Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Recent submissions

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Adopting participatory action research in strengthening pastoral communities to improve resilience to climate change

Mbaga, S.H.; Mellau, L.S.B.; Mushi, D .; Ngetti, M.; Lyimo-Macha, J.; Msuya, E. (2012)

Pastoralists have a diversity of strategies to sustain livestock production which is important for their livelihoods. However, recently climate change has had devastating impact on pastoral way of life resulting into ...
Climate change and poverty in Tanzania: realities and response options for CARE

Ehrhart, C.; Twena, M. (CARE International, 2006-11)

Climate change is already occurring. No one will be immune from its overall impacts. Nonetheless, it will have a disproportionate effect on the lives of poor people. Worldwide average surface temperatures have increased ...
Adaptation strategies of small scale fishers to climate variability and change: a case study of lake Victoria in Mwanza city

Maselle, M. F. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012)

The study on adaptation strategies of the small scale fishers to climate change was carried out in Mwanza City. Specifically the study aimed at (i) assessing fishers' awareness about climate change indicators affecting ...
Climate change impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania and adaptation options: experience of floods and drought in Rufiji

Meena, Hubert E.; Lugenja, Maynard; Stephenson, Mike (The Centre for Energy, Environment, Science and Technology (CEEST Foundation), 2006-08)

This report documents the findings of a study consisting of a household questionnaire carried out in January 2005 and a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) carried out in March 2006. The study investigates technical and ...
Agriculture through ages: modern challenges towards biofuels and bioenergy crops agriculture

Msuya, D. G. (University of Dar es Salaam, 2010)

Human civilization has been through culminations of great achievements. This paper explores agricultural development in ancient and modern times, and the challenges yet to be resolved. At the beginning man invented how to ...
A Livelihood perspective on natural resource management and environmental change in semiarid Tanzania

Birch-Thomsen, T.; Frederiksen, P.; Sano, H. O. (Economic Geography, 2001-01)

The aim of this paper is to explore how social relations influence land use and natural resource management at the local level. Through empirical analysis that tracks changes in land use and environment over 40 years, ...
Assessment of mangrove status and fish community in Pangani estuary

Lamtane, H. A.; Nyirenda, A. J. R.; Mwandya, A .W.; Madalla, N. A.; Mnembuka, B. V. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

A study was conducted in Pangani mangrove forest aimed at assessing mangrove vegetation structure, regeneration capacity and associated fish community. A total of 753 ha of mangrove area were assessed. A 100 m² plots and ...
The role and performance of existing governance structures in prevention and management of wildfires in Miombo woodland, Tanzania

Rija, A. A.; Madoffe, S. S.; Amanzi, N. S.; Midtgaard, F.; Katani, J. Z.; Mbeyale, G. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Although wildfire remains a persistent threat to the forest resources and human livelihood, very limited information exists about the role and performance of existing local governance structures in the prevention and ...
The influence of certified forest management on community socioeconomics: implication for REDD+ safeguard standards implementation in Tanzania

Kalonga, S. K.; Kulindwa, K. A.; Mshale, B. I.; Håkon, L. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Forest certification has been promoted as means to contribute to individual and community livelihoods condition. However, it has been evaluated very little to this effect. By using economic valuation methods and governance ...
Tanzania CMIP5 climate change projections

Wambura, F.; Tumbo, S.; Ngongolo, H.; Mlonganile, P.; Sangalugembe, C. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

This paper presents updated climate change projections for Tanzania based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) using Mid-Century Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5. A total of twenty global ...
Climate change: the challenges of adopting green economy model in Africa

Moshi, H. P. B. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Experts estimate that developed economies with 15 percent of the global population and utilizing about half of global resources have contributed to large increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere through ...
Contribution of agricultural intensification on household income and food security: the case of Njombe and Mvomero districts

Mahonge, C. P.; Borge, E.; Mtengeti, E. J. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Agricultural intensification is now a reality around the world. The phenomenon has been attributed to various drivers including an increased demand for feeding the growing human population, increased multiple competing ...
Experimental tests of tropical forest conservation measures

Nystad Handberg, Ø.; Angelsen, A. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

We conducted framed field experiments (FFEs) with local forest users in Tanzania, testing three different conservation treatments: command and control (CAC), payment for environmental services (PES) and community forest ...
Modelling climate change adaption in vulnerable crop and livestock production systems in Mgeta, Tanzania

Nziku, Z. C.; Asheim, L. J.; Eik, L. O.; Mwaseba, D. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Increased occurrences of draught and dry spells during growing seasons have resulted in increased interest for protection of tropical water catchment areas. In the paper, we examine opportunities for improving economic ...
Economic value of agricultural land for community livelihoods within the context of REDD+

Madalla, N. A.; Majule, A. E. (SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2014-12-16)

A study was carried out in two villages of Mughunga and Pohama in Singida Rural District, central Tanzania, to assess the economic value of agricultural land for community livelihoods within the context of Reducing Emissions ...
Effects of field plot size on prediction accuracy of aboveground biomass in airborne laser scanning-assisted inventories in tropical rain forests of Tanzania

Mauya, E. W.; Hansen, E. H.; Gobakken, T.; Bollandsås, E. M.; Malimbwi, R. E.; Næsset, E. (Springer, 2015-05-07)

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has recently emerged as a promising tool to acquire auxiliary information for improving aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in sample-based forest inventories. Under design-based and ...
NAFORMA process and biophysical results

Malimbwi, R. E.; Zahabu, E. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Tanzania has undertaken a National Forest Inventory popularly known as National Forestry Resources Monitoring and Assessment (NAFORMA). The selected statistical framework was double sampling for stratification. All together ...
The role of plantation forestry in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation issues in Tanzania

Mbwambo, L. R.; Bakengesa, S. S.; Nshubemuki, L. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Forest plantations play duo role of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. Tanzania’s forest plantation area covers more than 250,000 ha and it is estimated that, forest plantations in Tanzania hold about 8.8 ...
Understandings of climate change, climate-smart small scale agriculture and practices of climate-smart small scale agriculture as climate change adaptation in two Tanzanian districts: a case study of Kilosa and Chamwino districts

Nambiza, W. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Employing over 70% of Tanzanians, many of them small-scale farmers earning less than US$ 1 per day, the agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to climate change. While climate change undermines agricultural development ...
Integrating conservation and livelihood activities towards community adaptation to climate change challenges along Wami-Ruvu mangrove ecosystem, Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Mahenge, J.; Tegule, G. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

The health condition of mangrove ecosystems in Bagamoyo district is largely threatened by over-exploitation from various human uses and high vulnerability to climate change impacts. Poverty level within communities in the ...

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