This women-led project will address drought in Pintadas, Brazil by improving agricultural productivity and income generation through the use of water pumping.  SouthSouthNorth and local partners are installing a number of different hydroponic solar powered installations to see their effectiveness as a mitigation and adaptation strategy and to improve rural economic development. Link to Source

The City of Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Secretariat of Social Development created the Community Reforestation Project in 1986.  The project, also referred to as the Paid Self-Help Reforestation Project and the Mutirão Project, aims to control erosion and reduce the associated land slide and flood risks through the reforestation of erosion-prone areas of the city, particularly where favelas (squatter settlements) are located.  Furthermore, the project aims to employ local residents and reintroduce native tree species (the best for erosion control) to the hillsides.  The individual reforestat