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Adapting to a Changing Environment

Conservation Society of Pohnpei

Kolonia, 密克罗尼西亚

An Overview Of Our Solution

Who is this solution impacting?
生态系统
Oceans
Oceans/Coasts
Urban Built Environment
Urban/Built Environment
社区类型
Rural
Rural
Additional Information
  • Population Impacted:
  • Continent: Oceania
General Info

地址

PO Box 2461
Kolonia 96941-FM
密克罗尼西亚

电子邮件

csp@serehd.org
Problem

受影响的人口

Approx. 6,542/ Water from Nanpil supports 70% of Pohnpei.

尺寸

5851 hectars

主要职业

Farmers/Fishermen

社区所依赖的本地资源,以及用于什么目的

Sakau, Fish, Breadfruit, Yam, Taro

对资源的本地威胁

Droughts, Floods, sedimentation

气候危害

Drought, Floods, Decrease water quality

敏感度等级

High. In some instances, families have been relocated as a result of flooding. Farms have been abandoned as a result of droughts.

适应能力水平

fair.
Solution

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.

Results

生态成本

Approximately $444,000.00. Please refer to attached PES Study for more detail.

生态效益

More stable river-banks. Informed community. reduced destructive deforestation.

用于衡量效益的经济指标

Reduced deforestation for farming of sakau/kava.

社区/社会成本

Collaboration between local government, civil society, community and traditional leadership is becoming commonplace in Pohnpei. CSP and Nett are currently working on this project.

社区/社会福利

Increased awareness result in buy-in from all stakeholders.

用于衡量福利的社区/社会指标

In Nett, all communities are represented at the meetings by their local government representatives or traditional chiefs.

经济成本

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.

经济效益

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.

用于衡量效益的生态指标

Income from farming and fishing as well as salary from government and private sector employment.

您的社区在实施此解决方案时面临哪些挑战?

Lack of understanding at first.

Action

描述用于开发解决方案的基于社区的流程,包括使用的工具和流程

(1)Consultation with Traditional Leadership, Communities and Local Government. (2) Payment for ecosystem Services Study (3) Conservation Action Planning workshop/report.

关注的气候危害

Drought

您的解决方案如何减少暴露和缓冲/保护受影响的生态系统?

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.

您的解决方案如何减少受影响社区的暴露并缓冲/保护受影响的社区?

Through increased awareness communities are prepared to address drought and floods including relocation of homes, pig-pens, farms and so forth.

您的解决方案如何降低受影响社区的敏感性?

With an informed community, people are aware of potential impacts of droughts, floods and other natural events and are prepared to adress them.

您的解决方案如何提高当地社区适应潜在气候变化的能力?

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.

Scale

这个解决方案可以在其他地方复制吗?

Yes.

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