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  3. Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
  4. Erosion of coastal forest areas
  5. Animals overheat inside their enclosures
  6. Animal feed is unavailable or productivity is reduced
  7. Animals develop sickness
  8. Logging operations are compromised: erosion in logging area
  9. Salt Spray will damage crops
  10. Crops do not have sufficient water
  11. Animals are Killed
  12. Adaptation Actions
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10 - Utilize Salt Resistant Crops
11 - Protect gardens by building physical ocean barriers etc.
42 - Freeze Excess meat where possible
43 - Preserve Meat using traditional bamboo cooking methods
44 - Preserve Meat using salting methods
45 - Preserve Fish using multiple canning methods
46 - Preserve Fish using smoking and drying methods
47 - Preserve Fish using traditional breadfruit leaf baking methods
97 - Use mulching around crops to trap moisture
98 - Use compost around crops to trap moisture
99 - Rotate crops inside disused livestock pastures to take advantage of manure fertilizers
100 - Place manure on and around the stems of crops
101 - Utilize mucuna and other crops to cover and replenish soils
102 - Use cover crops for at least 3 years on degraded soil before planting dry land taro
103 - Practice minimum tillage of soils before planting, which will hold soil moisture and nutrients
104 - Plant heat and sun tolerant varieties of Taro like navia and taro with small leaves, and leaves pointed down away from the sun.
105 - Select for manioc varieties with smaller leaves and those that grow shorter
106 - Select for manioc varieties that are drought resilient
107 - Select for yam varieties that produce minisetts (small tubers that do not easily rot or dry out)
108 - Encourage the domestication of wild yam varieties that are climate resistant