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Adaptation capacity

This is a composite indicators of the capacity of responding and adapting to the crisis derived from indicators of poverty, food security, governance, communication and physical connectivity. It is obtained from a linear combination of single standardised dimensions, then standardised in a 0-1 range where 1 means lack of adaptation capacity.

It can be used for vulnerabliity and risk analysis. It is one of the dimension of the vulnerability to global tourism and travel crisis.

The Mapping Biodiversity Priorities Initiative for Malawi has assessed the state of a range of ecotypes, taking into account current pressures from agriculture, infrastructure development etc. On this basis, ecotypes were classified according to their remaining area in natural state to the four Red List categories, Least Concern, Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered. Following this, an assessment was made of the target area for each ecotype that should ideally be protected, and the disparity between actual and desired protection was computed.