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Displaying 15 of about 182 resultsThis manual sets out the Household Economy Approach (HEA) - Save the Children’s widely-used methodology for analysing the impact of crop failure on household income and access to food. The HEA has been widely adopted by governments in Africa and by international aid organisations.This essential manual serves as both an introduction for field workers and…
Training Book, published in an abstract version for the training of the volunteers of the cyclone preparedness program in preparedness activities. It covers subjects like analysis capacity and vulnerability, introduction to cyclones, warning signals and their meaning, evacuation planning, management process, among other things. (UNEsCO)
This website was developed as part of the Second Disaster Management Project "Development of Drought Hazard Maps for Saint Lucia". The website explains briefly what drought is, presents the products that have been developed during the conduction of the project, and directs the interested audience to the competent governmental offices.
This kit includes a teacher's guide "Learning to combat desertification" explaining the natural and human dimensions of desertification, a series of case studies from all over the world entitled "Combating desertification bears fruit", a cartoon "The school Where the Magic Tree Grows", and a poster on desertification in the world.
This comic book tells of drought on an animal farm. Albert the fox and his chicken girlfriend Martha present various ways of mitigating the effects of drought and combating desertification to the other animals. These include careful water management, sustainable agricultural practices, and conservation of forest cover.
To combat desertification is to preserve the natural heritage of the world's dry-lands and contribute to the eradication of poverty. These educational tools aim to stimulate the younger generation, so that the development of today's world does not harm the generations of tomorrow. Following on the success of a pilot phase, UNESCO launched an educational…
Nine of last year’s ten severest natural catastrophes in terms of victim numbers were weather-related, and all affected developing or emerging countries. Gradual trends like heatwave and drought often pose an even greater threat than individual catastrophes.
If we examine the distribution of the humanitarian consequences of global weather-related catast…
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learnt from evaluations of relief and recovery responses to past slow-onset disasters – particularly drought, and food and livelihoods insecurity. The paper is intended for people working in relief and recovery operations for slow-onset disasters – those who have to decide if, when and how to inter…
The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 affected part of Somalia, with most of the damage experienced in the north-east along a 650 km coastline stretching from Xafuun in the Bari region. UNEP was requested by the Somalia Transitional Federal Government to conduct a detailed desk study on the state of the environment in Somalia. Findings of the Desk Study indi…
Human activities are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents or properties of the Earth’s surface that absorb or scatter radiant energy. Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have increased markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now far exceed pre-industrial values determined from…
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El objetivo central de DIPECHO, bajo un marco regional, es enfocarse en la población más vulnerable en las principales áreas expuestas a desastres en el mundo y con bajas capacidades de respuesta. Su principal apuesta es la de la “preparación” y no “la mitigación” o “la prevención”. Los proyectos DIPECHO se han enfocado primordialmente en el…
In Spanish:
En la presente publicación, encontrarán información referida a “reducir la vulnerabilidad, las frustraciones, las demandas no atendidas” de las poblaciones locales, que muchas veces se sienten impotentes frente a los desastres “naturales”. Nos encontramos con pavorosas cifras económicas, como resultantes de este tipo de peligros, llámense se…
Series: Water Science and Technology Library, vol. 62
Implementation of effective drought management policies requires both advanced technologies and appropriate methods. Monitoring and forecasting systems, practical tools for risk assessment, as well as simple and objective criteria to select and implement appropriate drought mitigation measures are…
The report presents past and projected climate change and impacts in Europe by means of about 40 indicators and identifies sectors and regions most vulnerable with a high need for adaptation. The report covers the following indicator categories: atmosphere and climate, cryosphere, marine biodiversity and ecosystems, water quantity (including river flood…
The final report of the ESPON 1.3.1 Hazards project shows the spatial patterns of natural and technological hazards in Europe as an overview on all NUTS3 areas and identifies possible impacts of climate change on selected natural hazards. The approach of the project was to use existing results of hazard research and to combine those in such a way, that…