Community-based DRR

More than 400,000 ha of land have been damaged by rivers in Nepal. Agro-forestry practices have been launched in those areas with the twin objectives of countering land degradation problems and meeting the demands of local people for fuelwood, fodder, and

This publication is one of a series produced under the project ‘Living with risk – sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region’, implemented by ICIMOD during a 15-month period in 2006 and 2007. It is based on a review of literature

This publication highlights roles that grassroots women are playing in building resilient communities and insights emerging from resilience building efforts led by grassroots women in Peru, Jamaica, Honduras, Turkey, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India.

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This document takes into consideration the components in commercial coastal aquaculture, pre-tsunami aquaculture problems and key points for successful aquaculture rehabilitation post-tsunami, suggesting 15 steps for rehabilitation of aquaculture in Aceh

This document is a short pictorial for boat builders and donors as to the boat building situation in NAD. The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the concerns arising from poor quality boat building for safety of fishers. Further, it is to provide a

This document details the plan of operations for the Indonesian component of OSRO/GLO/502/FIN and has been developed on the basis of the issues and principles identified in the regional project document as well as the prevailing situation in Aceh and Nias one year after the tsunami. The work comprises three results addressing (i) forest rehabilitation, reforestation, tree planting and integrated coastal area management, (ii) timber supply, and (iii) capacity building.

The UNU-EHS study deals with the development and testing of different methodologies to identify and measure the pre-existing and emergent vulnerability (revealed vulnerability) of coastal communities in Sri Lanka to tsunami and coastal hazards.

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En esta nueva publicación se presenta el estado del arte sobre algunos aspectos selectos de la reducción del riesgo (de desastres) en América Latina y el Caribe. Los contenidos apuntan a un público amplio, que incluye a profesionales de