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Jock Campbell has been working with FAO to develop a programme outline for devloping systematic and integrated approaches to adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector of Smaill Island Developing States (SIDS). 

 As part of the EU funded FORCE project, IMM recently held a workshop in Barbados on reef-dependent livelihoods in the Cribbean. The workshop was attended by a diversity of people from across the region. 

Philip Townsley has recently implmented a workshop on the SLED (Sustainable Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification) process for Fauna and Flora International staff in Liberia

 IMM Staff, Jock Campbell and Philip Townsley, have been involved in the FAO consultation on the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidance in Rome.

 IMM has recently carried out training in Sustainable Livelihood Enhancementand Diversification (SLED) in Turkey.  The training was for Fauna and Flora International staff.  SLED is being used as an approch to the diversifcation of livelihoods away from threaten species and ecosystems. 

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IMM have been working with Fauna & Flora International and some of their partner organisations in Kenya to strengthen their capacity to apply Sustainable Livelihood Approaches (SLA). This came in response to a recognition within FFI of the limitations in many of the current approaches to livelihoods development undertaken in support of conservation initiatives worldwide. The past decade has seen many agencies involved in work to promote the conservation of nature recognise that supporting the livelihoods of those who currently depend on natural resources is likely to represent a critical part of efforts to improve the management of natural resources.  The training explored the wider aspects of livelihood approaches and the use of SLED in a natural resource management context and encouraged the participants to take a more holistic approach to understanding livelihoods.

Jock Campbell was recntly commissioned by DFID to lead a team of consultants reviewing the disaster risk management system in Kenya and identifying constratnts and opportunities for adoptng a more comprehesive approch that strengthens resilence amongst affected communities.

IMM has updated its Service Sheets.

IMM was asked to design and run a training course on sustainable livelihoods approaches for the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme RFLP. RFLP is funded by Spain (US$ 19.54 million) and will operate for 4 years in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam.

RFLP management, including the Regional Manager and the Technical Advisor are based in the FAO Asia and the Pacific ffices in Bangkok, Thailand; while each country will have a national RFLP office located locally.

Ben Cattermoul from IMM provided the training and facilitation inputs to the workshop. The aims of the workshop were:

1. To develop a common understanding of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for
the RFLP and build the capacity of the participants to apply this in their work;
2. To develop indicators for the 5 programme outputs;
3. To design baseline surveys for the 5 RFLP outputs