Building capabilities of local climate change communicators towards climate change adaptation in the upland communities in Southeast Asia

This article highlights the experiences of the Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE) and its collaborators in implementing capacity development activities for climate change adaptation of upland communities in the four collaborating countries, namely Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines and Viet Nam.

The highlights of this publication are the following:

• This capacity development programme has shown the importance of creating awareness about climate change at all levels and sectors.
• This programme has likewise recognised the essence of involving the active participation of farmers in climate change research and capacity-building.
• The human capital should be developed through capability-building or training programmes, particularly on the appropriate/site-specific climate change adaptation strategies.
• The natural capital including the land and the farming system should be enhanced.
• Social capital enhances the capacity of an individual to address his/her problems or concerns by way of networking and establishing good relationships and solidarity between and among the members of the community and fostering their linkages with outside organisations.

Issue 6, April 2016.