Latest additions to the knowledge base

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Climate Resilience (EO4SD CR) has released a new brochure providing an overview of its work supporting Monrovia’s Integrated Development Project (MIDP). MIDP has applied EO

Targeted financing has been released to combat hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in countries torn by fragility,conflict and violence.

Farms in Foya District, Liberia, are devastated by forest fires. Once, communities worked together to prevent outbreaks; now a fire law has been passed to reduce risk.

The Earth Observation for Sustainable Development and the World Bank are providing Earth observation data in support of the Monrovia Integrated Development Project.

The Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Climate Resilience Cluster combines Earth Observation information with other data to help improve resilience.

The 2014–15 Ebola epidemic took a devastating human and economic toll on three West African countries, of which Liberia was perhaps the hardest hit. The pathways through which the crisis affected economic activity in these largely agrarian societies

A workshop in Liberia is currently taking place with the goal of developing a national disaster risk assessment and risk reduction strategy.

In anticipation of the rainy season in Liberia, Rep. Tarponweh has proposed to set up a trust fund for short and long term disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. This would constitute the first action taken in the spirit of the National Disaster Management Agency Act, which came into force in 2016.