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

SEVERE SHORTAGE IN FUNDING FOR DJIBOUTI DROUGHT

NEW YORK, 6 June (OCHA) -- Six weeks into the flash appeal for $7.5 million for drought relief in Djibouti, donors have failed to provide funding for 95 per cent of needs, leaving the agricultural, food and coordination sectors of the appeal wholly unfunded.

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDING TO NEEDS IN COTED’IVOIRE

 

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SAYS ZERO FUNDING RECEIVED FOR FOOD CRISiS IN NIGER