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 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.
Extraordinary high [...]  Junquillal students monitor temperature differences among sand samples © WWF – LAC 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 [...]  This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Danube-Carpathian region. Flock in flight. Danube River on the Romanian/Bulgarian border © Anton Vorauer/WWF-Canon Compared to other river systems such as the Ganges river in south Asia, the Danube basin is not likely to be dramatically affected by climate change. Nevertheless, some parts [...]  By Eliot Levine, WWF-US
The Lunana area of Northern Bhutan is surrounded by a stunning array of pristine mountains and the glaciers that move slowly through them. Amidst this serene beauty, however, is a growing danger that has the potential to be cataclysmic. As the ancient glaciers melt, their [...]  This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Brazilian Amazon. Figure 1. Location of the community of Igarape do Costa © WWF-Brazil Located in the lower Amazon floodplain of Brazil, the Santarém region harbors important fisheries that many people depend on for employment, food security, government tax revenues, and items to export [...]  Oviedo in the field (c) Antonio Oviedo/WWF-Brazil By Eliot Levine, WWF-US This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Brazilian Amazon. The majority of Brazilian Amazon fishermen live in areas vulnerable to climate change, or depend on resources whose distribution and productivity are known to be influenced by climate variability. One [...] |
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