Adaptation Actions
- (x) Remove Animals develop sickness filter Animals develop sickness
- (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 Animals suffer shortage of water and decreased productivity filter Animals suffer shortage of water and decreased productivity
- (x) Remove Animals develop sunlight-related problems filter Animals develop sunlight-related problems
- (x) Remove Outbreaks of timber and forest pests and diseases filter Outbreaks of timber and forest pests and diseases
- (x) Remove Infrastructure and Pastures are burned filter Infrastructure and Pastures are burned
- (x) Remove Crops are exposed to high levels of salinity in soils filter Crops are exposed to high levels of salinity in soils
- (x) Remove Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes filter Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
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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
163 - Utilize appropriate building materials for livestock enclosres that can withstand climtic extremes
189 - Cross breed, select for and utilize drought resilient varieties of bullock
190 - Cross breed, select for and utilize drought resilient Rasta chickens
191 - Cross breed, select for and utilize drought resilient African chickens
192 - Utilize fast breeding African chickens
193 - Utilize chickens for meat during drought times rather than other animals
193 - Identify and relocate vulnerable species that have high risk of pest and disease attack to dryer areas
194 - Practice mixed species cropping systems to prevent rapid spread of disease
195 - Domesticate wild chickens for meat but ensure robust fencing
196 - Cross breed, select for and utilize drought resilient varieties of pig
196 - Introduce biological control measures
236 - Use less fire prone grasses including Buffalo Grass
237 - Use steel or iron for fence posts
238 - Use living Fence posts which do not rapidly light
239 - Encourage some overgrazing during the dry season to prevent buildup of biomass and fuel
240 - Ensure that there is an appropriate number of stock in the pasture to remove potential fire fuel
332 - To combat foot rot on the hooves of bullock, place stones within the paddock to trim the hooves