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Rural livelihoods at risk in Congo Basin due to erratic rainfall and water flow Availability of edible caterpillars drops more than 85 percent Shares A doctoral student measures the circumference of a Funtunia Africana in the forest reserve near the village of Masako. Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. CIFOR/Ollivier Girard Related stories
Over the past 20 years, people living in the forests of Congo Basin have noticed some significant changes in their natural surroundings, according to scientists. Not only is the area becoming hotter, but there is greater variability in the length and intensity of the rainy season, they report.
Less precipitation leads to dryer conditions, reducing water flow and creating challenging and unpredictable circumstances for rural communities whose livelihoods depend on local forests and waterways.
Nassau, THE Bahamas Academic freedom and the pursuit of new knowledge are pivotal aspects of University of The Bahamas’ (UB’s) mission, which for the last two decades has been showcasing the breadth of its research expertise via its Research Edge forum.
UB recently commemorated the 20th anniversary of Research Edge in a virtual presentation which paid homage to the legacy platform.
Research Edge is the brainchild of Higher Education and Development Policy Specialist the late Dr. Joan Vanderpool and was initiated in 2000 at the then College of The Bahamas (COB). Dr. Vanderpool’s vision for Research Edge was for it to be a forum that would showcase and promote scholarly, Bahamas-based research. Over the years, of the 141 research presentations delivered, the majority has focused on education and social science. Other research studies have centered on the environment, health, technology, tourism, sustainability and business.
WFP Nepal Country Brief, November 2020
Format
US$0.38 six months (Dec 2020-May 2021) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
• Under the school feeding programme, WFP - together with the World Bank, UNICEF and UNESCO - has been playing an active role in contextualizing and adopting the global school reopening framework for Nepal. The importance of the mid-day meal programme has been reflected in these plans. Currently, WFP is supporting local governments in their plans for the safe reopening of schools according to the national framework.
• WFP has expanded the emergency blanket supplementary feeding programme (BSFP) into 22 additional municipalities of Province 2 under the COVID-19 Livelihoods and Economic Recovery Project, funded by the Foreign,