Tag: Local Livelihoods

Kenya: Local Fishermen Unite Against Environmentally Destructive Trawlers

The Malindi Marine Association (MaMa) began its existence in 1999 in a donated office space, with borrowed furniture and a budget which extended only as far as two volunteers could contribute from their personal bank accounts. However, thanks in part to funds from Greengrants, MaMa has been able to make a real difference in preserving […]

India: COPDANET Helps to Restore Tsunami-Damaged Mangroves in the Andaman Islands

by Michael Kramer-Duffield The tsunami of December 2004 devastated many coastal areas of South and Southeast Asia. Some of the hardest-hit areas were those in which coastal mangroves had been severely depleted due to overdevelopment and poor resource management, among other reasons. In these mangrove-depleted areas there was little or nothing to buffer the impact […]

Highlights from the Greengrants Advisory Board Retreat

This past April, global and regional representatives of Greengrants’ network of advisors met in Amsterdam to share ideas, strategies and plans for the future.

Supporting the Grassroots in Tsunami Reconstruction and Global Coastal Protection

The Southeast Asia tsunami struck at the heart of many of the communities with which we work. Global Greengrants Fund is offering a way for donors to get contributions to grassroots organizations in affected areas.

Tuvalu: Protecting Vulnerable Coasts as Climate Changes

by Kim Lockrow, Global Greengrants Fund Intern For the people of Tuvalu, the threat of global climate change is already being felt as sea levels rise and storms gain in intensity, increasing coastal erosion and contaminating groundwater with salt. Some predict that the atoll, less than 15 feet at its highest point, could be unlivable […]

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