Safe Islands in an Ocean of Trouble: Adaptation in the Maldives

By Carina Bachofen and Edward Cameron The Maldives is a country with many pseudonyms and identities. The great Venetian explorer Marco Polo referred to the Maldives as the “flower of the Indies”; to the scores of holidaymakers and honeymooners the island nation is popularly known as the “pearls of the Indian Ocean”. In recent years, as the [...]

Educating the coast’s youngest about Climate Change Adaptation

  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 [...]