An Overview Of Our Solution
- Population Impacted:
- Continent: Africa
Dirección
Grand-Sable,
Estados Unidos
Correo electrónico
Población impactada
Size
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Ocupaciones principales
Recursos locales de los que depende la comunidad y con qué propósito
Amenazas locales a los recursos
Riesgos climáticos
Nivel de sensibilidad
Nivel de capacidad adaptativa
The Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) has been chosen for this project. The VRA was employed using pictures and simple language to let all members of the community engage in the project development. The methodology was based on the following four indicators: 1. Vulnerability of livelihood/welfare to existing climate change and/or climate variability 2. Vulnerability of livelihood/welfare to developing climate change risks 3. Magnitude of barriers (institutional, policy, technological, financial, etc) barriers to adaptation. 4. Ability and willingness of the community to sustain the project intervention The local stakeholders were asked the above questions and their answers were evaluated on a scale of 1 to 5 generating a numerical score, as well as other qualitative data based on the discussions leading to the eventual score. 30 members of the Grand-Sable Fishermen Association were involved in this activity. The same members also took the lead in the identification of the potential sites and in discussing the logistical/ management arrangements for the project implementation phase. The length of implementation of the project is 2 years. Progress of the project is monitored closely by the project manager and the funding agencies.
Costos ecológicos
Beneficio ecológico
Indicadores económicos utilizados para medir el beneficio
It will cause increased biodiversity and abundance of fish
Costo económico
Number of community members attending meetings
Beneficio económico
Funding for rehabilitation of coastal infrastructures was not considered
Indicadores ecológicos utilizados para medir el beneficio
- No additional cost for relocation of the local community - Additional income generated
What were/are the challenges your community faced in implementing this solution?
Intensity of the damage to coastal infrastructures
Describa el proceso basado en la comunidad utilizado para desarrollar la solución, incluidas las herramientas y los procesos utilizados.
the community should be sensitized further and capacity building activities should be undertaken to empower the local community so that they could take appropriate actions to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Peligro climático de preocupación
¿Cómo reduce su solución la exposición y amortigua/protege el ecosistema afectado?
Coastal flooding or storm surge
How has your solution increased the capacity of the ecosystem to adapt to potential climate changes?
Pollution of the lagoon is expected to be reduced as the construction of the drainage system will prevent run off from the mountains to be deposited in the lagoon.
¿Cómo reduce su solución la exposición y amortigua/protege a las comunidades afectadas?
Development behind mangroves will be prohibited such that they are able to grow inland as natural progression with sea level rise.
¿Cómo su solución reduce la sensibilidad de las comunidades afectadas?
The plantation of mangroves will reduce the impact of coastal erosion on the coastal infrastructures and the houses.
¿Cómo ha aumentado su solución la capacidad de las comunidades locales para adaptarse a posibles cambios climáticos?
The setting up of the mangrove nursery has allowed the fishermen to get an additional income as the rise in sea surface temperature has resulted in a decrease in the number of fish catch.
¿Se puede replicar esta solución en otros lugares?
Mangrove propagules were collected prior to the construction of the mangrove nurseries. This resulted in the drying of most of the mangrove propagules. The mangrove propagules collection activity had to be repeated. The potential risks associated with this solution are: ? Severe weather condition delaying collection of propagules and plantation phase