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Overview of project aimed to help poor rural areas reduce their vulnerability to water related shocks and improve their quality of life.
Lecture notes for Health Science Students on Disaster prevention and preparedness in order to define disaster, hazard, vulnerability and risk, describe the types and the causes of disasters,...
This document gives an update on crisis in the Horn of Africa regarding drought and displacement. It provides an overview of the key priorities, operational constraints and lessons learnt after...
This article analyses the ongoing process of land grabbing by cattle farmers and drug traffickers in south-eastern Petén, Guatemala and its socio-economic consequences.
The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) pilot projects showcase the activities of three countries (Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia) to identify models and promising practices for disaster risk...
Food insecurity, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks, the impact of decades of instability and war, and limited resources have contributed to an ongoing complex emergency in Chad since 2004 (...
This Guide is intended to help readers understand the political, legal and institutional framework of the ICGLR. It focuses on the three protocols in the social and humanitarian pillar which are...
This study looks at the problems of land acquisition in the DRC from pre-colonial times to date and shows that the indigenous peoples (peuples autochtones) 10 have been dispossessed of the lands...
Niger has seen rapid population growth and environmental change over the last 40 years: arable surfaces have decreased, and the population has multiplied by four. Over half the population suffers...
This desk study presents estimations of scale, severity and likely impact of a disaster and aims to inform decision making for preparedness and emergency response. Information has been collected...