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Although natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes often capture the attention of the media, it is landslides which cause the highest death toll in Indonesia, writes Nithin Coca for SciDevNet and the Asian Scientist. NGOs and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences say Indonesia’s response to landslides in the country needs to be improved...
'Early warnings work best when adequate technological capability is combined with streamlined decision-making, multiple dissemination systems and well-prepared communities,' 'even the most advanced early warning systems are only as good as their ability disseminate warnings efficiently and through multiple pathways,' and 'early warning systems need to be anchored in public trust and credibility,' asserts Nalaka Gunawardene in an editorial on the tenth anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami of December 2004...
In advance of the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, China has released its China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change report which gives an overview of the extreme weather and climate events of 2011 in China. According to the report, 430 million people were affected by 'natural disasters' and economic losses amounted to 309.6 billion yuan (US$49.6 billion)...
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