Story | 27 Mar, 2020

Water and Climate change: New project involves communities in Ecosystem and Landscape restoration

Given the multiple threats of climate change, communities are in need of ecosystem restoration methods that also help to build economic resilience and reduce poverty. This is what the Resilience for People and Landscapes Programme (REPLAP) is all about.

Photo: IUCB ESARO

The REPLAP programme was recently launched by the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Directorate of Water Resources Management, The Water Resources Authority (WRA) from Kenya, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and partners at a ground breaking ceremony in Lira District, Northern Uganda.

THE REPLAP Programme which is funded by the Austrian Development Agency builds on lessons from the Building Drought Resilience (BDR) project implemented in Aswa and Tana landscapes in Northern Uganda and North Eastern Kenya respectively. Both landscapes are exposed to the negative impact of climate change including deforestation, soil erosion, floods and drought.

Find out more in our new visual story feature: New project involves communities in Ecosystem and Landscape restoration https://digital.iucn.org/regions/africa/water-and-climate-change/

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