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  3. Animals and their enclosures are exposed to climate extremes
  4. Infrastructure and Pastures are burned
  5. Outbreaks of timber and forest pests and diseases
  6. Crops experience die off
  7. Change in timing of fruiting seasons
  8. Animals do not have sufficient drinking water/food
  9. Tree Death
  10. Fire burns crops
  11. Adaptation Actions
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188 - During dry times, the bullocks should be mating, and during the wet productive growing seasons, the animals should be calving.
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
194 - Cross breed, seletc for and utilize slim, lean wild chickens for drought times
196 - Introduce biological control measures
219 - Create firebreaks between bush and garden areas
220 - Remove unnecessary weeds, dead trees, dry branches and dry organic litter from gardens
221 - Relocate gardens away from fire prone areas
222 - Burn flammable grasses around gardens in the wet season to prevent excessive fuel buildup
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
397 - Physically remove diseased or dying trees/plants
398 - Conduct research on specific tree pests and diseases
399 - Accurately identify pest and disease agents