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Coastal Resilience
Contributing IUCN constituents:Nature, Environment and Wildlife SocietyIUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2021-2025
Project Details
| Name | Coastal Resilience |
| Description | NEWS has undertaken coastal resilience programme in Indian Sundarban under which several projects work namely - 1. Climate resilient communities in Sundarbans are economically, ecologically and socially strengthened and are committed to address the consequence of climate change 2. Mainstreaming Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystem (SAIME) 3. Restoring Ecosystem in Coastal Region at Buraburir Tot, Sundarban through Mangrove afforestation 4. Mangrove Restoration and Long-Term Protection through Value Chain Development for Local Community in Sundarban 5. Building a transnational, civil society partnership to increase the resilience of coastal populations in South Asia 6. Building capacities for augmenting livelihood to sustain the Mangrove stewardship of women in Indian Sundarban to adapt to climate change 7. Micro Watershed (MWS)/ Isolated MI scheme identification to SDMP preparation and WUA development in South 24 Parganas District Project Management Unit (DPMU) under West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project and many more.. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | Nature, Environment and Wildlife SocietyIUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2021-2025 |
| Start Date | 6/30/2010 |
| End Date | 12/30/2029 |
| Conservation Actions | 1.1 Site/Area Protection1.2 Resource & Habitat Protection2.2 Invasive/Problematic Species Control2.1 Site/Area Management2.3 Habitat & Natural Process Restoration3.1 Species Management4.2 Training4.3 Awareness & Communications5.4 Compliance & Enforcement6.1 Linked Enterprises & Livelihood Alternatives6.3 Market Forces |
| Needed annual budget | - |
| Total annual budget | - |
| Staff | ♀ - | ♂ - |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ - | ♂ - |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.52%
11.2 Droughts
1.60%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
1.66%
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
1.83%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
2.53%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
2.75%
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
2.78%
2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
3.10%
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
3.51%
8.2 Problematic native species/diseases
4.92%
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.50%
6.3 Work & other activities
5.82%
6.1 Recreational activities
6.49%
2.4 Marine & freshwater aquaculture
7.41%
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
8.74%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
9.66%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
12.62%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
15.09%
7.2 Dams & water management/use
Threat type