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… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 5.2 Understanding Vulnerability and Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … role of transboundary cooperative mechanisms in assessing vulnerability 134 5.4.3 The role of transboundary cooperative … from the Pilot Projects . . . . . . . . . 166 5.1 Reducing vulnerability to extreme floods and climate change in the …

… need for further research to increase understanding of the vulnerability of humans to environmental risk factors, … in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other … in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other …

… and fail to define specific targets.4 The patterns of vulnerability of soils to environmental and socioeconomic … and to prepare legislation directed to reducing the vulnerability of soil to degradation. To avoid the … to lower levels of human well-being and higher levels of vulnerability, deprivation and disadvantage. Improving human …

… However, external responses may also exacerbate the vulnerability of pastoralists; for example, by creating new … moving, but they can also increase exposure and overall vulnerability of communities hosting incoming herds. … or their rights to food and water, or otherwise increase vulnerability. This can be achieved by establishing planning …

… of the Strategy for Water Scarcity and Droughts and of the vulnerability of water and environmental resources to climate … a comparative analysis of the concepts of resilience and vulnerability, see Miller et al. (2010). 4 ‘Proper’ in this … data collection and sharing 8 8 For more information on vulnerability assessments as a policy tool, see UNECE (2009). …

… extinction of a species. Levels of irreplaceability and vulnerability of the biodiversity components to be affected …

… clearly defined areas of the EEZ that meet con- ditions of vulnerability based on oceanographic and ecological … naturalness, 38 International Ocean Governance integrity, vulnerability); social, cultural and economic values (eco- … ecosystems. Even the GEF climate program in its studies of vulnerability to climate change can improve understanding of …

… the fundamental relationship of water to life, the vulnerability of water resources to human and natural …