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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … initiative (positively/negatively)? Did activities have an impact on livelihoods/ poverty reduction/ human wellbeing/ … against disasters. Findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) also reaffirm the provisioning and …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… vulnerabilities. It is thus important to integrate environmental management into post-disaster activities • … through managing disaster risks. According to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction “Twenty-five … it is possible to break out of the disaster cycle of impact (hazard event) to relief, early recovery/transition, …
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The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas

… coastal ecosystems are experiencing some of the most rapid environmental change and are being lost at a higher rate than … and artificial coastal defences. These may have an impact on the ecosystem services on which coastal communities … and social consideration when undertaking vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning, taking into account the …
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