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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… 3.1.1 Importance of species diversity for ecological resilience … particularly face the highest risk, as they are the most vulnerable and also the last to recover from extreme events … humanitarian aid assistance for the poorer and more vulnerable countries. Therefore, the global community must …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… However, they provide protection to 80% of threatened species and store more than 15% of global terrestrial carbon … (Harper et al., 2001). The town of Cairns is considered vulnerable to the impacts of cyclones, with some critical … in low-lying areas including the airport, already vulnerable to the highest tides (Poloczanska et al., 2007) …