Managing Climate Risks in Wetlands – A Practitioner’s Guide
The publication, ‘Managing Climate Risks in Wetlands – A Practitioner’s Guide’, provides a practical approach to integrating climate change risks and adaptation options into the management of wetlands in India. The guide sets out a simple and flexible process with supporting tools that can accommodate varying inputs of scientific evidence, expert judgement, and community knowledge and experience. The method works as well in community-level meetings, with basic climate change information, as it does with rigorous scientific data and expert teams. It can be a rapid process exercised over a few days or extended over many weeks, supported by a comprehensive scientific evidence base.
The methodology includes various participatory elements. During its pilot testing, the staff and other stakeholders were closely involved in the vulnerability assessment process, validating and exploring the adaptation options through one-on-one meetings, focus group discussions and stakeholder workshops.
