CC Adaptation + CDRMSustainable Communities

Raks Thai Foundation

Capacity Building Workshop on Climate Change Negotiation Process

Friday 17 August 2012, at the Amari Watergate Hotel

Raks Thai Foundation 2540/1997Member of CARE InternationalProgramsNatural Resources• Watershed Community Natural

Resources Management • Where the Rainfalls • Coastal Resiliency and CC• Community Disaster Risk ReductionDisaster Response & Preparedness• Tsunami rehabilitation• Flood response Ubon• Flood response/rehabilitation

Ayutthaya, Pathumthani • Flood response Southern regionHealth and rights• Migrant workers (HIV, TB, Malaria)• Children/women living with HIV• Youth HIV preventionEducation (leadership development) Women in Deep South provinces

LEARNING LAB• Review/analyze • Tools development • Process• Results• Impact• Case studiesCommunityAgencies, Civil societyNational Regional (Asia)

10 key steps on CBDRM process

Setting up

Community Learning

Sustainability / Scale out

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Raks Thai & CS Partners

• Raks Thai Foundation • Red Cross • Thailand Environment Institution• Sustainable Development Foundation • Southeast Asia Regional Center of the Global

Change System for Analysis, Research, and Training (START)

• RECOFT

Location of six CBDRMs in 2 sub-districts, Krabi Province

Introduction to case studies

Klong Prasong sub-disttrict

Koh Lanta sub-disttrict

DISASTERS IN BAN KOH KLANG and PROBLEMS CAUSED TO COMMUNITY

• Tsunami: (2004) caused some deaths, injuries and psychosocial effects. Damages to infrastructure & livelihoods

• Storms: (2010)damage to agriculture & fisheries (big loss of income)

• Landslides: (2007) landslides on rubber plantation, 100 rubber trees lost. Roads blocked by mud and landslides

• Floods caused by high sea level: damages to infrastructure & houses

• Drought: (2009) dry wells, rubber trees died, damages to rice paddies, shortage of water for the community

Year 1 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year 200

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Disaster 1Disaster 2CC-ImpactCC-Impact2Human

Multi-hazard and compounded impacts

COMMUNITY Adaptation +

CDRR

SettlementInfrastruc-

ture

Gender & Rights

Natural Resources

Livelihood

POLITCAL ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL I+EQ ENVIRONMENT

Participatory Processes

• Sustainability must come from within. CC response cannot be solved from outside.

• True participation = inclusiveness and engagement of voiceless.

• Participatory process may seem more expensive at beginning but is high cost effective in long term.

Secondary data review

Community

Introduction

Community Forum for

Mapping

Historical Timeline

Livelihoods

Ranking

SWOT

Logical Framework

Proposal

Partnership review

Community level

committee

Tambon level

committee

Networking

• Improves perspectives, increases resources (technical & financial), links to advocacy

• Formal networks with agencies that have mandates

• Informal networks within community and externally

• Quality of networks • Domestic vs Remote expertise

Project activities in response to community multi-hazards

Disaster prevention and mitigation plan1. Studying on coastal resources during the dry season2. Restoration of fishery resources in local canals by installing fish-

housing using local materials and improving fish breeding areas 3. Awareness on effective water use and community rules on water

utilization by zones.4. Training on suitable plant varieties that can reduce soil erosionDisaster preparedness and response plan 5. Establishing a disaster response plan6. Establishing a community fund for environment conservation &

DRR7. Signboards showing safe areas for storm surges/tsunami 8. Loud-speaker tower at beach area of community (Chao-ood)9. Training on observation of natural indicative signs of hazards

Funding Community Initiatives

• Short term – long term• Who pays?• How to make expenses of highest value.• Equity – who get’s what? Who is saved?

Technical Social Scoping Scientific Theories

based on assumptions

Facts and uncertainty

Scientific Theories based on assumptions

Scientific Theories based on assumptions

Community

experiences and

local wisdom Community

experiences and

local wisdom Facts and uncertainty

Facts and uncertainty

Community

experiences and

local wisdom

Ta Klong

Thaklong Krabie Assure women are engaged.

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