Adaptation Actions
- (x) Remove Animals develop sickness filter Animals develop sickness
- (x) Remove Crops do not have sufficient water filter Crops do not have sufficient water
- (x) Remove Crops are infested/infected by pests and disease filter Crops are infested/infected by pests and disease
- (x) Remove Crops become waterlogged and rot in ground filter Crops become waterlogged and rot in ground
- (x) Remove Damage to infrastructure (roads, water tanks/storage facilities- wooden tanks etc filter Damage to infrastructure (roads, water tanks/storage facilities- wooden tanks etc
- (x) Remove Erosion of coastal forest areas filter Erosion of coastal forest areas
- (x) Remove Animal feed is unavailable or productivity is reduced filter Animal feed is unavailable or productivity is reduced
- (x) Remove Animal movement in flooded areas leads to enhanced erosion of topsoil filter Animal movement in flooded areas leads to enhanced erosion of topsoil
- (x) Remove Animals overheat inside their enclosures filter Animals overheat inside their enclosures
- (x) Remove Impacts on Forest Eco-tourism filter Impacts on Forest Eco-tourism
- (x) Remove Heat Stresson humans filter Heat Stresson humans
- (x) Remove Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes filter Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
- (x) Remove Animals are directly affected filter Animals are directly affected
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55 - Thoroughly inspect all bullock fencing before a cyclone to cut out any living branches on posts (i.e. purao fences)
56 - Avoid corrosive fencing materials (i.e. barb wire)
57 - Allow glycine to grow over barbed wire fences to provide a physical barrier to salt exposure
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
109 - Utilize drought resistant varieties of island cabbage (e.g. red vein cabbage, not white).
110 - Encourage more planting of Vietnam/Chinese Banana as a hardy and drought resilient variety
111 - Select drought and sun resistant vegetables (e.g. beans, white bun/Chinese cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, pumpkin, capsicum, cucumber, spring onions)
112 - Use grafting techniques resilient varieties
113 - Practice targeted irrigation around the roots of the crop