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  3. Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
  4. Erosion of coastal forest areas
  5. Water-catchments and watersheds dry up
  6. Salt Spray will damage pastures
  7. Crops are killed
  8. Tree Death
  9. Waterlogged and anaerobic soils
  10. Livestock are exposed to high salinity feeds and environments
  11. Death of wild animals
  12. Logging operations are compromised: erosion in logging area
  13. Animals are Killed
  14. Adaptation Actions
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1 - After a cyclone, pile tubers and fresh foods in a hole, the foods will begin to rot, but moisture will eventually drain out and the dried foods can be eaten
2 - After a cyclone, bring Fiji taro to bush kitchen, keep in a dry place, and constantly rotate so that is does not constantly lay on one side
3 - After a cyclone, build a yam shelter raised off the ground, that is cool and dry
4 - Practice fruit drying
5 - Practice preserve/jam making
6 - Dry nangai and natapoa for long term usage
7 - Dry breadfruit for long term use
8 - Produce flour for long term use
9 - Collect wild tubers for consumption after cyclones
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
58 - Plant less susceptible grasses like Glycine, Signal, Guinea and Koronea grasses which may be affected by salt for 2-3 weeks after the storm, but then will recover.
59 - Plant wind breaks near pastures that are coastal, already salt tolerant species
149 - practice species site selection
150 - Provide awareness on the importance of water catchment areas for water quality
151 - Establish protected areas over sensitive water catchments