Analyzing the building blocks of resilience: Findings from a baseline survey of the Tuungane Population Health and Environment Project in Western Tanzania.

This paper analyzes data from the Tuungane Project baseline survey to show the pre-project level of knowledge among village residents regarding their understanding and use of FP understanding and attitudes toward conservation and whether or not there are linkages among them. We hope to use this analysis to inform future efforts that will look more deeply at the relationships among and between: FP and climate change adaptation FP and resilience and the pathways through which the FP and other components of PHE projects like Tuungane contribute to building resilience and enhancing the ability to adapt to climate change. (Excerpt)