1. Home
  2. Resources
  3. Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
  4. Animal feed is unavailable or productivity is reduced
  5. Increase growth of weeds and invasive species
  6. Top Soil is eroded
  7. Forest seeds burnt and do not have a chance to germinate
  8. Death of wild animals
  9. Water-catchments and watersheds dry up
  10. Adaptation Actions
Search Print

Adaptation Actions

Keyword Search
Major Impacts
Sector Impact
1 - 20 of 23
150 - Provide awareness on the importance of water catchment areas for water quality
151 - Establish protected areas over sensitive water catchments
152 - Reforest and rehabilitate forests within sensitive watershed and catchment areas
153 - Place and enforce buffer zones around streams and water sources
163 - Utilize appropriate building materials for livestock enclosres that can withstand climtic extremes
195 - Apply local and imported pesticides and Insecticides
223 - Throw moist plants (green) on the fire to slow and stop
224 - Revive cultural burning of grasslands
225 - Ensure that grassland burning is not undertaken in biodiversity rich areas
285 - Use contour planting to prevent soil erosion during floods or storms
286 - Practice minimal tillage agriculture
287 - Utilize vetiver grasses to hold and prevent topsoil loss from gardens
288 - Utilize animal manure to counteract soil nutrient leeching in rainy times
322 - Plant pasture grass species that can withstand flood conditions (para and elephant)
323 - Plant pasture grass species that can tolerate water (papolo and beans)
324 - Plant fodder tree species in pastures that tolerate water
325 - Move bullock to less flood prone areas including hill side grazing areas, and plateaus
326 - Make advance arrangements where bullock could be moved in case of flooding in the primary pastures
389 - Apply local and imported herbicides (and chemical injections)
390 - Physically remove invasive species