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	Natural disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Famine is a natural disaster characterized by a widespread lack of food in a region, and can be characterized as a lack of agriculture foodstuffs, a lack of livestock, or a general lack of all foodstuffs required for basic nutrition and survival.
		A Lahar is a type of natural disaster closely related to a volcanic eruption, and involves a large amount of material, including mud, rock, and ash sliding down the side of the volcano at a rapid pace.
		A landslide is a disaster closely related to an avalanche, but instead of occurring with snow, it occurs involving actual elements of the ground, including rocks, trees, parts of houses, and anything else which may happen to be swept up.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natural_disaster (1916 words)

	Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit - AGEE
		Disaster plans could count on environmental aspects of larger emergencies to be taken care of through separate environmental response procedures as a sub-plan to the disaster plan, or through a separate environmental contingency plan.
		Environmental contingency plans tend to fall into the category known as ‘agent-specific’ plans and this group of plans usually cannot be expected to address matters beyond the mandate of the host agency.
		Environmental agencies are usually responsible for establishing and enforcing environmental standards, and these agencies normally do not have the authority to effect evacuations, rescue, crowd control or other emergency services that may come into play in large-scale events even if the event at hand may be described by some observers as an environmental disaster.
	www.reliefweb.int /ochaunep/tools/Planguid.htm (1100 words)

	Environmental disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An environmental disaster is a disaster that may be due to a natural event or due to human activity.
		It was thought by General William Sherman and others to be a good way to get rid of the American Indians living in the Great Plains, and would make way for the exploding population of the United States of America to take over the area.
		Some disasters can be averted before they have drastic consequences, as is the case with the hole in the ozone layer caused by CFCs, which were subsequently subjected to a near-total ban by various world governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_disaster (327 words)

	Living with Risk: A global review of disaster reduction initiatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Disaster risk reduction therefore concerns everyone, from villagers to heads of state, from bankers and lawyers to farmers and foresters, from meteorologists to media chiefs.
		Therefore, the value of disaster risk reduction can only be realized through rigorous identification and continuous evaluation of the relationships that exist between the beliefs and conditions in which people live, the changing environment people inhabit and depend upon for their livelihoods, and the forces of nature.
		Environmental degradation increases the intensity of natural hazards and is often the factor that transforms the hazard into a disaster.
	www.e11th-hour.org /public/natural/living.with.risk.chap1.2.html (8689 words)

	North America Headed For Environmental Disaster
		The Montreal-based Commission for Environmental Cooperation will release its first "state of the environment" report Monday to the governments of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
		Environmental effects of the increased gases could include polarized weather events, such as droughts, floods, and intense heat waves.
		She also says the environmental challenges can be faced if governments reinstate funding removed during years of cutbacks.
	www.rense.com /general18/env.htm (384 words)

	Fraudulent Federal Environmental Protection Hurts Humanity
		Certainly, if we saw a repeat of the disaster of 65 million years ago, or even a repeat of the last ice age (only 10 thousand years ago), we would be scrambling for our own survival.
		Driving species to extinction through negligence is not just a disaster for the vanquished, it bodes ill fortune for those who fail to learn survival lessons from the lives of others.
		Following the disaster at Kesterson, a series of in-depth studies demonstrated that drainage reduction at the individual farm level (achieved via improvements in irrigation efficiency and selective land fallowing) can largely solve the problem.
	www.smartvoter.org /1998nov/ca/state/vote/tuma_d/paper3.html (4127 words)

	Santa Clara Journal of International Law
		The causes of man-made disasters which are linked to human activities ranging from poor forestry practices to massive emissions of air pollution have been addressed by the growing body of international environmental law which has developed over the last thirty years.
		Taken together, the international duties to perform environmental impact assessments, to include other potentially affected states in the process, and ultimately to warn other nations of potential disasters has laid the groundwork for the development of effective mechanisms for states to fulfill their duties to the citizens of neighboring countries.
		The World Disaster Report 2000 concludes that there is substantial need to develop a body of international disaster relief law which deals not only with response, but with mitigation and prevention “ranging from construction codes and environmental planning to early warning systems.”[38] This law should be applicable in both domestic and trans-boundary contexts.
	www.scu.edu /scjil/archive/v1_HandFinalSymp.shtml (4547 words)

