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Women fishers and wives of Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) fishermen in Indonesia play important roles in the BSC fishery, yet their contributions and concerns are often overlooked in fisheries management. Limited communication skills and opportunities to express aspirations remain major barriers. Since 2021, Coral Triangle Center (CTC), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Photovoices International (PVI) have supported women in Lampung and Central Java through training on BSC ecology, trade chains, and business canvas development; strengthening public speaking through photography and Training of Trainers; and creating spaces for women to speak and share through photo exhibitions and learning exchanges. By combining knowledge, confidence-building, and structured dialogue spaces, the approach strengthened women’s capacity to engage with decision-makers. As a result, women gained confidence, stronger family support, and government recognition. In 2024, women in Lampung were formally included in the provincial BSC Management Team.

This solution restores floodplain forests and scattered forest ecosystems in Dornod, Zavkhan, Khovd and Sukhbaatar provinces of Mongolia. Between 2022 and 2024, restoration activities were implemented across 1,604 ha using ecosystem based approaches, including assisted natural regeneration, planting of locally adapted tree and shrub species, soil moisture conservation measures, and protection of young seedlings. The solution addresses land and forest degradation, desertification, soil erosion, biodiversity loss and declining water resources. Ecological assessments and GIS based site selection were used to identify suitable restoration areas.

Local governments, communities, researchers and project partners participated in planning, implementation, monitoring and maintenance. Early results show improved ecosystem recovery, strengthened local capacity and participation, enhanced climate resilience and support for long-term landscape sustainability.

Northern Ghana’s savannah woodlands are being degraded by illegal logging, charcoal production and other unsustainable land uses, while many planted seedlings fail to survive. The ABBAT project combined community-based restoration with the RANAS approach to systematic behaviour change. Mixed-methods research identified the factors influencing tree planting, nurturing and protection; these findings shaped campaigns using hands-on demonstrations, public commitments, positive emotions, role models, peer support and barrier planning. Across three districts around Mole National Park, 1,544 farmers planted more than 62,000 seedlings. RANAS campaign communities achieved observed seedling survival rates of 72-74%, compared with 54% under standard training, despite prolonged drought. A community-led RANAS model performed as well as organisation-led delivery, showing that the approach can strengthen local ownership while offering a scalable model for restoration and climate resilience

This Solution documents how regenerative shellfish aquaculture has been developed and tested within the Community Marine Protected Area (AMCP) of Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal, as part of a broader transition towards a Regenerative Blue Economy. Faced with declining shellfish stocks, livelihood insecurity for women harvesters, and pressures on mangrove ecosystems, local actors piloted a community-led reseeding approach for ark clams (Senilia senilis), complemented by sustainable oyster farming and mangrove restoration. Anchored in shared governance of the AMCP, the approach combines traditional ecological knowledge, scientific monitoring, and precautionary management rules to regenerate natural stocks while improving food security and incomes. A large-scale reseeding operation demonstrated strong ecological recovery and socio-economic returns, benefiting over 500 women. The experience shows how locally managed MPAs can serve as laboratories for regenerative aquaculture that restores ecosystems, strengthens community resilience.

Developed through a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) climate-adaptation project, this solution strengthens livelihoods for women, young herders and people with disabilities in Khovd and Zavkhan Provinces. It combines online instruction, two-day hands-on training, gender sessions, manuals, videos and post-training mentoring. Participants learn to sew standard covers for Mongolian gers (round dwellings) and make value-added leather and rawhide products from local livestock materials. The solution responds to limited skills, equipment, finance and market access while supporting traditional knowledge and income diversification. Two classroom tracks recorded 96 participations. After two months, 25 sewing trainees had made ger covers, seven had sold them and 11 reported earning income. In leathercraft, 23 were applying skills, 14 had made products, five had completed orders and two reported earning income. Follow-up mentoring helped solve production problems and improve confidence.

Riparian forests woody vegetation along rivers and streams in Khovd Province have been degraded by grazing pressure, wood cutting, climate change and weak natural regeneration. From 2022 to 2025, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-supported ADAPT project and local governments restored about 700 hectares across 13 districts (soums) and planted more than 560,000 trees. The solution paired restoration and community participation with a sustainable financing model: 70% of the Mongolian tugrik (MNT) 7 billion investment came from ADAPT and 30% from local budgets. UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) helped local authorities improve the planning, collection and allocation of Natural Resource Use Fee revenues so restoration could continue beyond external project funding. The approach strengthens riverbanks, biodiversity, local governance and shared responsibility. Its blend of local revenue, international co-financing and multi-stakeholder delivery can be adapted by other Mongolian provinces.