Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration

Jun 13, 2024 | IUCN
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As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our environment. World Environment Day has encouraged people to protect and restore the natural areas that support us all.

This year's theme of "Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience" is closely tied to the work being done by the Kiwa Initiative - a programme that is helping many community-based projects deal with these big environmental problems, by using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to adapt to the impacts of climate change within their communities, and addressing societal challenges as well. The Kiwa Initiative is helping local communities adapt to these impacts by restoring damaged lands; minimising the spread of desertification; and learning how to better cope with droughts. This is further monitored by local projects under their respective Environment and Social Risk Management Systems (ESMS) enabling projects to have safeguard measures in place to further mitigate risks that can cause further harm to their environment and people within their communities.