	Cyanide Spill Ghana's Worst Environmental Disaster
		Scientists fear the cyanide and heavy metal residue from the spill could remain for decades posing a health and environmental threat to the people and wildlife in the area.
		This explanation has been discounted by the villagers who said they were some of the first people to arrive at the scene of the disaster, and they saw the dead fish before officials from the company put chemicals in the river.
		Describing the disaster as "unprecedentedly serious" Joshua Awuku Appau of the Accra based Greenearth organization said the use of cyanide in gold mining poses an unacceptable risk to human health and the environment.
	www.geocities.com /siyanurlealtin/ghana.html (1366 words)

	MIFTAH--Israel's Apartheid Wall: Environmental Disaster in Palestine
		The remaining small populations would then be vulnerable to all of the problems associated with rarity: genetic deterioration from inbreeding, random drift in gene frequencies and difficulty recovering from environmental catastrophes.
		This is all in addition to the environmental destruction that wars and their associated industries bring -- including poisoning from the use of depleted uranium shells to land and property laid waste by fire, bombings and the machines of war.
		John is from Seattle, Washington, and has been a peace activist since the Vietnam War, as well as a hydrogeologist and environmental consultant for 20 years.
	www.miftah.org /Display.cfm?DocId=2279&CategoryId=5 (767 words)

	Bush Environmental Disaster Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		All one had to do was peruse his horrendous record of rollbacks on environmental regulations, all in the name of greed and favoritism for his family business, energy.
		Bush has designated 33 sites in 18 states for cuts which are among the most contaminated grounds in the country, posing some level of health and environmental hazards to their communities, including an Agent Orange plant in New Jersey, chemical plants in Florida and old mines in Montana.
		Environmental groups are suing the Forest Service over a decision to allow logging in 5000 acres of the Plumas National Forest at the Nevada-California border, alleging the plan would destroy precious old growth trees and endanger habitats of local species.
	www.literalpolitics.com /Environment/envirodisaster.htm (4810 words)

	MM November 1995
		On the heels of these unheeded warning signs, disaster struck in August 1995, when a failed tailings dam gushed an estimated 4 million cubic meters of cyanide-laced effluent into the Omai and Essequibo rivers, enough to fill a one-kilometer-high tank with a base as wide as a U.S. football field, sidelines included.
		The committee recommended that the discharge be barred and that the environmental clauses of Omai's contract be closely monitored.
		A ministry statement warned that the dilution of the contaminated water may not occur in a uniform fashion and that long-term exposure at lower dosages could cause mental retardation, while concentrated doses could be lethal.
	multinationalmonitor.org /hyper/mm1195.04.html (2501 words)

	Environmental disaster in eastern Europe
		The environmental crisis in the former Soviet republics of eastern Europe is a direct result of the policies pursued under the communist regime, which gave top priority to industrialisation.
		As far as the general public was concerned, protection of the natural environment meant little more than the conservation of animal and vegetable species, on which the socialist countries had a fairly good record.
		In practice, most environmental projects have been imposed - and funded - by the international community, but they are seldom carried through to completion.
	mondediplo.com /2000/07/19envidisaster (1643 words)

	Eco-Political Madness in Iceland as Alcoa licensed to Destroy
		Earlier this year, lawyer Atli Gislasson and a group of 26 citizens brought separate cases before the Icelandic high court and European Free Trade Association surveillance authority, challenging the government's lack of transparency and Fridleifsdottir's decision; both cases are expected to be heard next month.
		The environmental impact of the project is by no means confined to the future shores of Halslon, nor to unpopulated areas.
		Dr Ragnhildur Sigurdarsdottir, a highly regarded environmental consultant, apparently fell foul of Landsvirkjun last autumn over a report she had been commissioned to write on the Thjorsa hydropower project (the report was commissioned by VSO, a consultancy contracted by Landsvirkjun).
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press224.htm (3692 words)

