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Photo credit: Faith Tanui WWF- Kenya Photo credit: Faith Tanui WWF- Kenya COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD The workshop explored the transformative The workshop included field visits to NbS project sites potential of Nature based Solutions (NbS), in Malindi and discussions with local community emphasizing the urgent need for collaborative members. [...] GVL (Great Virunga Landscape) is implementing the Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas Initiative to address the climate change risks to the GVL with a focus on gender and women being on the forefront of designing their own solutions. [...] WWF partners the Red Cross shared how NbS is increasingly recognized as one of the most effective means to reduce disaster risks and build climate resilience and is gaining increasing importance as a priority intervention to support communities to adapt to climate change. [...] The project seeked to address the major societal challenge of water security and enhance the resilience of communities and freshwater ecosystems through: restoration of river banks; soil and water conservation; land use planning and management; stakeholder engagement and livelihood interventions to benefit 2000 HHs (via agroforestry, bee-keeping). [...] -Innovative cross-sector partnerships and actionable strategies to harness the potential of NbS for climate adaptation and DRR in the African context should take advantage of existing regional partnerships.