As you know that the floods 2010 were the heaviest flood in the history of Pakistan, which destroyed the whole livelihood of the people, lived in the affected districts. In response of this worst ever disaster, most of the civil society organizations have taken up providing relief assistance.
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Press Coverage of National Consultative Workshop on REDD+ Safeguards Held on January 12, 2012
As you know, the National Consultative Workshop on “Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria for REDD+ Safeguards” held on January 12, 2012 at Islamabad, Which was inaugurated by the Mr. Mohammad Javed Malik, Federal Secretary, Ministry of National Disaster Management.
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In the absence of funds
By Naseer Memon
The News-15th Jan 2012
Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has said that only 40 percent of the funds have so far been received against the appeal launched by the UN. The UN launched an appeal for $ 356 million for support of the flood affectees in Sindh and Balochistan. So far, hardly $150 million could be mobilized. Whereas the scale of flood disaster this year surpassed the damages of previous year’s flood, donors’ response has been starkly lukewarm this time.
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Shared waters & glacial melt by Naseer Memon
THIS month’s prospective meeting of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue Group comprising seven states sharing the rivers rising in the Greater Himalayas would be a watershed event as the group is expected to adopt a joint initiative to minimise the impact of glacial melt.
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