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Environmental Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction - A Community Leader s Guide1Environmental Protection &Disaster Risk ReductionA Community Leader s GuideUN/ISDR Africa Educational Series, Volume 2, Issue 2June 2004Environmental Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction - A Community Leader s Guide2This booklet is produced bythe United Nations Inter-Agency Secretariat for theInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)andthe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)in partnership withUmvoto Africa [Pty] LtdCape Town, South Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction - A Community Leader s Guide3CONTENTSFOREWORDS.

Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. In 2001, floods and cyclone Dera submerged 79 000 ha of planted land, severely affecting the livelihoods of nearly 120 000 farm families and 2 000 fishing families in Mozambique. In North Africa (Egypt and Algeria), 22 earthquakes killed 14 405 people and affected another 106 150

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