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Description:
Author(s):
The Nature Conservancy
Title:
Adapting to a Changing Climate Workshop: Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Publication Date:
2012
Institution:
The Nature Conservancy
Page(s):
12
Abstract:
"This workshop report covers the April 2-6, 2012 training programlaunched by the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) and its Micronesia Challenge partners in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia on the use of new tools to support community-based climate adaptation in Micronesia. The objectives of the week-long training were: To provide a team of community leaders and practitioners from various sectors in Yap with the necessary skills to effectively communicate climate change concepts and foster vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning. To provide practitioners who carry out community management and adaptation planning processes in Yap with the necessary skills to develop or revise at least one community-based management and adaptation plan within one year of the training program. Development of a timeline and commitment for the Yap team to carry out the management and adaptation process for at least one site within one year. Participants include community members and/or natural resource agencies working with the following communities. These sites were used throughout the workshop to practice vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning exercises: 1. Colonia (town area from hospital to Chamorro Bay area) 2. Tomil municipality 3. Low lying islands - focused on Falalop, Ulithi."
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Notes:
FY2009 CRCP Project 20411; Project Title: Partnership Agreement with The Nature Conservancy; Principal Investigator: Jenny Waddell ~ FY09 CRCP grant NA09NOS4190173
Funding Organizations:
NOS/Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Grant Number(s):
NA09NOS4190173
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