Asian Coastal Resilience Network (ACoRN)

The Asian Coastal Resilience Network (ACoRN) project will bring together scientists and stakeholders to understand and develop solutions to reduce the impact of coastal hazards on communities in Asia. The core team and their respective organizations have a wide range of expertise including hydrology, earth observation, marine resource management, and geodatabasing. The first three years will focus on Bangladesh where, through a series of engagement workshops, the group aims to refine their understanding of the challenges faced by communities in coastal regions. These challenges include sea level rise and flooding, subsidence, salinity intrusion and coastal erosion. They wil aim to propose appropriate solutions. Each workshop will have a different focus and attendees will include policy makers, local community members and scientists. For the final two years of ACoRN, we will expand approaches and adapt the solutions in similarly affected regions of other partner countries – Viet Nam and Thailand. Throughout the project, the group will encourage additional involvement from other countries across the continent and aims to build resilient communities in Asia.