World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9472This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in the Dominican Republic, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America, the Dominican Republic has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one under preparation. Land use change and forestry are large contributors to greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions within the sector. The emission reduction potential is large and several reforestation programs have been initiated. The Dominican Republic does not count with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the agricultural sector, thus carbon trading opportunities can be explored. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, this coupled with problems of land degradation in the country. A greater emphasis on developing and applying adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better management of public resources in light of natural disasters in the agriculture sector.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSORPTIONAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL RESOURCESAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGROFORESTRYAIRCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON TRADINGCLEARING OF FORESTSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE DATACLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE POLICIESCLIMATE CHANGE STUDIESCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATE-CHANGECLIMATIC CHANGECO2CROP DIVERSIFICATIONCULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION ACTIVITIESDEFORESTATION RATEDEGRADED AREASDNADROUGHTDROUGHTSECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTEMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTUREENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFINANCIAL MECHANISMSFLOODSFORESTFOREST FIRESFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST PLANTATIONSFOREST PRODUCTIONFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFRESH WATERGAS EMISSIONSGHGGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGREEN HOUSE GASGROUNDWATERHIGH TEMPERATURESHUMID ZONESHUMIDITYHURRICANEIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREINCOMEINFORMATION ON CLIMATEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANYINSURANCE CONTRACTSINSURANCE COVERAGEINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE POLICIESIRRIGATIONLAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGELANDFILLSLOW RAINFALLMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSNATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATURAL RESOURCESNITROGENNITROGEN BASED FERTILIZERSNITROUS OXIDENITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONSPARTNERSHIPPASTUREPASTURESPOLICY ADVICEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESPONSEPRECIPITATIONRAINFALLRAINWATERREFORESTATIONREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGERESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVERRIVER BASINRURAL LIVELIHOODSSEASEASONSOILSTORMSSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURESTOTAL EMISSIONSTROPICAL STORMUNDERGROUND WATERVULNERABILITY INDICATORSVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWATER RESOURCESWorld Bank10.1596/9472