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Guinea
Climate change: How rivers will behave
14 Nov 2011, IRIN
'So you cannot even draw up an adaptation strategy, as we are not certain about what we need to adapt to…the goal post will keep changing.' A framework is needed to plan a strategy for the better management of water, and make countries and people more resilient...
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Ministère de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable - Website:
- Contact:Directeur Général Adjoint
- Phone:(224) 62 45 58 02 224 65 43 26 84
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Ministère de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable - Website:
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- Guinea: Common country assessment - CCA (2005)2005, UNDG
- Guinea: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2008)2008, Guinea - gov; IMF; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone |  |
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| Drought | 127,789 |  |
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| Flood | 7,902 |  |
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| Landslide | 1,486 |  |
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| Earthquake | 7,198 |     |
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| Tsunami | |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2001 | 220,000 |  |
| Flood | 2010 | 40,405 | |
| Flood | 2009 | 40,000 | |
| Epidemic | 1994 | 24,000 | |
| Earthquake* | 1983 | 21,436 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Natural resources management and climate change advisorEthiopia (Addis Ababa), Save the Children U.S.
- Technical specialists - Resilience in the Limpopo river basinMozambique , ARD
Neighbouring Countries
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