Beyond the Photos: Looking Closer at Impacts and Disaster Risk Reduction Plans for the Sundarbans
15/07/09 22:19
What does a village
in the Sundarbans look like? We have already
posted
some photos of the village of Tipligheri that
show how the residents here been affected by
Tropical Storm Alia in May 2009 — and by extension
how vulnerable such villages are to other tropical
storms, which are strengthening in intensity as a
result of climate change. My report here is in
continuation of myupdate (ED: Anurag
Danda’s)
of
22 June profiling the impacts of
Tropical Storm Alia on one village in the
Sundarbans and the necessary recovery steps
we are envisaging as part of the disaster risk
reduction work of the
Sundarbans Climate Adaptation
Center.
For those not familiar with the Sundarbans,
Tipligheri stands in for many other villages in the
region and is typical in many ways for the millions
of people living in the Sundarbans.
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John in the Tank
13/07/09 09:40
The Reef Tank blog has just published a brief interview with me about my background and work. Many thanks to Ava at TRT for reaching out to me!
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New! Video blog entries
08/07/09 15:43
I’ve started teaching
a distance learning course with Dr. Bruce Dugger at
Oregon State University on wetlands. My
contribution focuses on wetlands of the world and
on climate impacts on wetlands, and includes making
some short videos on wetlands I visit on my
travels. The first installment is posted
here. A new posting will be uploaded
by early August for the cerrado
of Brazil.
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