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

… while in Peraliya, a nearby area, where extensive coral mining degrades reefs, waves were 10 m high and damages and … 0 5,302.2 12,556.3 16,356.3 11,256.8 32,915.4 6.6 Mining 0 247.3 169.4 445.1 0 692.4 0.1 Nature conservation 0 … increasingly vulnerable to coastal hazards. River sand mining and sea level rise are likely responsible. Forest …
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World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 1: Wetlands: A natural safeguard against disasters

… extended just 50m inland. In nearby Peraliya, where coral mining had degraded the reefs, the damage extended 1.5 km …
16 Jun 2026 Document

Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… threats including deforestation, alien invasive species, mining, natural hazards and climate change. Extreme climatic …
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