Support of 8 coastal livelihood preservation postdoc projects
Early-career researchers, coastal communities
Improve awareness and solution building around the coastal Ocean
The AXA Research Fund, the philanthropic scientific initiative of the AXA Group, will provide €1M in total to 8 excellent scientific projects in the area of coastal livelihood in a sponsored call for Decade Actions with IOC-UNESCO.
This Call was launched in early October 2021 as part of the Ocean Decade’s Call for Decade Actions No. 02/2021.
See here the endorsed projects:
Strengthening coastal communities' resilience through better forecasting and projecting compound flood risk - Andrea Ficchì, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Community forestry to enhance conservation and restoration of mangroves for more resilient coastal livelihoods - Valerie Hagger, The University of Queensland, Australia
Navigating social barriers in coastal livelihood adaptation - Jacqueline Lau, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, Australia
Transboundary governance for climate change adaptation in marine socio-ecological systems - Emmanuel Mbaru, Lancaster University, UK
Women’s livelihoods in vulnerable coastlines - Megnaa Mehtta, University College London
Integrating aquaculture with capture fisheries to avert hunger in coastal communities in Africa - Nwamaka Okeke-Ogbuafor, University of Leeds, UK
Mitigating tsunamis' threat and destructive impact on coastal communities through enhanced navigation satellite system to tsunami early warnings - Michela Ravanelli, University La Sapienza, Italy
Climate-smart strategies to develop resilience in artisanal fisheries of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas - Marina Sanz-Martín, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spanish National Research Council (IEO-CSIC), Spain