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Guinea-Bissau
Bangkok: Island nations frustrated at climate talks
5 Oct 2009, IRIN
Migration as an adaptive measure: Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, has spoken openly about moving all 370,000 residents to another country if, as looks likely, rising waters cover the islands, most of which are less than 1.5m above sea level...
National Platform
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Instituto Nacional de Estatistica e Censos (INEC) - Website:http://www.stat-guinebissau.com
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Hyogo Framework for Action
- Other Development Reports
- Guinea-Bissau: Common country assessment - CCA (2006)2006, UNDG
- Guinea-Bissau: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2007)2007, Guinea-Bissau - gov; IMF; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 882 |  |
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| Flood | 1,322 |  |
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| Landslide | 4 |  |
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| Earthquake | 1,294 |     |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2002 | 100,000 |  |
| Drought | 2006 | 32,000 | |
| Epidemic | 1996 | 26,967 | |
| Epidemic | 2005 | 25,111 | |
| Epidemic | 1997 | 22,299 | |
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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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From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 20092009, UNICEF
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.