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USAID - CASE STUDY Flood Planning and Coastal Resources
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Project details
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Summary:
Background
Project Components:
Manejo Integrado de Recursos Ambientales – Integrated Management of Natural Resources (MIRA) is a USAID sponsored project working in 12 of 21 watersheds in Honduras. One of the focal areas is La Ceiba, where the goals are to improve watershed and natural resource management, while stimulating economic growth. At the time of this case study, MIRA was in the early stages of design and implementation.
To develop infrastructure and strategies to address the city’s serious urban drainage and flooding problems, which are expected to worsen due to climate change and lack of action.
Expected Outputs:
Outcomes
- Change in local perceptions: This project had a major impact on local perceptions of the need to consider climate variability and change during development planning activities. USAID work was featured three times on local television, and Ken Strzepek has presented results of this study to relevant governmental ministries in Tegucigalpa. The mayor of La Ceiba, who had little prior familiarity with climate change issues, has expressed a strong desire to implement appropriate flood control measures, and has given impassioned speeches about the significance of this problem.
- Development of high quality data: The stream flow data obtained during this project indicates that La Ceiba is at much greater risk of flooding than previously believed. High quality information, such as this, is necessary for the development of an appropriate adaptation plan.
- Identification of ways in which USAID can help La Ceiba cope with its problems of flooding and urban drainage include: a) Working with disaster management officials to develop a risk management strategy; b) Promoting zoning strategies that limit or prevent development in areas most vulnerable to sea level rise and flooding; c) Improving risk awareness and community preparedness through measures such as a flood warning system; d) Improving both watershed management and the opportunity for tourism by preventing further deforestation of the Cangrejal watershed; and e) Identifying partners to help implement adaptations requiring large capital investment, such as pumping sand to protect against erosion, raising the levees, and developing an urban drainage system.
Solomon Islands - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Sat, 2009-06-20 02:09
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Water Resources
- Public Health
- Disasters
Potential Adaptation Measures
Agriculture and Food Security
- Improve and conserve soils
- Develop new crops
Water Resources
- Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination
- Improve or develop water management
Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Protect, including building sea walls, and beach nourishment
Jamaica - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 21:00
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Water Resources
Potential Adaptation Measures
Agriculture and Food Security
- Educational & outreach activities to change management practices to those suited to climate change
- Switch to different cultivars
- Improve and conserve soils
- Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation
- Develop new crops
- Develop and introduce policy measures, including taxes, subsidies, facilitation of free market
- Develop early warning systems and disaster preparedness
- Improv
Gabon - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 20:43
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Water Resources
- Public Health
Potential Adaptation Measures
Agriculture and Food Security
- Educational & outreach activities to change management practices to those suited to climate change
- Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation
- Develop and introduce policy measures, including taxes, subsidies, facilitation of free market
Water Resources
- Increase water supply, e.g.
Comoros - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 20:22
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Water Resources
- Public Health
Potential Adaptation Measures Agriculture and Food Security
Educational & outreach activities to change management practices to those suited to climate change
- Switch to different cultivars
- Improve and conserve soils
- Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation
- Improve pest and disease forecast and control
Water Resources
Funding Source:
Bahamas - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 19:57
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
- Water Resources
- Public Health
- Fisheries
- Disasters
- Tourism
Potential Adaptation Measures
Water Resources
- Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination
- Decrease water demands, e.g. by increasing efficiency, reducing water losses, water recycling, changing irrigation practices
- Improve or develop water management
- Alter system operating rules, e.g.
Armenia - National Communication
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-19 19:53
Summary:
Key Vulnerabilities
- Agriculture/Food Security
- Water Resources
- Public Health
- Wildlife
Potential Adaptation Measures
Agriculture and Food Security
- Educational & outreach activities to change management practices to those suited to climate change
- Switch to different cultivars
- Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation
- Establish seed banks
Water Resources
- Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination
- Decrease water demands, e.g.
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Watershed Management and Upland Farming
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Project details
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Summary:
Upland farmers and their families, who number about 20 million, comprise the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. Their livelihoods depend on cultivating marginal hilly land areas which are very vulnerable to climate related risks. This project's overall goal is to promote climate change adaptation by upland farmers in watersheds at the national level in the Philippines.
