SINGLE COUNTRY/ REGIONAL INNOVATION PROJECT/PROGRAMME PROPOSAL - PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION

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These challenges are exacerbated by the gradual breakdown of traditional natural resources management governance systems and practices since the onset of the partial colonization of the country, accelerated by the large-scale breakdown of government services in 1991, and the consequent conflicts and insecurities in many parts of the country. [...] The proposed five-year project will put in place systems to promote the effective replication and upscaling of innovative Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and hybrid measures to mitigate the impacts of climate-intensified droughts and floods in Somalia, piloted in three districts in the Hirshabelle watershed in the Southern part of the country. [...] The project objective is to enhance the resilience of rural and urban communities in the Hirshabelle watershed through the effective replication and upscaling of proven NbS and hybrid measures, innovative in the context of Somalia, that reduce the vulnerability of people, productive assets and livelihoods to floods and droughts. [...] Covering a total land area of 637,657 km2, the country is bordered by the Gulf of Aden to the north, Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the west, the Guardafui Channel and Somali Sea to the east, and Kenya to the South West (Fig. [...] Both processes are challenged by the nature of the land and the terrain, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change and the negative feedback loops that link poor land management and declining water resources, particularly evident in the Shabelle basin and the three target districts.