Moroccan Coastal Management: Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change through Sustainable Policies and Planning

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    CCAA, IDRC, DFID
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    National School of Forestry Engineering (ENFI), Sale, Morocco, Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Research (CIRSA), University of Bologna, Italy, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany, Université de Moncton, Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, Canada, Université Mohamed V (UM5), Rabat, Morocco, The Coastal Union, Leiden,The Netherlands (EUCC),Direction de la Météorologie Nationale (DMN), Casablanca, Morocco
    Summary:

    The provinces of Nador and Berkane on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Morocco near the Algerian border are home to a number of traditional rural enclaves where residents depend on fishing, farming, and livestock raising for their livelihoods. Development pressures, such as tourism, are destroying wetlands, including three protected by the Ramsar Convention. These act as natural buffer zones against flooding and erosion. As climate change brings more severe and frequent storms and rising seas, the very assets that attract tourists and investment are threatened.

    Project Components:

    Researchers led by Morocco's Ecole Nationale Forestiere d'Ingenieurs (ENFI) are working to provide the information necessary for planning by pooling their knowledge of climate data analysis, coastal dynamics,and social research to produce a range of possible scenarios that can inform planning choices.

    Expected Outputs:

    1. Residents know how their environment is going to change and how to adapt

    2. Research has established social economic and environmental safe limits and these are respected by decision makers in their pursuit of sustainable development

    Contacts:

    Abdellatif Khattabi
    a_khattabi@gmail.com
    http://www.accma.un.ma

    CCAA Program Officer, Guy Jobbins
    gjobbins@idrc.org.eg
    http://www.idrc.ca/ccaa

    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Communities in the Nador and Berkane Regions of northern Morocco
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)
    Department for International Development (DFID)
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    883,945

Transferring the Malaria Epidemic Prediction Model to Users in East Africa

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    ESARO
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Ministry of Health (Uganda), National Institute for Medical Research (Tanzania), Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s Climate Prediction and Application Centre, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Community Health Support, Walter Reed Army Institute for Research (U.S.)
    Summary:

    In the highlands of East Africa, epidemic malaria is an emerging climate-related hazard that urgently needs addressing. Malaria incidence increased by 337% during the 1987 epidemic in Rwanda. In Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, malaria incidence increased by 146%, 256% and 300%, respectively, during the 1997/1998 epidemic.

    Project Components:

    In 2001, a malaria epidemic prediction model was developed by KEMRI that uses climatic factors to detect an epidemic 2-4 months before its occurrence, allowing sufficient time for intervention. The model has been tested and validated in parts of Kenya and Tanzania. This project will fine-tune the model, incorporate site-specific factors, and transfer it to end users in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and eventually other countries in East Africa. It will accomplish this by:  

    • Taking into consideration the local terrain and the immune profile of the affected population, including mapping traditionally endemic areas where people have some level of resistance, and newly malarial zones where there is less resistance to malaria.
    • Enhancing the capacity of policymakers and health officials to provide early warning for malaria outbreaks and intervene in an effective manner.
    • Assessing the role of nonbiophysical factors in determining the incidence and control of the disease.
    • Training district health care providers across the three countries to use the prediction model to anticipate and prepare for malaria outbreaks.
    Expected Outputs:

    If successful, the project will give local health systems a greater base of certainty on which to plan prevention and treatment. With more lead time, health officials can respond by taking preventive measures such as distributing mosquito nets, and draining or spraying mosquito breeding grounds. They also can have adequate staff and medical supplies on standby to deal with increased caseloads.

    Contacts:

    Contact: Project leader Dr. Andrew Githeko, KEMRI
    Email: AGitheko@kisian.mimcom.net
    Website: www.kemri.org

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    National health ministries, Local health planning authorities, Highland communities
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)
    Department for International Development (DFID)
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    941,600