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Environmental Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction - A Community Leader s Guide1 Environmental Protection &Disaster Risk ReductionA Community Leader s GuideUN/ISDR Africa Educational Series, Volume 2, Issue 2 June 2004 Environmental Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction - A Community Leader s Guide2 This 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 Guide3 CONTENTSFOREWORDS .. , Environmental DEGRADATION AND DISASTERS.
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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