Harnessing pastoral knowledge for climate change adaptation in the drylands

Hill, Hesse, Zwaagstra, Harfoot and Rowley

DRAFT – due to family bereavement I have not been able to complete this – will provide complete file at conference

ProgrammesComplementary programmes:1. Mainstreaming climate change

adaptation in drylands development in Tanzania (DFID, CORDAID, GORTA) 2010-2012

2. Supporting local climate change resilience through innovative district funding and social protection mechanisms in Kenya (DFID, CORDAID)

3. Promoting adaptation and climate resilience through devolved district climate finance (DFID) 2013-2014

4. Climate adaptation ion the ASAL counties of Kenya (DFID) 2013-2016

Location

• Isiolo / Longido• wider areas underway -

Wajr, Garissa, Makueni, Kitui• Longido, Ngorogoro Mara,

Arusha, • 4% Kenya, 0.9% Tanzania

Scope• Improve quality of district planning to

increase local adaptive capacity.– Participatory rural assessment (PRA)– TEV / Risk assessment– Natural Resource Mapping– Governance support– Communications– Climate change adaptation - CAF

funds

• Focus on technical – lowering barriers to action:– Participatory mapping using digital

earth tools, imagery and open source GIS in the drylands of Kenya and Tanzania