Increased drying of Increased human- Response to More movement of biodiversity impacts: wetlands and other water wildlife conflict due wildlife due to drier sources. LMNP and Support well- conditions. As a dry to wildlife LNRS wetlands may dry distributed season coping movement in search up and shrink and Lake strategy, many construction of valley of water. dams and other water level may wildlife species in Mburo’s Disease LMNP migrate to methods of catching drop. transmission from Tanzania or rainfall within LMNP wildlife to livestock undertake more to provide wildlife (as a result of wildlife Ecosystem services localized movements with water resources, movement). typically provided by especially during the to swamps. Wildlife At LNRS, reduced healthy, intact wetlands dry season. is at risk during livelihood options for will be adversely affected Continue the buffer migration, as well as fishermen, craft (water source, flood zone demarcation during shorter makers, and other attenuation, filtering livelihoods contaminants). 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
Increased drying of wetlands and other water sources. LMNP and LNRS wetlands may dry up and shrink and Lake Mburo’s water level may drop. Ecosystem services typically provided by healthy, intact wetlands will be adversely affected (water source, flood attenuation, filtering contaminants). More movement of wildlife due to drier conditions. As a dry season coping strategy, many wildlife species in LMNP migrate to Tanzania or undertake more localized movements to swamps. Wildlife is at risk during migration, as well as during shorter Increased human- wildlife conflict due to wildlife movement in search of water. Disease transmission from wildlife to livestock (as a result of wildlife movement). At LNRS, reduced livelihood options for fishermen, craft makers, and other livelihoods Response to biodiversity impacts: Support well- distributed construction of valley dams and other methods of catching rainfall within LMNP to provide wildlife with water resources, especially during the dry season. Continue the buffer zone demarcation 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
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