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The main objective of the strategy is to provide a pathway for the implementation of the national disaster bill and policy. It coherently provides the logical steps and actions required to bring about efficient and effective disaster management in the

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Partnerships between aid agencies and climate experts are finally paying off by helping NGOs’ disaster prevention and response, but specialists question why it took so long...
The New Humanitarian
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Working paper 1: country by country vulnerability to climate change:

This report provides information on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in relation to their population size, reliance on certain sectors, vulnerabilities to climate change, and

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An editorial on the recent inauguration of a disaster management council under a disaster management framework by President Jammeh, set up to ensure that Gambia is prepared for future disasters...
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Held in collaboration with UNDP, a two-day national inter-ministerial dialogue on climate change was recently held bringing together decision-makers at all levels...
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Documents and publications

This map illustrates population density within and outside of a 10m Low Elevation Coastal Zone: Gambia.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. (2007).

Country-level estimates of urban, rural and total


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