Livelihood Support Program for wetland management

Ministry of Environment
Climate change adaptation project (CCAP) funded by World Bank
April 2017 – Feb 2018

 

As part of the Livelihood component of the Climate Change Adaptation project, MACCS provided training to the community members of Addu City and Fuvahmulah City to show alternative livelihood activities. The large mangroves (Kilhi) in both atolls had suffered damage from nearby farms using chemical compounds. This training is facilitated to convert the current community farming practices into organic farming activities and offer training for eco-friendly alternative livelihood activities using natual resources available on the islands. Due to this, the art of toddy tapping, as well as palm frond and screwpine leaf weaving was revived as alternate methods of generating income. In addition, participants received marketing training as well as prepared training manuals, which was developed specifically for this training.