Adaptation Actions

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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
195 - Apply local and imported pesticides and Insecticides
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
389 - Apply local and imported herbicides (and chemical injections)
390 - Physically remove invasive species
391 - Introduce biological control of invasives
392 - Practice regular maintenance, cleaning and weeding of forest plots
435 - Reconstruction and relocation of homes/communities to areas that are sheltered by forests
436 - Plant green spaces for outdoor congregating and relaxing
437 - Encourage the maintenance of trees when constructing houses