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Integrated Assessment of the Miombo Region:
EXPLORATION OF IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREMES
Main Investigative Team:
Paul V. Desanker, Miombo Network, Project Coordinator (Desanker@virginia.edu)
Manuel Ferrao, CENACARTA, Mozambique, Project Financial Arrangements (MANUEL@carvalho.uem.mz)
Patrick Mushove, Project Officer (patrickmushove@zol.co.zw)
Project Objectives
The overall goal of this project is to assess vulnerability to climate variability and extreme events in the Miombo region, mainly in terms of life and livelihoods, and
interactions with land use as a basis for production and livelihoods, to guide adaptation. Specific objectives are to:
- Develop a regional integrated assessment team for the Miombo region and establish a summer institute on climate change.
- Develop critical datasets, a regional integrated model and other tools for analyzing impacts and adaptation for the region.
- Conduct case studies of recent droughts and floods in countries of the region (Zambezi River Basin) to document climate-land use-people-ecosystem interlinkages and interactions to guide adaptation
planning.
- Develop scenarios of land use change in relation to IPCC SRES for use in exploring integrated impacts of climate change, and resultant land use changes on production systems.
- Apply the data, models and case study results in assessing vulnerability of life and livelihoods in the Zambezi/Miombo region under future climate change, with particular emphasis on droughts and floods.
- Identify critical adaptation plans of action across scales within the Zambezi River Basin/Miombo Region.
Upcoming Events
AIACC Africa Regional Open Meeting with Policy Makers, March 10, 2003 (See www.start.org for more details)
AIACC Africa Regional Workshop, Johannesburg, March 10-15th, 2003 (See www.start.org for more details)
Miombo AIACC Regional Modeling Workshop, Zambia, April 2003 (Contact desanker@virginia,edu for more details)
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