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Disaster risk reduction related documents from the ISDR partnership and the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community.

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Title	Source	Publication Date
Recopilación de herramientas para la gestión local del riesgo: apoyo a las autoridades locales de ciudades de América Central para la gestión del riesgo	IDRC; UN-HABITAT	2007
Managing dryland resources: an extension manual for Eastern and Southern Africa	IIRR Africa	2002
Strengthening the hydrometeorological services in South Eastern Europe: South Eastern Europe disaster risk mitigation and adaptation programme	FMI; UNISDR EUR; WB; WMO	2008
Climate change adaptation by design: a guide for sustainable communities	CABE, United Kingdom - gov; English Partnerships, United Kingdom - gov; Environment Agency, United Kingdom - gov; RICS; TCPA, United Kingdom - gov	2007
Private sector activities in disaster risk reduction: good practices and lessons learned	UNISDR PPEW	2008
United Nations documents related to disaster reduction, volume 2, 2000-2002	UNISDR	2003
Bibliothèque, prévention et aléas naturels, Madagascar: catalogue	UNISDR	2007
Elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa	UN	1994
Addressing coastal security through natural and man-made hazards prevention and management	PEMSEA	2007
Impacts of Europe's changing climate: 2008 indicator-based assessment	JRC; WHO - Europe	2008
Field library for disaster reduction catalogue	UNISDR	2006
Turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development: living with risk	UNISDR	2003
ISDR-Biblio 2: drought, desertification and water scarcity	UNISDR	2007
Water for people, water for life: the United Nations world water development report, a joint report by the twenty-three UN agencies concerned with freshwater	UN-Water; UNESCO	2003
Water for health: taking charge	WHO	2001
Convention to Combat Desertification: Report of the international workshop on climate and land degradation	UNCCD	2007
Exploratory study of two regions in Ethiopia: identification of target areas and partners for intervention, DCG report 6	Waktola, Aregay	1999
OSS strategy for 2010	OSS
OSS, Sahara and Sahel Observatory: an innovative framework for sustainable development in Africa, knowledge, dialogue, joint action	OSS
Challenges of water scarcity: a business case for financial institutions	SIWI; UNEP	2005
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM): the first fifty years	WMO	2006
Coping with water scarcity: a strategic issue and priority for system-wide action	UN-Water	2006
IFAS 10 years: decisions and events	IFAS	2003
Water in the West: challenge for the next century	Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission	1998
Water programme for Africa, arid and water scarce zones, 2004-2006	Italy - gov; UNESCO	2005
Weather, climate and food security	WMO	2001
Agency collaboration for UNCCD implementation, current situation and lessons learned: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, COP 6, 25 August-5 September 2003, Havana, Cuba	CGIAR; GM; IFAD; UNCCD; UNDP; WB	2003
OSS report to the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the CCD (CRIC): measures taken to support countries	OSS	2004
Rapport de la sous région "Afrique Centrale" sur la mise en oeuvre de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification	COMIFAC; ECCAS	2005
Rapport national sur les activités de la France en matière de lutte contre la désertification dans la région africaine - 2003	Bied-Charreton, Marc; Requier-Desjardins, Mélanie	2004
Convention to Combat Desertification: Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eighth session, held in Madrid from 3 to 14 September 2007 - part one: proceedings, advanced copy	UNCCD	2007
Convention to Combat Desertification: Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eighth session, held in Madrid from 3 to 14 September 2007 - addendum - part two: action taken by the Conference of the Parties at its eighth session, advanced copy	UNCCD	2007
Convention to Combat Desertification: Report of the fifth meeting of the Group of Experts of the Committee on Science and Technology - addendum - guidelines for updating the World Atlas of Desertification	UNCCD	2007
Early drought prospects 2007	Environment Agency, United Kingdom - gov	2006
Aral: the history of dying sea	IFAS	2003
Gender, water and sanitation: a policy brief	IANWGE; UN-Water	2006
Drought in the Mediterranean: WWF policy proposals	WWF	2006
Lake Chad basin - GIWA Regional assessment 43	GIWA	2004
Water for health: guidelines for drinking-water quality	WHO	2004
World climate news: weather, climate, water	WMO	2005
Climate change-induced water stress and its impacts on natural and managed ecosystems	Ecologic; EP; SYKE, Finland - gov; IEEP	2008
Technical report on the trends of global water-related disasters: a revised and updated version of 2005 report, technical note of PWRI no. 4088	ICHARM; PWRI	2008
Sanitation, a wise investment for health, dignity, and development: key messages for the International Year of Sanitation	UN-Water	2008
Flood disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations	ALNAP; ProVention Consortium	2008
IFAS: the way to regional cooperation	IFAS	2003
Managing water for drought	IWR, United States of America - gov	1994
Climate change and desertification	WMO	2006
Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters: Africa	UNEP	2006
Programme of concrete actions on improvement of environmental and socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea Basin for the period of 2003-2010: socio-economic aspects	IFAS	2004
Water hazard risks: a priority for integrated water resource management	UN-Water	2005