Daily Dawn-14th July 2010
link: http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/14/managing-disaster.html
PREDICTIONS about this year’s monsoon season are ominous. The forecast of 10 per cent higher than normal rainfall in the country’s upper catchment areas should set alarm bells ringing.
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Dawn-21st June 2011
THE flood inquiry commission formed in the wake of the 2010 floods, under the Supreme Court’s directive, has unveiled that a major cause of the devastating breach of Tori dyke was brazen negligence by the irrigation department.
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Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century
Oslo, 6-7 June 2011
Nothing great and good can be furthered in the world without cooperation
Fridtjof Nansen
The Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century convened by the Norwegian Government on 6 and 7 June 2011, in Oslo, gathered together academic experts, representatives of governments, international agencies and civil society, with the objective of arriving at a set of recommendations for action. Topics for discussion included the vulnerability, resilience and capacity for adaptation of communities in areas that are prone to disasters and environmental changes due to climate change; the protection of displaced people; and the promotion of action to help prevent or manage displacement.
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Karachi, June 16, 2011 (IUCN)
A Press Briefing was organized by IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with Baanhn Beli and FPCCI (Environment & CSR) at IUCN Country Programme Office. A few presentations were made by the experts on the benefits of the drylands and threats faced by them. Mr. Javed Jabbar, global IUCN Vice President and Asia Regional Councilor informed the particpants that the World Day to Combat Desertification is observed every year on June 17th all over the world. The aim of the United Nations in designating a day of observance is to sensitize the public and media to the increasing dangers of desertification, land degradation and drought.
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