INDIRECT IMPACTS INDIRECT IMPACTS POTENTIAL TO LIVELIHOODS TO BIODIVERSITY CLIMATE DIRECT IMPACTS TO CLIMATE RISKS ADAPTIVE FROM BIODIVERSITY FROM LIVELIHOOD STRESSORS BIODIVERSITY RESPONSES IMPACTS IMPACTS information to pastoralists/agropastoralists by radio and/or SMS. Carry out a resource inventory in the PAs to collect data on salt grass, honey harvesting, firewood, local vegetables and local herbs to determine sustainable harvest limits based on drier conditions. Promote wetland- based, ecologically friendly enterprises that contribute to household incomes while helping to conserve the Bisina-Opeta wetlands. Reduced quality Responses to biodiversity and quantity of water Degraded habitat impacts: To control for domestic use and for fish and wildlife. sedimentation: Increased intensity of for supplying the Flooding could Construct physical River Nile. extreme events somewhat balance barriers Impacts on Increased siltation of the drying, but Plant vegetation croplands that are wetlands and water overall, wetland barriers irrigated from these sources. surface area is Construct drainage Floods, particularly systems. expected to shrink structures between July and Reduced fish catch (Government of September resulting from Uganda, 2009, in degraded water Responses to livelihoods Mubiru, 2010). quality; would impacts:
CLIMATE STRESSORS CLIMATE RISKS DIRECT IMPACTS TO BIODIVERSITY INDIRECT IMPACTS TO LIVELIHOODS FROM BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS INDIRECT IMPACTS TO BIODIVERSITY FROM LIVELIHOOD IMPACTS POTENTIAL ADAPTIVE RESPONSES information to pastoralists/agropastoralists by radio and/or SMS. Carry out a resource inventory in the PAs to collect data on salt grass, honey harvesting, firewood, local vegetables and local herbs to determine sustainable harvest limits based on drier conditions. Promote wetland- based, ecologically friendly enterprises that contribute to household incomes while helping to conserve the Bisina-Opeta wetlands. Increased intensity of extreme events Floods, particularly between July and September Increased siltation of wetlands and water sources. Degraded habitat for fish and wildlife. Flooding could somewhat balance the drying, but overall, wetland surface area is expected to shrink (Government of Uganda, 2009, in Mubiru, 2010). Reduced quality and quantity of water for domestic use and for supplying the River Nile. Impacts on croplands that are irrigated from these systems. Reduced fish catch resulting from degraded water quality; would Responses to biodiversity impacts: To control sedimentation: Construct physical barriers Plant vegetation barriers Construct drainage structures Responses to livelihoods impacts:
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