Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning ...
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3.0 Conducting a <strong>Vulnerability</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>Case study: TanzaniaA rapid assessment was carried out in 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2009in Tanzania’s Rufiji Delta (Wagner & Sallema-Mtui,2010) to obtain data on mangrove condition, presenceof seedlings, as well as the presence of stumps. Figure9 shows a number of shore-normal transects used forthis assessment.Examples from the rapid assessment are shown inFigures 10 <strong>and</strong> 11.◆▲●Rapid<strong>Assessment</strong>SitesPlot StudySitesVillages––– RoadMangrovesBy Haji MachanoFigure 9. Map of the North Rufiji Delta, Tanzania, showing rapid assessment <strong>and</strong> permanent plot study sites(from Wagner & Sallema-Mtui, 2010). All these sites have an NR prefix to designate North Rufiji.20 | <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> <strong>Vulnerability</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Adaptation</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> for Mangrove Systems
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