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Displaying 345 of about 380 resultsLe présent CNGRA a pour objet d’estimer à l’avance l’ampleur des moyens nécessaires, tant pour la lutte préventive que pour faire face aux situations de crise, en précisant les moyens d’organisation et de coordination et en identifiant les situations dans lesquelles des ressources complémentaires à celles de l’Agence Nationale de Lutte Antiacridienne (A…
A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; technological and sectoral disa…
This map illustrates the Horn of Africa's crops exposure to locust infestation, calculating for every cell the percentage of agricultural land coverage. It is one of the layers used to create a locust infestation risk map for the region.
This publication includes general information about desert locust, their biology, impacts and related data, as well as the basic of their management.
The objective of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Desert Locust Aerial Survey and Control is to give concise instructions for effective and safe survey and control operations against the Desert Locust using aircraft. These instructions are intended for use by the field staff who are involved in Desert Locust aerial operations (including Locus…
The paper provides additional context on COVID-19-related effects on local and regional economies and food supply chains. It also covers how the locust invasion has created “crisis within a crisis” in the surveyed provinces and exacerbated conditions that could lead to famine, disease, and increased poverty. To combat the coronavirus disease (COVID…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the $1 million community based disaster risk reduction project implemented in Niger by the World Bank and the Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program (ACP-EU NDRR), to train local commun…
Most smallholder farmers surveyed in Uganda believe they can reduce damage caused by the fall armyworm with several management and control options available to help them mitigate the impacts of the potentially devastating crop pest.Smallholder farmers in Kamuli and Namutumba districts of the country strongly considered the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frug…
Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and wondering, “What happened this year – and how did it happen so fast?”
The culprit: the fall armyworm.
As an entomologist, I can attest that their appearance is not…
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre press release
Geneva/Oslo - Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden-onset natural hazards in 2010, according to a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)’s Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2009, 17 million people…
"Previous studies have shown that climate change allowed the beetle to flourish. But our work shows that beetle infestations in turn feed back into climate," found Holly Maness, who published a paper on titled “The effects of climate change cascade” on this topic in the journal Nature Geoscience, reports Vancouver Sun. Due to milder winters, the bugs do…
Bolivians fight to adapt in finance vacuum
Bolivia will be battered on five fronts by climate change, according to a new report published by Oxfam International today. The report underlines what is at stake at UN climate talks in Barcelona and an EU-US Summit in Washington today.
The report, Climate Change, Adaptation and Poverty in Bolivia, shows how…
In order to control the breeding process of desert locusts, the countries hosting recession areas carry out surveys. This document summarizes the findings of the process carried out from 1 to 16 April 2008 on an area between I.R. Iran and Pakistan. It also includes researchers recommendations for future activities.
In order to control the breeding process of desert locusts, the countries hosting recession areas carry out surveys. This document summarizes the findings of the process carried out from 14 to 18 February 2004 on an area of around 1963 Ha between Djibouti and Somaliland. It also includes researchers recommendations for future activities.
By Dr Wenju Cai, Dr Kai Yang and Dr Benjamin Ng
In its late spring and summer of 2019-20, Australia experienced one of its most devastating bushfire seasons on record. Now known as the “black summer”, the burning of more than 18m hectares caused billions of dollars in economic damage.
Whilst Australia was experiencing drier-than-normal conditions, Eas…