Indian Ocean tsunami disaster of December 2004: UNDAC rapid environmental assessment of Aceh, Indonesia

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Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster of December 2004: UNDAC rapid environmental assessment of Aceh, Indonesia

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

In Aceh, Indonesia the REA identified no major life threatening environmental emergencies resulting from the tsunamis, acute issues that must be addressed urgently, chief among them the management and disposal of immense amounts of debris and waste, medium-term and long-term impacts of the disaster, few of which have been quantified.

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Hazards Tsunami

Themes Environment and ecosystems

Country and region Indonesia

Number of pages

11 p.

Publication year

2005

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