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Deforestation in Uganda - a potential developmental as well as environmental catastrophe

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Katine Chronicles comments on the recently published State of the Environment Report which states that were the current rate of deforestation to continue, 'Uganda will have no forests left in 40 years.' According to the report, Uganda's high population growth rate is to blame for deforestation, the result of which would be environmental catastrophe (caused by soil degradation, flooding and erratic rains); economic collapse as Uganda's agricultural productivity would be destroyed and social more...

Added by Eliza Anyangwe to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 09, 2009

Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction

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Disasters are often portrayed as acts of nature, or of a natural order. Yet this is mostly far from reality. The major factors influencing disaster risks are human and social vulnerability, matched with the overall capacity to respond to or reduce the impact of natural hazards. Poverty is therefore a major factor increasing disaster risk, by increasing vulnerability to disasters and reducing existing coping capacities. It is only by addressing these two issues together that we can make the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 22, 2009

Integrating disaster risk reduction into the fight against poverty: GFDRR annual report 2008

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preventionweb.net -

The nature and frequency of disasters are changing. Climate change, galloping urbanization, food insecurity, and conflicts are magnifying not only the impacts of natural hazards but also the risks that underlie them. The poor are hardest hit, especially in disaster-prone regions in Asia and Africa. This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development for 2008. more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 10, 2009

Making a technological choice for disaster management and poverty alleviation in India

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The right mix of policy, institutional arrangements and use of technology provides the framework for a country's approach to disaster mitigation. Worldwide, there has been a shift away from a strictly 'top-down' approach relying on government alone, to a combination of 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches. The aim is to enhance the indigenous coping mechanisms of vulnerable communities; draw on their cooperative spirit and energy; and empower them through appropriate information and contextual more...

Added by Joanna Adcock to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 27, 2009

Fighting Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia

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Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. However, in spite of the efforts of the present Government to address poverty and hunger, in 2003, a further 13 million people required international assistance, against an annual average of some 5 million, and GDP growth dropped 3.8%. A total of 1.85 million metric tons was provided at a cost of approximately US$800 million. Despite following an aggressive reform agenda, and establishing a Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction more...

Added by Middlebrook-Miller LLC to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 13, 2009

Integrating disaster risk reduction into the fight against poverty

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There are two ways to ensure a healthy future for countries and communities that are highly vulnerable to disasters: help them reduce the risks before disaster strikes and, when it does, ensure that reconstruction and recovery are long term and sustainable. Helping governments and people develop the skills and knowledge needed to take on disaster risk challenges is at the heart of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). This partnership between the World Bank and the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on December 04, 2008

Linking disaster risk reduction and poverty reduction: good practices and lessons learned

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preventionweb.net -

This publication seeks to highlight initiatives that have successfully linked poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in various parts of the world. It features several projects and initiatives that show how DRR can be integrated into poverty reduction (or vice-versa) to help reduce the vulnerability of the poor and protect their livelihoods and development gains. Source(s): United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat - Europe (UNISDR) Publication date: 2008; more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on November 18, 2008

'Tools for Institutional, Political and Social Analysis of Policy Reform: A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners or TIPS'

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The TIPS sourcebook, produced by the Social Development Department of the World Bank, provides practical guidance how to conduct social analysis in the context of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA). PSIA is an appraoch promoted by the World Bank to analyze distributional impacts of policy reforms on the well-being or welfare of different stakeholder groups in developing nations. 'The TIPS Sourcebook * introduces how to apply social, institutional and political analysis in a more...

Added by John Daly to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 08, 2008

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