Climate Change impacts
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All information related to the effects and impacts of climate and weather variability --- be it on agriculture, environment, food security, transport, health etc2024-03-28T11:34:14ZThe East African Community and the Climate Change Agenda
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The East African Community and the Climate Change Agenda
Jarso, James Forole
Climate change cannot be addressed by a single nation. We must lay emphasis on a regional approach since whatever happens in our individual nations affects the entire region. This means that we must act both individually and collectively, especially in instituting effective and sufficient measures towards mitigation against the adverse effects of climate change.
2012-01-01T00:00:00ZResponses of Invertebrates to Human-Caused Disturbances in East African Tropical Rainforests
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Responses of Invertebrates to Human-Caused Disturbances in East African Tropical Rainforests
Zilihona, Innocent
East African rain forest biotope is one of the most diverse habitat types on the planet (Lovett and Wasser 1993, Struhsaker 1997, Burgess et al. 1998, Mittermier et al. 1998, Myers et al. 2000, Newmark 2002). The Eastern Arc Mountains form a large part of rainforest habitats in East Africa. These mountains extend from southeast Kenya through south central Tanzania and are globally known for their high rates of endemism and species richness (Burgess et al. 1998, Newmark 2002). Locally, they support the livelihood of millions of people in the mountains and their surroundings. Despite its importance biological diversity in East African rainforests are currently being lost at an unprecedented rate due to various human-caused disturbances (Nsolomo and Chamshama 1990, Struhsaker 1997, MNRT 1998, Burgess et al. 1998, Poynton et al. 1998, Wood et al. 2000, Fimbel et al. 2001).
Deforestation is the major threat to the sustainability of biodiversity in East Africa (Nsolomo and Chamshama 1990, Martens 1995, Lulandala 1998, Newmark 1998, Burgess et al. 1998). For instance, over 17600 km
2 or 77 % of the original forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains have been lost (Newmark
1998). Based upon species-area relationships (Whitmore 1997) a loss of 77 % of the original forest in the Eastern Arc Mountains suggests that approximately 31 % of species in the Eastern Arc Mountains have become extinct or are in danger of extinction (Newmark, 2002). However, according to Newmark (1998) the figure could be much higher, if factors like small size of the remaining forest patches, the restricted geographic distribution of many species and the reluctance of many taxa to cross forest gaps are considered. Deforestation has also reduced ecosystem diversity (Newmark 2002) and
affected many ecological systems (Lundgren 1980).
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2003-01-01T00:00:00ZClimate Change and Water
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Climate Change and Water
Bates, Bryson; Kundzewicz, Zbigniew; Wu, Shaohong
Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.
2008-06-01T00:00:00ZCommunity-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Bulletin
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Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Bulletin
International Institute for Environment and Development
The Fourth International Conference on Community-Based
Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change convened in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, from Sunday 21 February to Saturday
27 February 2010. The conference was organized by the
International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED), Tanzania’s Environment Protection Management
Services (EPMS) and the Ring Alliance of Policy Research
Organizations.
More than 180 participants from 35 countries, representing
governments, non-government organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental
organizations (IGOs), community-based
organizations and research institutions took part in the
event, which focused on sharing and consolidating the latest
developments in CBA planning and practices, particularly in
vulnerable communities, throughout the world.
Prior to the start of the meeting, participants took part in two
days of field trips to see CBA projects and activities in different
parts of Tanzania. They then met for four days of interactive
plenary and technical sessions on a wide range of themes
relevant to CBA, including: strengthening institutions; water;
building adaptive capacity; insurance and microfinance; policy
linkages; agriculture; economics; drylands and pastoralism;
urban areas; managing and communicating knowledge;
scaling up and replicating best practice; vulnerable groups;
role of ecosystems in adaptation; disaster risk reduction;
methodologies; and funding.
Participants also formed ad hoc working groups based on
communities of interest to further explore a number of CBArelated
issues, including gender, economics, civil society,
monitoring and evaluation, communications and disaster risk
reduction. The groups will continue addressing these issues on
an intersessional basis by e-mail and through discussion forums.
A final plenary session discussed next steps for CBA, with
participants agreeing to further develop the Global Initiative on
Community-Based Adaptation (GICBA), a network which seeks
to support CBA-related activities by generating and sharing
relevant knowledge.
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