‘Ecosystem services’ are the ecological characteristics, functions or processes that directly or indirectly contribute to human well-being: that is, the range of benefits that people derive from functioning ecosystems’.

Costanza et al., 2017.

 

 

About

  • Clean Energy

  • Environmental protection

  • Poverty Reduction

  • Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities Empowerment

 

 

Cross-Cutting Areas

  • Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Empowerment

  • Geospatial Information Sciences (GIS) and Mapping

  • Project Design and Formulation

  • Project Management

  • Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Research and Analysis:

    • Desktop

    • Field

  • Report Writing

  • Result Reporting

  • Training and Capacity Development

 

 

Focal Areas

Agroecology/SMART-Agriculture

  • Baseline surveys, Data Analysis and Management

  • Biodiversity offsetting (regional and national)

  • Blue Economy and Blue Carbon Strategies

  • Carbon Accounting

  • Climate Change and Conservation Planning

  • Climate Vulnerability Assessment

  • Coastal protection solutions

  • Community Engagement and Outreach

  • Communications

  • Food and Water Security

  • Forestry including:

    • Forest Carbon Accounting

    • Forestry Emissions Trading

    • Forestry Carbon Mapping

    • Forest Restoration

    • Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF)

    • Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

    • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Cultural Heritage Protection

  • Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

  • Environmental Education

  • Environmental Information

  • Global Environmental Changes and Scenario Planning

  • Integrated Environmental Management and Planning

  • Landscape Ecology

  • Multi-Sectoral Environmental Advice (Government/Local Council/Chiefs)

    • Nature-based Solutions (NbS):

      - Climate Change Adaptation

      - Climate Change Mitigation

      - Ecosystem-based Adaptation

      - Payment for Ecosystem Services

  • Programme and Project Management

  • Scientific Editing and Publication

  • Societal/Environmental Resilience and Sustainability

  • Sustainable Livelihoods

  • Training Services

  • UAV-based mapping

  • Urban focused Nature-based Solutions