(c) Pilot studies in different desertification risk areas should be encouraged for the purpose of validating EWSs.

Many countries have begun to quot map quot cases of neonatal tetanus and polio to identify high risk areas where immunization coverage is low.

I did not argue that whaling should stop because whales are endangered.

In the US, the National Flood Insurance Program of 1968 made it mandatory for those financing construction or improvement of structures within Special Flood Hazard Areas to buy flood insurance.

And most of those who do live in the flood areas would never even get their feet wet.

So we need to recognize those hot spots and do our best to protect them.

Prevention targeting children 5 15 years of age, high risk groups, pregnant and lactating mothers

These countries are in a position to extend their experience and resources to the less advantaged countries of the South that are at risk of not meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

The task force elaborated the conceptual framework and measures of implementation for an inter agency project on families that are at risk of breakdown or vulnerability.

Urbanization and the concentration of people in hazard prone areas are but two examples.

(d) Establishment of alternative livelihood projects that could provide incomes in drought prone areas and

More than 80 of all endangered birds and mammals are threatened by unsustainable land use resulting from agricultural expansion.

(d) establishment of alternative livelihood projects that could provide incomes in drought prone areas and

And you can understand, obviously, the transmission problem between people in high virus areas.

Such raised earth parks are a low cost solution to the tsunami danger in low lying coastal areas.

Women like Blandón, in rural areas, are most at risk of not getting medical care.

While the numbers may seem small, the rise significantly increases the likelihood of severe flooding along vulnerable coasts worldwide.

These floods...

Without the necessary data for analysis, public health policies, for example, cannot be directed toward groups that are especially disadvantaged or otherwise at risk.

26. Each one of those major events has had the sad secondary effect of increasing the number of groups at risk of drug abuse and addiction.

The Panel also observes that the EHS relied on over sampling in highly exposed areas within the exposed area.

Retreat including actions to move people away from vulnerable or affected areas

Thousands of people in these areas became homeless as flood waters submerged numerous communities.

Such a world would preserve the 20,000 species of animals and plants that face extinction, understanding their power to heal us physically and spiritually.

Identification of critically endangered areas subject to acute population pressures and formulation of actions needed to alleviate pressures on the environment.

People affected by floods in Madagascar.

Otherwise, their economies risk remaining stuck in recession.

The flood caused a lot of damage.

Ma knows about the floods.

Many of the worst outcomes in Asia occurred in tsunami prone areas, such as the low lying coastal areas of Sri Lanka.

The Committee, however, regrets that it was not given sufficient information regarding the actual situation of children in Colombia or on specific measures being taken at present to protect vulnerable groups at grave risk.

They are all poor, buffeted by natural disasters especially floods, droughts, and earthquakes and have rapidly growing populations that are pressing on the capacity of the land to feed them.

First, the Government agreed to deploy a strong, credible and respected police force in all areas for internally displaced persons and in areas susceptible to attack.

He noted that coastal zones are among the environments under most stress, yet offer important opportunities for economic development.

Small islands in cyclone prone regions are frequently hit by cyclones with devastating economic consequences.

Groups vulnerable to discrimination

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Other areas, such as the dry forests and spiny forests of the west and south, receive little protection and are in serious danger of being destroyed.

Road transport in these areas is stated to be relatively a low risk activity and UNHCR has negotiated a lower premium.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank can serve as lender of last resort to emerging markets at risk of losing market access, conditional on appropriate policy reforms.

First, the Council needs greater foresight in identifying countries at risk of crisis and under stress, as well as in possibly identifying future threats to peace not yet on its agenda.

(c) Development of a proposal for a pilot study comparing the use of desertification EWSs in selected risk areas.

As floods and torrential rains keep plaguing many regions of Madagascar, a few citizen initiatives have taken it upon themselves to provide relief to those displaced by the disaster.

Many state and local governments in poorer regions of the country are at risk of bankruptcy unless the federal government undertakes a massive bailout of their finances.

On the one hand, the reduction of flooding is beneficial since it protects settlements from flood damage.