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The community is at the frontier of any kind of natural hazard and disaster. Empowering the community by internalizing the tools and methods of disaster risk reduction is a good way to deal with...
The present Catalogue of Items or Emergency Relief is the result of one such project, conducted by the Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office of the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP/...
One of the distinctive features of the recent aid programmes in eastern Ethiopia is the almost complete absence of any political, institutional and programmatic history. This is an unforgivable...
This is one of six checklists developed by Swiss Solidarity in January 2007. The checklists are a compilation of lessons learned over the last 20 years and are intended to improve the quality of...
This is one of six checklists developed by Swiss Solidarity in January 2007. The checklists are a compilation of lessons learned over the last 20 years and are intended to improve the quality of...
This document helps to explain how disasters and conflicts, as well as relief and recovery operations, impact the environment in ways that threaten human life, health, livelihoods and security....
This publication presents a collection of 18 indigenous practices which were developed over time in the communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Types of disasters include earthquake, cyclone (...
This document provides extracts from relevant sustainable development (development and environment), and humanitarian international policy initiatives during the period 1994-2003, following the...
In August Pakistan suffered a series of overlapping crises that have led to substantial internal displacement and left hundreds of thousands in need of humanitarian assistance. These events have...
Watershed protection is one of the many goods and services provided by the world’s fast disappearing tropical forests. Among the variety of watershed protection benefits, flood damage alleviation...