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15 May 2013, AlertNet
National Environmental Forum president Rodriguez stressed the need for more research on climate change adaptation. 'Nowadays, science and technology research - quite different from what was developed in the past - should include the climate change aspect,' he said. Climate change adaptation will be on of the issues discussed at the Global platform for disaster risk reduction conference this Friday...
Manual de ingenieria naturalistica2012, Plan Intl; SNGR, Ecuador - gov; UNDP Ecuador
Environmental legislation for disaster risk management: training module2013, GIZ, Germany - gov; IGEP; NIDM, India - gov
WorldRiskIndex as the result of exposure and vulnerabilityOct 2012, Alliance Dev Works; UNU-EHS
Maplecroft: Climate change vulnerability index 2013 – Most at risk citiesNov 2012, Maplecroft
Italy: ecoregional protected areas and wildfire hotspots mapJul 2008, WWF
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