EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN INDIAN OCEAN:  A MAIN ACHIEVEMENT,

 

SIX MONTHS AFTER TSUNAMI TRAGEDY

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT is FOCUS OF FIRST COLLABORATIVE FORUM IN BANGKOK

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FAO WARNS INDONESIAN FISHERMEN ABOUT SUBSTANDARD BOATS

 

Training Will Be Offered to Improve Boatbuilding Skills

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 22 June (FAO) -- Fishermen in Sumatra who survived the tsunami are having their lives put at risk by the delivery of poorly constructed boats to replace the craft they lost in the December 26 disaster, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE AT CORE OF POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION IN INDONESIA

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JAKARTA/NAIROBI, 21 June (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Indonesian State Ministry of Environment are calling for an environmentally sound reconstruction programme in tsunami-affected areas of Indonesia.

UNEP POST-TSUNAMI ASSESSMENT FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN MALDIVES

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 17 June (UNEP) -- A report issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today found that the Indian Ocean tsunami caused a number of significant impacts on the Maldives environment.

POST-TSUNAMI ASSESSMENT DELIVERS ROAD MAP FOR SRI LANKA’S SUSTAINABLE RECONSTRUCTION

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 17 June (UNEP) -- More than 15,000 wells have been made unusable and over 500 million kilograms of rubble generated in Sri Lanka as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SHORTFALL AS REFUGEES CONTINUE TO ARRIVE IN BENIN

ISDR JOINS ASIA-PACIFIC BROADCASTING UNION TO BOOST INFORMATION,

EDUCATION ON DISASTERS

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Un reports SUCCESS IN ETHIOPIAN CHILD SURVIVAL PROGRAMME

 

ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS CAUSE NEW DISPLACEMENTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO