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In celebration of The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, this collection focuses on mitigating and preparing against drought. The collection celebrates the 2022's UNCCD theme -Rising...
This report addresses drought, which is considered the major disaster occurring in the Arab region. The report focuses on Syria, considered one of the most economically affected countries by...
Drought is a normal part of climate; an extreme climatic event, often described as a natural hazard. Drought by itself does not trigger an emergency. Whether or not it becomes an emergency depends...
This report highlights six principles for a Drought Resilient and Prepared Africa (DRAPA). It was developed in the framework of the African Drought Conference held in August 2016 in Windhoek,...
The purpose of this handbook is to cover some of the most commonly used drought indicators/indices that are being applied across drought-prone regions, with the goal of advancing monitoring, early...
This Guide provides practical solutions to help drinking water utilities respond to and recoverfrom drought. Drought response and recovery activitiesin this Guide cover:• Staffing, Response Plans...
The Drought Resilience, Adaptation and Management Policy (DRAMP) Framework takes an integrated, multipronged approach to reducing risks and impacts of drought. Organized around six cross-cutting...
The paper synthesises N S Jodha's understanding of the farmers' coping strategies against drought and rainfall variability.
Droughts are slow-onset events that cause more loss of lives, livelihoods and permanent displacement of people than cyclones, floods and earthquakes combined. From 1991 to 2000, drought took over...
This review of available literature on the benefits of action and costs of inaction of drought mitigation and preparedness shows that significant progress has been made over the past decade in...