Natural resource management - a central pillar of crisis-affected people's resilience

There is a close link between a preserved ecosystem, its resilience and that of the people who depend on it. It is urgent to make natural resource management a central part of resilience strategies, by focusing more on existing strategies based on endogenous knowledge and innovation. This needs to be accompanied by strong commitment from governments, donors, actors and communities to reverse the process of environmental degradation and reinforce people’s resilience.