Climate Change Adaptation Measures Toolbox

Development and implementation of projects aimed at planting protection forestry strips for agricultural land and water protection

“Future Forests Programme”: Reconstruction of forests from spruce to mixed forests

Promotion of extensive and ecological agricultural practices, using modern farming techniques

Change cultivation method: change to systems which may be more resilient e.g. mixed farming, organic farming (in addition these measures potentially contribute to biodiversity conservation)

Consolidation of the application of good practice in agriculture

Implement adapted cultivation techniques in agriculture and forestry to be prepared for water shortages

Ensure the traditional Slovak species breeding, to support the domestic species and help adapt them to the present-day conditions with the purpose of more stable productivity

Changing cropping patterns e.g. avoiding monoculture, going for longer rotations, taking sensitive crops out of the rotation, modification of crop rotation e.g. reduce the share of summer crops and increase the share of winter crops in the harvest structure, altering cultivation intensity, diversify production to increase flexibility

Reinvention and maintenance of traditional elements of land use and landscape management, e.g. cutting and harvesting the grass of meadows and/or grazing animals on them, in mountain areas traditional extensive grazing under shepherd supervision (to prevent increased risk of erosions and landslides, due to unsupervised livestock rambling on steep unstable slopes)

Changing management intensity in the species mix, rotation periods, adjusting to altered wood size and quality, and adjusting fire management systems