Update sustainable use agreements between the PA and communities that take into account effects of the new Higher temperatures fire regime on PA resources. Undertake collaborative PA Droughts management for communities to access resources like water, pasture, fruits Severe dry spells and honey during climate shocks. Increased HWC due to Response to Reduced habitat Erratic rains biodiversity impacts: spread of invasive species. for grazers. The Support promising Since wildlife is unable to western part of invasive species Lantana get through LMNP, which management provided habitat for thickets, they may go measures. grazers such as zebra, outside the park in search Support the buffalo and eland of easier grazing and introduction and now has watering. This can result Acacia reintroduction of become in HWC especially since certain species, such forest, and only cattle ranchers and farms as giraffe, recently supports monkeys. are now located adjacent translocated, which Increased spread of This trend would be to park boundaries. browse Acacia. invasive species (e.g., expected to continue, Wildlife eat from farm Acacia, Lantana and the transition plots, especially banana, a camara). Response to livelihoods may be more rapid staple crop in the impacts: with higher landscape. At LMNP, Scale up best temperatures and with drier conditions, measures to drier conditions. zebra are
Higher temperatures Droughts Severe dry spells Erratic rains Update sustainable use agreements between the PA and communities that take into account effects of the new fire regime on PA resources. Undertake collaborative PA management for communities to access resources like water, pasture, fruits and honey during climate shocks. Increased spread of invasive species (e.g., Acacia, Lantana camara). Reduced habitat for grazers. The western part of LMNP, which provided habitat for grazers such as zebra, buffalo and eland now has become Acacia forest, and only supports monkeys. This trend would be expected to continue, and the transition may be more rapid with higher temperatures and drier conditions. Increased HWC due to spread of invasive species. Since wildlife is unable to get through Lantana thickets, they may go outside the park in search of easier grazing and watering. This can result in HWC especially since cattle ranchers and farms are now located adjacent to park boundaries. Wildlife eat from farm plots, especially banana, a staple crop in the landscape. At LMNP, with drier conditions, zebra are Response to biodiversity impacts: Support promising invasive species management measures. Support the introduction and reintroduction of certain species, such as giraffe, recently translocated, which browse Acacia. Response to livelihoods impacts: Scale up best measures to
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