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This brief reflects the interventions, feedback and recommendations from the 19 November 2020 virtual regional exchange under the title Managing Risk and Addressing Disaster Displacement: Challenges, Effective Practices and Solutions in the Asia-Pacific

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This publication collects the efforts made by universities in the response and preparedness toward the COCVID-19 pandemic as well as other hazards such as earthquakes, fires, and anthropogenic hazards. This compilation includes 26 case studies from 13

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This report presents information on constituents and components of some well-recognized global, regional, and national Disaster Information Management System (DIMS). These components have been studied for their core features and impacts created, from

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Mangrove forests are immensely productive coastal ecosystems that thrive at the border between land and sea and serve as an important bridge between marine and terrestrial biodiversity. In Sri Lanka, conserving and expanding mangroves is a national goal

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Sri Lanka's livestock sector plays an important role for food and nutritional security; climate change; sustainable consumption, production, and development; rural livelihoods; human health; animal welfare; and the environment. It is vital to integrate

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To ensure enhanced agro-ecosystem services and functions as part of policy interventions at national and sub-national levels, a four-day training course was developed and conducted for practitioners and policymakers on "Agro-ecosystem Resilience in a

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This working paper addresses climate change and human mobility in Sri Lanka, examining policies, laws and processes. Climate change influences the patterns of human mobility in Sri Lanka and exacerbates existing economic, demographic, social, and

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This working paper addresses climate change and human mobility in Sri Lanka and examines the impacts and actions across sectors. Climate-induced human mobility is multi-causal and has complex, far-reaching impacts on societies and economies. It influences

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