21 May 2013, IUCN
'This book scientifically demonstrates what local people around the world intuitively know: that healthy ecosystems offer protection and resources for resisting and surviving disasters,' says Karen Sudmeier-Rieux of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and one of the editors of the book. 'This is why it is better to work with, rather than against nature'...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1983 | 5,830,000 | |
| Flood | 1988 | 4,600,000 | |
| Flood | 1985 | 1,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1998 | 360,000 | |
| Flood | 1983 | 250,000 | |
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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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