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This post-earthquake assessment on food security, livelihoods and early recovery was conducted in September and October 2015 both as a monitoring exercise and to further inform broader early recovery efforts identified as priorities in the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, including food security, livelihoods, agriculture, service access and protection.
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Climate Resilient Development Case Study Series, Nepal & Timor:

This case study highlights lessons learned from the Mercy Corps’ Climate Resilient Development (CRD) approach, and offers insights for the consideration of other global climate-informed

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Open-File Report 2015-1142, doi:10.3133/ofr20151142:

This report provides a detailed account of assessments performed in May and June 2015 and focuses on valley-blocking landslides because they have the potential to pose considerable hazard to many

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Trade Insight, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2015:

This issue covers the topic of disaster risk reduction efforts in South Asia and their integration with national and international policy frameworks such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

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This issue brief provides an overview of the global challenges caused by flooding and how these are tackled through the work of the Zurich flood resilience alliance.

Zurich Insurance Group launched a dedicated flood resilience program in 2013, based on a

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The Priority Framework for Action (PFA) addresses the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events in various sub sectors of agriculture in Nepal. This document explicitly integrates the priorities of the National Adaptation Program of Action

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Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 135, August 2015:

“It is smart to be safe” said Mihir R. Bhatt at 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRiM – TIFAC 2015 “Disaster Risk Reduction: Challenges and

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This report presents an overview of the current situation in the 14 most affected districts by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake and UNICEF's work with children and their communities to ensure reconstruction with resilience.

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