• Up scaling: Policy Change

• Current Development Paradigm: Project-oriented

Approach

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Suggestions

• Build Synergies - Cross-fertilization of activities (NAPAs,

NCSs, NDMPs)

• Generating scientific knowledge on linkages

• Development of common methodologies and tools

• Building capacities – Joint workshops

• Joint governance of CCA and DRR issues

• Building Partnerships – Implementing Agencies

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Thank You!