research & development
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
community-based conservation projects
We collaborate with various international and local institutions, NGOs and individuals towards building resilient social-ecological systems.
Ongoing projects specifically target costal and marine ecosystems but also include terrestrial forest ecosystems with effort towards monitoring and restoring degraded habitats. We use the restoration sites as classrooms for hands-on learning and awareness building.
The conservation projects we lead are community-based and transdisciplinary. As such community engagement, transformative learning and participatory processes are central tenets of our project implementation contributing to project outcome sustainability.
PROBLEM
Environmental degradation due to resource exploitation
Lack of awareness and sense of responsibility for these issues.
Lack of role models and leadership towards nature-based solutions.
Lack of infrastructure, agency, and innovation.
Fear of scarcity.
Our solutions framework
We act as community social-ecological resilience brokers implementing community-based, transdisciplinary ecosystem restoration programmes
Research for restoration and co-design of management plans with decision makers.
Build technical capacity in environmental stewardship, sustainability, ecological restoration.
Build skills and competencies toward human and nature connection.
Research for restoration and co-design of management plans with decision makers.
Build technical capacity in environmental stewardship, sustainability, ecological restoration.
Build skills and competencies toward human and nature connection.
Our solutions framework
We act as community social-ecological resilience brokers implementing community-based, transdisciplinary ecosystem restoration programmes
4 Ecosystems & 1 Transversal theme
Forests
Mangroves
Seagrass
Coral reefs
GOALS
Building adaptive capacity in coastal communities to support nature-based social innovation and social-ecological resilience
Community-based
Implement research for restoration and build technical capacity towards resource monitoring, data analysis & coordination of regional adaptive community-led management efforts
experiential learning
Co-developing manuals and experiential learning curriculum for schools and professional and development enters (from forest to coral)
Nature-based solutions
Co-design "Nature-based solutions" alternative livelihood pathways and community events for social-ecological resilience
Internship & Volunteering programs