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ALERTNET DISASTERS GUIDE: Environmental factors

thumb for EXPERTS TALK: Quotes from Kobe EXPERTS TALK: Quotes from Kobe
Our correspondent, Tim Large, solicits key quotes from heavy hitters at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan.

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thumb for INTERVIEW: Disasters fund would help reach real goals 20 Jan 2005
INTERVIEW: Disasters fund would help reach real goals
Hazards expert Ben Wisner says what he'd like to see come out of the Kobe disasters summit.

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UNEP urges early warning systems for manmade disasters
The U.N. Environment Programme has called for a multi hazard alerting system to cover everything from typhoons to oil spills.

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VIEWPOINT-Put disasters high on climate change agenda
The head of the U.N.’s disaster reduction agency says global warming will bring increasing catastrophe.

thumb for Talking Point: Why is Haiti so prone to disaster? 30 Sep 2004
Talking Point: Why is Haiti so prone to disaster?
History, poverty and sweeping global forces have left Haiti at the mercy of nature’s whimsy.


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