The use of renewable natural resources and watersheds in Ecuador can be characterized largely spontaneous or based on the needto use a particular resource, but not for a planned process, although this is changing now. In the Napo River Basin, which is the mostimportant means of transportation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, it is possible to identify concrete actions for land management with thepurpose optimizing planning and fostering development.

This report provides a summary of the working approach developed and tested to promote community-based adaptation within agriculture in Bangladesh. It presents lessons learned from the implementation process as well as the details of good practice options for drought risk management in the context of climate change.