http://www.climateprep.org adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/08/22/educating-the-coast%e2%80%99s-youngest-about-climate-change-adaptation/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/08/22/educating-the-coast%e2%80%99s-youngest-about-climate-change-adaptation/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:23:38 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2022   In this third and final installment of a three part series on WWF’s Latin American and Caribbean Program’s coastal adaptation projects in Costa Rica, Valerie Guthrie discusses the community’s efforts to educate and actively involve Junquillal’s youngest inhabitants in WWF’s  adaptation work. Communities matter. This is the foundation for our work helping sea turtles and the [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/08/22/educating-the-coast%e2%80%99s-youngest-about-climate-change-adaptation/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/07/02/modeling-future-coastlines/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/07/02/modeling-future-coastlines/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:10:08 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1919 In this second installment of a three part series on WWF’s Latin American and Caribbean Program’s coastal adaptation projects in Costa Rica, Ana Fonseca, the Latin America and Caribbean lead with WWF-LAC, together with Carlos Drews discusses the community’s efforts to adapt – both for the turtles and themselves. The fortunes of coastal communities like Junquillal are [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/07/02/modeling-future-coastlines/feed/ 3 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/25/marianne-fish-coastal-adaptation-with-a-species-focus/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/25/marianne-fish-coastal-adaptation-with-a-species-focus/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:13 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1884 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/25/marianne-fish-coastal-adaptation-with-a-species-focus/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:34:56 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1597 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Junquillal Beach in the north Pacific of Costa Rica is a representative example of many places in Latin American and the Caribbean where wildlife and communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change. In 2005, with the support of the community, WWF started the project “Conservation of Pacific Leatherbacks” (in Spanish, [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/feed/ 1