INDIRECT IMPACTS INDIRECT IMPACTS POTENTIAL CLIMATE DIRECT IMPACTS TO TO LIVELIHOODS TO BIODIVERSITY CLIMATE RISKS ADAPTIVE FROM BIODIVERSITY FROM LIVELIHOOD STRESSORS BIODIVERSITY RESPONSES IMPACTS IMPACTS MFPA, may destinations and Reduced overall experience a activities. breeding and reduction in fishery Promote nursery sites for yields, and the fishery livelihoods other some fish species; may be unable to may affect the than fishing that are support the current overall productivity environmentally number of fishermen. of the sound, such as landscape’s Reduced water lakes (Water domestication of Resource quality and quantity. medicinal and Assessment for Communities around cultural plants, MFPA and QEPA establishment of River Mpanga, rely on water from woodlots to recover 2009, in DWRM, the PAs for domestic, degraded areas while 2011). Falling lake livestock and providing wood levels will also affect agricultural use. products, fish the area covered by Receding water farming, beekeeping, wetlands, which levels in the lakes highvalue serve as a refuge for and water flows in horticultural crops, juvenile and adult the rivers, including poultry and fishes, including the River Nile, will production of species such as the affect water quality, energy-saving stoves. lungfish (P. particularly on the Support water aethiopicus). shorelines and river conservation and mouths, such as the Health and harvesting systems, Murchison distribution of fish and such as construction Nile Delta other aquatic life in of valley dams and (DWRM, 2013). rivers in the rainwater collection Fewer PA landscape may be tanks in the resources for adversely affected by communities community use. reduced runoff. Fish that breed within certain temperature
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 Reduced overall breeding and nursery sites for some fish species; may affect the overall productivity of the landscape’s lakes (Water Resource Assessment for River Mpanga, 2009, in DWRM, 2011). Falling lake levels will also affect the area covered by wetlands, which serve as a refuge for juvenile and adult fishes, including species such as the lungfish (P. aethiopicus). Health and distribution of fish and other aquatic life in rivers in the landscape may be adversely affected by reduced runoff. Fish that breed within certain temperature MFPA, may experience a reduction in fishery yields, and the fishery may be unable to support the current number of fishermen. Reduced water quality and quantity. Communities around MFPA and QEPA rely on water from the PAs for domestic, livestock and agricultural use. Receding water levels in the lakes and water flows in the rivers, including the River Nile, will affect water quality, particularly on the shorelines and river mouths, such as the Murchison Nile Delta (DWRM, 2013). Fewer PA resources for community use. destinations and activities. Promote livelihoods other than fishing that are environmentally sound, such as domestication of medicinal and cultural plants, establishment of woodlots to recover degraded areas while providing wood products, fish farming, beekeeping, highvalue horticultural crops, poultry and production of energy-saving stoves. Support water conservation and harvesting systems, such as construction of valley dams and rainwater collection tanks in the communities
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