Environment

Strengthening Capacities Towards a Resilient Future: The case of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Tacloban City, Philippines after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan

2011-2020, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Disaster Risk Reduction, Foreign, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Social Development, Thesis/Dissertation / By

This thesis explores the experiences, challenges, and roles of people who identify as sexual and gender minorities in the context of disaster risk reduction management and practices. In recent decades, national and international institutions have exerted substantial efforts to reduce disaster risk and strengthen disaster management. In response to the increasing number and magnitude of …

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Addressing Gender-based Impacts of Climate Change: A Case Study of Ginayangan, Philippines

2011-2020, Case Study, Climate Change, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review / By

This brief summarizes the findings of a case study of a diversification effort undertaken in Guinayangan Climate-Smart Village. Small livestock systems, a climate-smart agriculture practice, present a less risk-prone livelihood venture. It can feature as a diversification agenda, reducing the risks from crop failure and are relevant to all ecosystems. Small livestock initiatives can benefit …

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Gendered Adapatations to Climate Change: The Case of Rice Farming Communities in the Philippines

2011-2020, Climate Change, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Thesis/Dissertation / By

Climate change causing heavy rainfall and floods is one of the major constraints to agricultural productivity particularly in rice farming in the Philippines. Despite many studies on the adverse impacts of unpredictable extreme weather events on agriculture, very few studies have examined the differential vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies of male and female farmers in rice …

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