ALM UNDP

Summary:

National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Mauritania.

##### Description
The objectives of NAPAs are: To serve as simplified and direct channels of communication for information relating to the urgent and immediate needs for adaptation in Mauritania; To facilitate capacity building for the preparation of initial national communications, and addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs.

##### Climate Related Hazards

* Flooding (flash)
* Salt water intrusion
* Changes in river morphology/loss of water bodies
* Coastal zone inundation
* Drought and low flows
* Human resettlement

##### Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts

* Reduced agricultural production
* Reduced fishery productivity
* Water shortage and/or groundwater depletion
* Flooding
* Food security
* Income generation
* Loss of forest area or production
* Water pollution
* Loss of biodiversity
* Loss of land or degradation

##### Priority Adaptation Projects

1. Better knowledge of the surface water cycle of 20 ponds
2. Construction of flooding breakdown dikes in pluvial & oasis zones
3. Promotion of water-saving techniques in oasis zones
4. Introduction of 50 electric Moto-Pumps in the valley
5. Dissemination of the drip technique in the valley and oasis zones
6. Promotion of livestock mobility
7. Reorganisation of the communities adversely affected by climate change
8. Promotion and development of domestic poultry-farming
9. Improvement of agricultural techniques in pluvial zones
10. Substitution of ligneous fuel
11. Participatory reforestation for energy and agro-forestry in agricultural zones