Life and Nature

Life and Nature

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Descripción

Changes in farming systems coupled with increased deforestation rates and agriculture encroachment in the upper reaches of watersheds greatly reduces vital ecosystem services such as temperature regulation, water quality and retention, erosion control, and flood and drought severity reduction for farmers, whose livelihoods depend on water for survival. Thousands of farmers across the country are not prepared to defend themselves from the impending climate change crisis nor do they have the skill s and tools needed for integrated ecosystem management. This project addresses efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change in rural communities of Cambodia, through the development of watershed management plans in all target landscapes, assistance to replant vegetation and trees along streams, rivers, and forested areas, as well as building small scale water retention and irrigation structures. Through Farmer Field Schools, resilient climate adaptation agriculture practices are taught to far mers to become more food secure and less vulnerable to climate change.