NWPStaging

Information on climate change threats to human communities was generated by the expert workshop, along with the identification of appropriate adaptation measures which incorporated both technical and policy recommendations. Examples of the recommendations include: Technical • Ecological protection and restoration, integrated coastal zone management, and management of use at the watershed scales as important actions to build ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change. • Ecologically sensitive agricultural intensification and diversification as options for safeguarding human livelihoods in the face of climate change, minimizing impacts on biodiversity. Policy • Integration into governmental policy frameworks, including at national development planning and regional action plan level, review of the Madagascar NAPA. • Development of a rural development policy, highlighting areas most vulnerable to climate change. The recommendations for adaptation emerging from the vulnerability assessment are now being tested for feasibility in a second phase of the project. These will inform a comprehensive adaptation program for building community and ecosystem resilience to climate change in Madagascar.