AdaptEA: Adaptation of people to climate change in East Africa

Photo by Carol J. Pierce Colfer/CIFOR

Objectives: This project aims to analyze the potential and effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) strategies to address climate challenges in East Africa. Processes and results will inform rural stakeholders, district resource managers and national policy makers regarding the sustainability of different adaptation strategies.

Locations: Uganda and Kenya Duration: 2011-2015 Donor: The Rockefeller Foundation Partners: World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Makerere University, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

For more information on this project, please contact Aaron Russell

• CIFOR’s adaptation research