Water

In order to assess the flood problems comprehensively, Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia directed a National Workshop on floods on 7-9 September 2004. The Workshop concluded with a set of valuable recommendations on options to cover flood risks and to

Extensive logging and mining are being blamed for severe flash-floods that submerged large parts of the southern island of Mindanao this month...

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Recopilación de Herramientas para la Gestión Local del Riesgo, realizada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos, UN-Habitat con el apoyo del International Development Research Centre – IDRC (Canadá), en el marco

'Permanent and semi-permanent water body monitoring is an essential resource for rangeland activities and irrigated agriculture areas in the semi-arid zone," said Issifou Alfari of AGRHYMET...

This manual provides an overview of selected problems and issues in dryland agriculture in eastern and southern Africa, and the various attempts by individuals , communities and development organizations to overcome these problems. It provides specific

At a workshop held in September 2008, RAMSAR representatives and ICIMOD experts emphasised that water resources in the form of snow and ice are threatened by climate change, and can potentially lead to reduced water availability in rivers in the dry season...

'The importance of the earth observation tools and techniques is immense in generating information for better understanding and solving problems related to climate change issues, disaster risk reduction, and environmental management' said Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD...

The assessment presented here was undertaken within the scope of the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP). SEEDRMAP is a collaborative initiative developed by the World Bank and the secretariat of the United