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Protecting coastal zones as urban natural assets
The UNA Coasts project supports local governments in coastal African cities to protect and revitalise their urban natural assets.
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This cutting-edge project is designed to support the daily challenges that local governments in Africa experience around protecting and revitalising their urban natural assets, in particular, in their coastal zones.
This project is funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), through SwedBio at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
This cutting-edge project is designed to support the daily challenges that local governments in Africa experience around protecting and revitalising their urban natural assets, in particular, in their coastal zones.
This project is funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), through SwedBio at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Project aims
Improve knowledge and understanding of the key challenges and opportunities that urban coastal zones experience
Examine the potential for natural assets to offset these challenges to maximise the opportunities
Design a tailor-made coastal natural asset management plan through co-production and transdisciplinary engagement with the two project cities and key local stakeholders
Mobilise project activities through alignment with international policies and processes (such as the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals)
Identify entry points to enhance sustainable livelihoods at the local level
*using the same methodology and steps as UNA Rivers
Improve knowledge and understanding of the key challenges and opportunities that urban coastal zones experience
Examine the potential for natural assets to offset these challenges to maximise the opportunities
Design a tailor-made coastal natural asset management plan through co-production and transdisciplinary engagement with the two project cities and key local stakeholders
Mobilise project activities through alignment with international policies and processes (such as the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals)
Identify entry points to enhance sustainable livelihoods at the local level
*using the same methodology and steps as UNA Rivers
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Resilience framework for coastal cities
Resilience framework for coastal cities
Project news updates
6 March 2023
Foregrounding a human rights based approach
9 December 2021
Training the way to a more resilient future
20 March 2020
Integrating urban natural assets into city planning and decision-making in African cities: A new handbook series
6 March 2023
Foregrounding a human rights based approach
9 December 2021
Training the way to a more resilient future
20 March 2020
Integrating urban natural assets into city planning and decision-making in African cities: A new handbook series