Adansonia-Consulting

Sustainable management of the natural resources is not only key for the livelihood resilience and adaptive climate change capacity of the rural communities but also for the protection of nature and its biodiversity. We strongly believe in a participative approach based on the principle of self-reliance involving all relevant local key stakeholders from the very beginning of any initiative.

Adansonia-Consulting is active in supporting local communities and authorities in developing countries in the elaboration of mitigation and adaptation strategies towards global environmental change following an integrated disaster risk reduction approach. Adansonia-Consulting is committed to the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases as the origin of climate change.

Adansonia-Consulting is offering its expertise a) in general for programme/project evaluations, definition of inclusive approaches, stakeholder/conflict analyses and mapping (conflict-sensitive approach), and trainings, and b) more specifically for the following topics:

Rural development and livelihoods

• Evaluation of the impact of climate change on ecosystems and land use and elaboration of mitigation and adaptation strategies
• Community-based sustainable natural resources management
• Livelihood surveys
• Assessment and marketing of non-wood forest products (NWFP, see also Wild mushrooms)
• Income generating activities

Conservation Biodiversity assessment (flora) Biodiversity conservation approaches Vegetation survey and plant taxonomy Ecosystem analyses (dynamics) Impact of fire regime Household energy survey Evaluation of biomass fuel use (charcoal) Rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems (assisted natural regeneration)