Socio-ecological resilience to climate change in a fragile ecosystem : the case of the lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi / edited by Sosten Chiotha, Daniel Jamu, Joseph Nagoli, Patrick Likongwe and Tembo Chanyenga.
2018
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Socio-ecological resilience to climate change in a fragile ecosystem : the case of the lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi / edited by Sosten Chiotha, Daniel Jamu, Joseph Nagoli, Patrick Likongwe and Tembo Chanyenga.
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First edition.
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Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Description
1 online resource (292 pages) : 132 illustrations.
Series
Earthscan studies in natural resource management.
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chapter Introduction / SOSTEN CHIOTHA
part Part I Building ecosystem resilience
chapter 1 Ecosystem approach: Theory into practice / SOSTEN CHIOTHA
chapter 2 The emergence and status of REDD+ in Malawi / DALITSO KAFUMBATA
chapter 3 Building resilience of ecosystems and people's livelihood through afforestation / MICHAEL LIKOSWE
part Part II Building social resilience
chapter 4 Natural resource- based livelihoods in the context of climate change in the Lake Chilwa Basin / JOSEPH NAGOLI
chapter 5 Enhancing household resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture in the Lake Chilwa Basin / WILLIE SAGONA
chapter 6 Livestock promotion for building social and ecological resilience under a changing climate in the Lake Chilwa Basin / GIBSON MPHEPO
chapter 7 Building organisational capacity for ecosystem- based adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the Lake Chilwa Basin / WELTON PHALIRA
chapter 8 Too big to ignore: gender and climate change adaptation in the Lake Chilwa Basin JOSEPH NAGOLI, LUCY BINAULI, ASAFU CHIJERE
part Part III Ecosystem threats and management
chapter 9 Biodiversity in the Lake Chilwa Basin: Status, use and governance of fish, forests and birds / TEMBO CHANYENGA
chapter 10 Insect outbreaks in the Lake Chilwa Basin: threats and opportunities in the basin social- ecosystem / CLEMENT CHILIMA
chapter 11 Public health and population: Linkages with climate variability / DEEPA PULLANIKKATIL
part Part IV Ecosystem monitoring and outreach
chapter 12 Monitoring extreme weather events and ecosystems to enhance responsive capacity to climate change impacts / COSMO NGONGONDO
chapter 13 Innovative community communication and outreach / MATHEWS TSIRIZENI.
part Part I Building ecosystem resilience
chapter 1 Ecosystem approach: Theory into practice / SOSTEN CHIOTHA
chapter 2 The emergence and status of REDD+ in Malawi / DALITSO KAFUMBATA
chapter 3 Building resilience of ecosystems and people's livelihood through afforestation / MICHAEL LIKOSWE
part Part II Building social resilience
chapter 4 Natural resource- based livelihoods in the context of climate change in the Lake Chilwa Basin / JOSEPH NAGOLI
chapter 5 Enhancing household resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture in the Lake Chilwa Basin / WILLIE SAGONA
chapter 6 Livestock promotion for building social and ecological resilience under a changing climate in the Lake Chilwa Basin / GIBSON MPHEPO
chapter 7 Building organisational capacity for ecosystem- based adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the Lake Chilwa Basin / WELTON PHALIRA
chapter 8 Too big to ignore: gender and climate change adaptation in the Lake Chilwa Basin JOSEPH NAGOLI, LUCY BINAULI, ASAFU CHIJERE
part Part III Ecosystem threats and management
chapter 9 Biodiversity in the Lake Chilwa Basin: Status, use and governance of fish, forests and birds / TEMBO CHANYENGA
chapter 10 Insect outbreaks in the Lake Chilwa Basin: threats and opportunities in the basin social- ecosystem / CLEMENT CHILIMA
chapter 11 Public health and population: Linkages with climate variability / DEEPA PULLANIKKATIL
part Part IV Ecosystem monitoring and outreach
chapter 12 Monitoring extreme weather events and ecosystems to enhance responsive capacity to climate change impacts / COSMO NGONGONDO
chapter 13 Innovative community communication and outreach / MATHEWS TSIRIZENI.
Summary
The Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme was a seven-year research and development programme in Malawi that concluded in March2017. The programme wasdesigned to protect the livelihoods of the population and enhance resilience of the natural resource base upon which it depends. The Lake Chilwa Basin is an important wetland ecosystem which is a designated Ramsar Site under the Ramsar Wetland Convention and a Man and Biosphere Reserve designated by UNESCO. This book provides a review of the research and programme interventions done based on the ecosystem approach (EA), a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources. This is designed to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way in its implementation of mitigation and climate change adaptation interventions. It is shown how: local and district institutions were strengthened to better manage natural resources and build resilience to climate change; cross-basin and cross-sector natural resource management and planning for climate change throughout the Basin were built; household and enterprise adaptive capacity in Basin hotspots was built; and improved forest management and governance contributed in mitigating the effects of climate change. The study followed all the twelve key EA principles with involvement of all key stakeholders. It is one of the first programmes to apply EA on such a wide temporal and spatial scale and provides key lessons to be learned for the protection of other fragile ecosystems in an era of climate change.
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9781351057103 (e-book : PDF)
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