East Africa: Marine-based ‘blue economies’ offer massive potential

Ecosystem-based solutions aim to support communities to adapt to life in a less predictable climate system, based on the preservation of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. In practice, this can happen through the restoration of terrestrial or coastal forested areas or through engineering projects that ‘build with nature’ instead of purely static hard infrastructure. Learn more about our work in this area here!

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