Adaptation Actions

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21 - Physically remove any creeping vines or invasives that threaten to colonize a damaged forest

22 - Physically remove any creeping vines or invasives that threaten to colonize a damaged forest

23 - Provide wild animals with fallen fruits

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

367 - Ensure proper drainage: outflow needs direction away from infrastructures and towards a safer place

368 - Check that hand pumps are properly sealed (at top of bore hole) to prevent contamination and back leakage

369 - Fully check the performance of new systems 3 months – 1 yr after construction

370 - Build homes with cement around the base so as to prevent inundation

371 - Build homes that are raised above ground level to prevent household inundation during floods

372 - Build walls and sea walls to prevent storm surge related flooding

373 - Develop health guidelines on consumption and contamination by air pollution and ash

400 - Do not utilize sensitive Bush and VIP toilets in flood prone areas

401 - Do not drink ground water near bush and VIP toilets after flood conditions

402 - Do not use bush and VIP toilets in areas with undrainable clay soils

403 - Do not swim or bathe in rivers immediately following a flood event

404 - Suggest other types of toilet designs

405 - Septic tanks could be placed above ground to avoid flood contamination

406 - Develop and follow construction standards for water supply and sanitation, use of toilets in certain areas

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