Supporting farmers and fishers ahead of typhoons in the province of Catanduanes
03/07/2025
The Philippines is among the world’s most disaster-prone countries and the province of Catanduanes is frequently exposed to typhoons due to its location on the eastern seaboard. In 2020, super-typhoon Goni devastated livelihoods, affecting over 42,000 households and causing USD [...]
Responding to floods and typhoon in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
02/04/2025
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines faces persistent socioeconomic and environmental challenges. In 2020, 81 percent of the population could not meet basic needs, and by 2021, the poverty rate stood at 29.8 percent – [...]
Strengthening household resilience to socioeconomic and climate shocks in Rakhine State
15/05/2024
Rakhine State in Myanmar has experienced armed conflict, localized violence, political instability and extremely high levels of forced displacement, together with heightened vulnerability to flooding. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the local population faced further and compounding disruptions [...]
Emergency assistance for post-earthquake and tsunami recovery through cash assistance in Central Sulawesi
02/05/2024
In 2018, a series of earthquakes struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi Province, which is a major agricultural production centre in the country. The earthquakes triggered a tsunami and caused landslides with considerable damage and loss of life. In the context of [...]
31/08/2022
The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals, the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Decade [...]