Livestock and climate change: resilient cattle sheds
By Ashfaque Ahmed Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Climate change has a major impact on human, but the impact … Continued
Jannatul Naim, Shaira Ahmed (Friendship NGO) The river islands of the Brahmaputra, particularly in the Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of Bangladesh, are heavily impacted by climate change, experiencing increasing river erosion, flooding, and frequent cyclones. One effective adaptation measure in these regions is the construction of plinths- elevated clusters of villages designed to provide a safe refuge from rising floodwaters. These plinths are built on oval-shaped mounds, raised above known flood levels, and serve as a critical shelter during extreme weather events. Each plinth can permanently house 25 to 30 displaced families and accommodate up to 100 to 150 families, along with their livestock and personal belongings, during emergencies. Every year, these plinths serve as designated flood shelters for local communities, with a pre-selected list of families that will take refuge during floods. In these plinths, an average of 25 pre-selected landless, marginalized families take permanent shelter. However, during emergencies, around 150 flood-affected households can temporarily seek shelter, depending on… Continued
By Ashfaque Ahmed Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Climate change has a major impact on human, but the impact … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen and Mohammed Ehsan Leghari Flood resilience and the management of land and water resources The … Continued
by Frank van Steenbergen and Mohammed Ehsan Leghari Bridge and approach curtailing the Indus River The bridges on the Indus … Continued
How could my country look like if we were to embrace nature-based solutions? A reflection on the nature-based future challenge … Continued
Les auteurs: Luwieke Bosma, Lucia Moreno Spiegelberg et Gauthier Dobigny. Click here for the English version of the blog. Bonjour à tous … Continued
Authors: Luwieke Bosma, Lucia Moreno Spiegelberg and Gauthier Dobigny. Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. Good day! My name is … Continued
David Mornout (MetaMeta), Joe Ray (RVO), Sandra van Soelen (Simavi), Tomi Haryadi (WRI Indonesia) There is a growing recognition that … Continued
By Abraham Mehari, Dennis van Peppen and Frank van Steenbergen The floods that hit Pakistan in August-September 2022 were overwhelming. … Continued
Reflections by IMPACT (Peter Lengurnet), Musul Community Land (Jackson Nkaiduri), and MetaMeta (Femke van Woesik, Esmee Mulder, Frank van Steenbergen) … Continued
By Esmee Mulder (MetaMeta) Formal or functional? Can committees work? Reflecting on community-based natural resource management in Northern Kenya Committees … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen & Femke van Woesik In the field of development, communication is often viewed as a means for … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from Bulyoni Poyo, Southwest Tajikistan. While we have become used to harvest water, snow equally … Continued
Girma Senbeta (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Getachew Engdayehu (Amhara Bureau of Agriculture), Nardos Masresha (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Guta Eshata Gemmechu (MetaMeta Ethiopia), Bantamlak … Continued
Frank van Steenbergen and Gordon Keller With more than 35 million kilometer of roads in the world, roads are a … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen In an eye-opening TED Talk the famous statistician Hans Rosling explained how the arrival of the … Continued
Authors: Clara Nieuwenhuyse, Frank van Steenbergen Visualize a rice paddy field: peaceful, lush green, with rice plants swaying gracefully in … Continued
We invite to join the webinar on the “One Health Approach: Going beyond the basics in the WASH Sector. Time: March … Continued
Auteurs: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Joël Dossou, Jonas Etougbétché, Luwieke Bosma Click here for the English version of the blog. Nous étirons nos … Continued
Authors: Lucía Moreno Spiegelberg, Joël Dossou, Jonas Etougbétché, Luwieke Bosma Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. We stretch our tender … Continued