UNDP / Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Limited

Making alternative Indigenous food markets mainstream

Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Limited, an Indigenous-owned producer collective located in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), began as a micro-social enterprise. It has since grown into a tribal producer company that uses organic production and sustainable harvests of local crops, has been awarded the UNDP’s Equator Prize 2021 along with nine other Indigenous peoples and local communities. The Equator Prize recognizes effective and scalable nature-based solutions to our world’s most pressing environmental, food and economic dilemmas.

How Africa is using nature to adapt to climate change

Preparing for the impacts of climate change, known as climate change adaptation, will be key for African nations. Adaptation – the reduction of vulnerability to climate change by increasing the ability to absorb impacts and remain resilient – is a key pillar of the Paris Agreement. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2020 found advancements in planning and implementation adaptation projects, yet huge gaps remain, especially in finance for developing countries. UNEP shows us how eight communities in Africa are using nature-based solutions to adapt to a changing world.