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Suriname
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...
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 0 | ||
| Flood | 1,492 |  |
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| Landslide | 0 | |
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| Earthquake | 0 | |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2006 | 25,000 |  |
| Flood | 2008 | 6,548 | |
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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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Documents & Publications on Suriname
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
- Adaptation negotiatorUnited States of America (Washington, DC), U.S. Dept of State, United States of America - gov
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