Documents and publications

This report attempts to capture some of the key lessons taught by the tsunami recovery process, as experienced by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, William J. Clinton.

The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck on 26 December 2004 created an unprecedented challenge for the United Nations and the world at large. At the same time, it started a new era of increased cooperation in response in the humanitarian

The report, Africa - Up in Smoke 2, is based on the latest available scientific research and evidence from those living on the front line of global warming. It shows that climate change is already having serious impacts on peoples' lives across Africa -

This report represents an unprecedented coming together of leading environmental and development organisations with decades of experience working with poor communities across the world. We fear that global warming could threaten attainment of the

The livestock intervention programme that took place during the 1999-2001 drought in Kenya’s pastoral areas was the largest the country had ever seen. Donors made more funds available than ever before, more types of intervention were carried out, more

Following three successive cyclones and tropical storm in February, March and April 2000 which devastated the North-eastern and Central East Coast areas of Madagascar, coupled with persistent drought in the South, an FAO/WFP joint mission visited the

Irregular rains from 1998 until winter 2001 - particularly in the east of El Salvador - seriously damaged the crops of families on subsistence incomes. Other natural disasters and an economic crisis further aggravated the situation. To reverse the effects

Program of concrete Actions on improvement of ecological, social and economic conditions in Aral Sea Basin for the period 2003-2010 (ASBP-2), initiated by Heads of the Central Asia countries has been authorized on August, 28, 2003. This Program was