End of the project in the Philippines: concrete but sometimes mixed results
From November 2015 to June 2022, FGEF supported the implementation of the “Building Coastal Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in small island communities through Green-Grey Infrastructure (GGI) project” in the municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo province, one of the areas severely devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. […]
Green-Grey projects in Philippines
Implementation of green and grey infrastructures In the Philippines, the project covers 4 sites in the province of Iliolo: Bagongon, Loong, North Bacjawan, Tambaliza. In each of the sites, several structures have been installed, combining soft solutions (mainly bamboo structures) and grey solutions (small stone dikes) to trap sediment and/or to attenuate swell before reforestation. […]
A practical guide to the implementing green and gray infrastructure
This practical guide, developed by Conservation International (CI), provides tools to identify, plan, design, build and monitor gray-green infrastructure projects with the objective of increasing the resilience of vulnerable communities. The proposed tools are based on Conservation International’s field experience in the Philippines and around the world. Gray-green infrastructure combines the conservation and/or restoration of ecosystems […]