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In the Face of Real Disaster
December 27, 2016![](https://www.wn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1._Fatunababo_well_after.jpg)
The Community of Fatunababo in Timor-Leste: Success in protecting and conserving their water source
June 2, 2017Why the Momentum for Mangroves?
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Last week, the Global Resilience Partnership announced the winners of its Water Window Challenge, in which 12 projects will share $10 million to tackle flooding in vulnerable areas. One of those organizations was Seacology, a nonprofit environmental conservation organization dedicated to preserving the habitats and cultures of islands, which will use the nearly $1 million grant to expand its work to conserve mangroves in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. A partnership between Seacology, the Sri Lankan NGO Sudeesa, and the Sri Lankan government led this island nation to became the first country in the world to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests. Read more here.