Environmental research

(No co-financing required for proposal concept.) Erosion has accounted for some 10-30 tons of soil per hectare in recent years in the Cockpit Area and as climate change pressure increases, this problem will worsen. With this erosion,and the increasing pressures associated with climate change, the nutrients in the soil will be depleted and this will encourage the habit of shifting cultivation to more fertile soil, threatening the biodiversity in the area and humidity balance. This project will seek to reduce cliamte driven landslide risk and climate driven threats to these key biodiversity spots by improving local agricutlure livelihoods, reduce forest fragmentation and deforestation and thus reduce disaster risk.

Jamaica