Zambian Minister of Agriculture, Michael Katambo, is putting considerable effort towards collaborating with public and private research institutions to mitigate climate change, with the United Nations Development Programme taking broad action to 'mainstream adaptation measures into planning at all levels and test adaptation interventions, such as water harvesting to protect and improve agricultural incomes from the effects of climate change.' Local NGOs, such as the
Keepers Zambia Foundation, are working in areas such as Solwezi and Kabompo 'to increase incomes of poor people dependent on the exploitation of the forest resources' that are dwindling.