Ali Raza Rizvi IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature August 30, 2012

1. Enhancing Community Resilience for Climate
Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction –
A Case Study from Cambodia
Ali Raza Rizvi
IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature
August 30, 2012
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2. Content
• Part – I: Linking CCA, DRR and Conservation –
demonstration project
• Part –II: Lessons Learned & Challenges for the Way
Forward
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3. Building Coastal Resilience
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4. The Project Site – Koh Kapik
(Cambodia)
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5. The Problem
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6. The Problem
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7. Risks & Hazards
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8. Risks & Hazards
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9. Risks & Hazards
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10. Plan of Action
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11. Plan of Action
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12. Plan of Action
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13. Reducing Environmental
Impacts…
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14. Community Based Maintenance
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15. Commune Support
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16. Lessons Learned
Putting Theory into Practice
• Potential of collaboration at the implementation level
• Common Interest
• Visible Change
• Indigenous Knowledge & Technical Support
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17. Challenges
• CCA and DRR have commonalities, but deal with
separate constituencies
• Common Practice: crosscutting themes
• Up scaling: Policy Change
• Current Development Paradigm: Project-oriented
Approach
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18. Suggestions
• Build Synergies - Cross-fertilization of activities (NAPAs,
NCSs, NDMPs)
• Generating scientific knowledge on linkages
• Development of common methodologies and tools
• Building capacities – Joint workshops
• Joint governance of CCA and DRR issues
• Building Partnerships – Implementing Agencies
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19. Thank You!
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