Early Warning Systems: Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Banke and Bardia The floods recurring every year cause huge loss of life and property in the low lying (terai) districts of Nepal. Practical action, Nepal, in collaboration with local NGOs, has installed an Early Warning System in flood-affected districts...

The Naokhali district is vulnerable to saline water intrusion and cyclones. The people in the area depend on fisheries and agriculture and have developed different adaptation measures. The objecive of the project is to create an enabling environment for integration of climate change adaptation in...

The different regions of Bangladesh face different effects of climate change. Drought, flood and river erosion, salinity, cyclone and sea level rise are the major problems that the project would address in three different pilot sites. The project intends to strengthen the livelihoods of local...

This is part of a DANIDA grant to support Vietnam’s National Target Programme on Climate Change. The programme is planned to be implemented over five years, starting from 1 January 2009, with a close partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and...

According to Cambodia’s NAPA, the area under wet forest will decrease while that under moist forest will increase due to climate change. This will in turn change forest productivity and biodiversity. A high rate of deforestation may accelerate the loss of forest biodiversity and reduce forest...

The NCAP project in Mongolia, which started in 2005 and ended in 2008, tried to further the understanding of baseline vulnerabilities in Mongolia. It also made considerable efforts to increase public awareness of climate change in Mongolia through the publication of short articles in various...

A major proportion of Bhutan’s population is settled in fertile valleys along a number of river systems. When Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) occur, the lives and property of many people are at risk. The NCAP supported a GLOF hazard zonation mapping exercise along the...

The coastline of Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the sea level rise. The tropical cyclones, which strike the coastal areas periodically, lead to loss of life and property  besides harming the ecosystem. A combination of participatory approaches and scientific tools and data was adopted in the NCAP Bangladesh...

Like other Sub-Saharan countries, Mali has been subject to an unprecedented drought since the seventies. To seek solutions to this problem, different studies were conducted under the NCAP project in Kiban, Diouna, and Massabla to understand the use of water resources by various population groups...

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