An Overview Of Our Solution
- Population Impacted:
- Continent: Oceania
Dirección
PO Box 2461
Kolonia 96941-FM
Micronesia
Correo electrónico
Población impactada
Size
5851 hectars
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
Establishment of A WaterFund. Identification of alternate income generating activities. Greater awareness of the value of ecosystem services. sense of ownership of community. Care for water and ecosystem. relocation/reduction of waste into rivers/streams. Improved food security through better farming practice/planning.
Costos ecológicos
Beneficio ecológico
Indicadores económicos utilizados para medir el beneficio
Reduced deforestation for farming of sakau/kava.
Costo económico
Cost of community meetings are normally bourn by the local government and partner NGOs. In Nett, communities also defray cost of meetings including preparation of food. Each meeting would cost around $1,000.00.
Beneficio económico
It is yet to be determined as to actual income generated. However, it well known in Nett that by protecting the ecosystem, crops seem to yield better. As to the water, it is anticipated that the cost of providing water will decrease as the need for filtering and chlorination decarease.
Indicadores ecológicos utilizados para medir el beneficio
Income from farming and fishing as well as salary from government and private sector employment.
What were/are the challenges your community faced in implementing this solution?
Lack of understanding at first.
Describa el proceso basado en la comunidad utilizado para desarrollar la solución, incluidas las herramientas y los procesos utilizados.
(1)Consultation with Traditional Leadership, Communities and Local Government. (2) Payment for ecosystem Services Study (3) Conservation Action Planning workshop/report.
Peligro climático de preocupación
¿Cómo reduce su solución la exposición y amortigua/protege el ecosistema afectado?
Solution allow community to work together and care for water supply/river. Increase awareness, thus empowering community to take responsibility over the management of the water supply/river.
How has your solution increased the capacity of the ecosystem to adapt to potential climate changes?
Activities improve the health of the river and protect the vegetation around the area, thus reducing the risk for erosion, land slides and other threats.
¿Cómo reduce su solución la exposición y amortigua/protege a las comunidades afectadas?
Through increased awareness communities are prepared to address drought and floods including relocation of homes, pig-pens, farms and so forth.
¿Cómo su solución reduce la sensibilidad de las comunidades afectadas?
With an informed community, people are aware of potential impacts of droughts, floods and other natural events and are prepared to adress them.
¿Cómo ha aumentado su solución la capacidad de las comunidades locales para adaptarse a posibles cambios climáticos?
Communities are aware of the potential impacts of climate change including drought, floods, loss of crops, potential for relocation and are prepared to deal with these issues.
¿Se puede replicar esta solución en otros lugares?
Yes.