Project Supports Jamaican Women, Youth and Fishers in Implementing Nature-based Solutions

The Nature Conservancy in the context of the Resilient Islands project in Jamaica is empowering fisher folks, women, and youth in Jamaica to carry out nature-based solutions, for examplemangrove restoration, that reduce climate hazards of concern such as flooding, hurricanes, coastalerosion, and enhance climate adaptation and resilience. 

Working together with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Jamaica Red Cross, the Resilient Islands project – supported by the International ClimateInitiative – primarily aims at protecting nature (reefs, mangroves, salt flats, beaches, and cays), building the disaster risk reduction capacity of the community, and targeting sustainable livelihoods to strengthen the economic base of Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica’s largest fishing community. 

In the same vein, the project has used a holistic approach for local adaptation solutions so that communities understand complex relationships between adaptation measures, nature, and other societal concerns like poverty alleviation, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive socioeconomic development. Also, Resilient Islands has designed awareness campaigns based on knowledge, attitudes, and practices assessments conducted at the beginning of the project to produce change toward nature and how it relates to reduce climate-related risks. 

Thanks to all this hard work, the project was nominated as a finalist for the Island Innovation Awards in the category of the Resilient Islands Award. In conjunction with the Clinton Global Initiative, the award is granted to acknowledge individuals, projects, and organizations driving positive global change for island communities by developing and strengthening community disaster resilience, in the face of challenges such as climate change, COVID-19, social and economic challenges, and more. > More information

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