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This document provides broad generic steps for mainstreaming environment and drylands issues into national development frameworks, as well lessons drawn from various countries on environment and drylands mainstreaming. It demonstrates that by prioritizing

World Bank Group implementation progress report of the water resources sector strategy:

This report reaffirms the strategic directions for the World Bank Group’s approach to supporting water resources management. It calls for renewed emphasis on: the

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01013:

ASARECA has recently carried out a study to enhance the understanding of climate change in the 10 ASARECA member countries. This report profiles the available climate change-related datasets and their accessibility and

This document reports on ProAct achievements in 2009, particularly in using environmental management to help people improve resilience to disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises. It addresses: (i) livelihood security as part of community

Oxfam briefing paper 132:

This paper calls upon the international community to commit to an effective international framework to help poor people adapt to climate change and to allow development to continue.

It look forward to Copenhagen and addresses

This handbook describes the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Red Cross Red Crescent world as “multi-sectoral” and part of a broad and long-standing drive for safer and more resilient communities. It addresses DRR as the core of most National Societies

Disaster context in Rwanda is mainly linked with natural, man-made and mixed
disasters. Many cases of disaster are particularly linked to the geographic, historical and socio-cultural aspects of the country. Rwanda has limited cases of disaster resulting

This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.

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