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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and … upwards towards disaster prevention and consequently sustainable development. This is the model used to promote … for DRR from 2005 to 2015. It recognised the importance of sustainable ecosystems and environmental management in …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… is likely that the current trend will persist, undermining development and economic growth and putting more and more … overall spiralling upwards, out of the cycle and towards sustainable development (RICS, 2009). The red circles … water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way” and its principles were …
The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas
… that coastal ecosystems provide are an opportunity for development and job creation, if they are managed … climate change and other hazards by aligning conservation, development and poverty alleviation interests; ALSO NOTING … along the coast, and 2) in supporting social and economic development; c. actively involve diverse stakeholders in …