This publication showcases some of the most successful approaches and achievements emerging from Small Island Developing States (SIDS), as the world discusses a set of new sustainable development goals for the post-2015 period. This projects focus on a range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more. For example, in Vanuatu, UNDP-GEF has helped the country to embrace sustainable land management techniques that protect the environment and strengthen customary and traditional knowledge and approaches. In the Caribbean, integrating Watershed and coastal management helped 13 Caribbean SIDS protect scarce water resources. A combination of community and household water tanks in Pa Enua, Cook Islands, helped increase water supply to counter climate-induced disturbances.
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Objective
Mitigation
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Community based
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Eldis
Cross-sectoral enabler
Governance and planning
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Caribbean
Vanuatu
Cook Islands
Watershed conservation
Soil management
Ponds and tanks
Water resource assessment