Improving access to safe water and sanitation: South Asia Water Security Initiative
The project monitors innovative approaches to build water security in four communities in India and Pakistan.
Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks a Principal Consultant. He leads our Nature and Environment team, delivering work on biodiversity, forestry, oceans, freshwater resources and nature-based solutions. He has a Doctorate in Conservation Biology with more than 18 years of experience in integrated natural resource management, transboundary water resource management and biodiversity conservation at regional and national levels. He has a special interest in regional water security focusing on the socio-ecological resilience of transboundary river basins; conservation of biodiversity at landscape scales; and more broadly in issues aligned with these of poverty reduction and climate change adaptation.
Projects involving Chris Brooks
Evaluation of sustainable landscapes for people and nature
We did an independent evaluation of the ‘One Thousand Landscapes for One Billion People’ project in the design, testing, and demonstration phase to enhance co-design for effective long-term impact.
Independent Evaluation of the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund
Defra’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) aims to reduce poverty, protect and restore biodiversity and lessen the impact of climate change in six critical landscapes around the world.
Improving climate resilience of local communities in southern Africa
Building the resilience and improving water security among the communities and ecosystems in southern Africa
Latest updates from Chris Brooks
Why water resilience matters: Lessons from Southern Africa
Three key learnings from the Resilient Waters programme to help navigate the complexities of transboundary water management in a changing climate.
Conserving transboundary landscapes – why prioritising local community needs is key
Our nature expert, Chris Brooks, looks at how, through an iterative and participatory process, an innovative land use planning tool is helping both wildlife and local communities.
More dire warnings from the IPCC, so what do we do differently?
Climate change and disaster recovery expert, Phil Marker, outlines what needs to be done, and how development practitioners can support governments to help meet the climate challenges ahead.
Why trees alone won't save the planet
‘Invest In Our Planet’ is the call to action of Earth Day 2022. Nature-based solutions are high on the agenda in the race to limit the global rise in temperature– so why isn’t there a stronger impetus to invest in our existing forests, grasslands and swamps?