	The Sheep Look Up: A Book of Environmental Disaster by John Brunner
		Though John Brunner displays his considerable ability with prose, and through his talents leaves the reader with a sense of the dangers to come from environmental ambivalence, that is all this novel does.
		One might also argue that Peg, the reporter with strong environmental convictions, is also one of these in that she leaves one of the Trainite camps because she considers their actions unaffective.
		He starts out with the simple stuff like acid rain and air poluution, but before you know he is on to anti-biotic resistant bacteria, earthquakes caused by chemical waste dumping, and a variety of diseases even a medical doctor would regard as obscure.
	www.sffworld.com /authors/b/brunner_john/articles/sheeplookup.html (936 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World dispatch \| Corsican autonomy could spell environmental disaster
		Besides making the teaching of the Corsican language part of every school's curriculum, the new regime will eventually transfer to Corsica's elected island assembly responsibility for a number of areas including culture, regional development, education, agriculture, and infrastructure.
		As they stand, these laudable laws also outlaw any construction within 100 metres of the shore, and require all new developments to be either "a continuation of existing villages or agglomerations" or in the form of "small hamlets fully integrated into the environment".
		But many others are only too well aware that one of the primary objectives of the whole autonomy project is to allow Corsica to further develop its tourist industry, which while it is currently the most important single element in the island's economy is also severely hampered by a shortage of suitable accommodation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,495397,00.html (724 words)

	Oxfam America: Environmental Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While experts call it one of the worst environmental disasters in the world, it was not a high-profile case, partly because the area was so remote and the residents—mainly indigenous groups and peasant farmers—are poor and lack political clout.
		That study, which is now part of the evidence in the case, "demonstrates for the first time that all 207 pits that Texaco claims it remediated have concentrations of oil underneath the dirt used to cover the pits," Donziger says.
		Local groups are calling the case "the trial of the century" because of the far-reaching impact that it could have on environmental law and community and indigenous rights in cases involving oil or mining companies around the world.
	www.oxfamamerica.org /advocacy/art7346.html (592 words)

	Jonathan Adler on Saddam Hussein & Environment on National Review Online
		Such deliberate acts of environmental destruction during armed conflict are now recognized as war crimes under international law, according to Professor Michael Scharf, a colleague of mine at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
		The environmental despoliation of the Soviet Republics under Communist rule was the result, in part, of efforts to spur economic development.
		During armed conflict environmental concerns are secondary to the achievement of military objectives, and rightly so.
	www.nationalreview.com /adler/adler032103.asp (790 words)

	NATO Update: Course on international environmental disaster operations - 21 May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In cooperation with the United Nations Environmental Programme, the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA) will be running a course on international environmental disaster operations from 8 to 19 September 2003 in Sandö, Sweden.
		The aim of this course is to bring professionals together from NATO and Partner countries to focus on the nature of environmental disasters, the international response system, risk assessment and the analysis of consequences, as well as accident prevention and damage reduction, planning and prevention and other related issues.
		It is responsible for disaster relief and for preparing rescue units for international tasks.
	www.nato.int /docu/update/2003/05-may/e0521a.htm (155 words)

	Disaster preparedness and response
		Disaster preparedness information provides a number of resources, including jumping off points to many valuable information sources.
		"environmental emergencies", such as major fires or oil spills, information is needed rapidly to support the activities of those responsible for coping with the problems that arise.
		The National Institute of Disaster Restoration is a division of the Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration, a trade organization for carpet cleaners.
	palimpsest.stanford.edu /bytopic/disasters (2216 words)

	BGSU -- News -- Are we seeing or ignoring the road signs to environmental disaster?
		Both of Scherer’s books, published this month by the California Academic Press, deal with environmental issues and chronicle crucial turning points at which disaster was either averted, by taking the right road, or experienced, through inattention to all the road signs pointing to it.
		The second book, “Our Greener Ways: America’s Emerging Environmental Ethic,” with a preface by Jordan J. Lindberg, tells a happier story of cases over the last 30 years in which the correct environmental path has been recognized in time and disaster avoided.
		A decade of research reveals effective strategies environmentally concerned people and organizations have used and can continue to use to overcome fear, misunderstanding and political opposition.
	www.bgsu.edu /offices/pr/news/2002/April02/environment.html (507 words)

	Illiopolis: Center of Disaster and Environmental Hazard
		Her 2002 essay in E: The Environmental Magazine, titled "Ill Winds: The Chemical Plant Next Door," describes the mysterious fish kills, the recurring chemical accidents, the cancers among area residents.
		Due to a host of health and environmental problems, PVC is being phased out of all kinds of uses, from medical supplies to building materials.
		Long-suffering Illiopolis deserves to be at the center of environmental health, not environmental disaster.
	www.healthybuilding.net /pvc/tribune_steingraber.html (707 words)

	India "Boom" an Environmental Disaster, Arundhati Roy says
		India's economic boom is driven by policies which are causing unsustainable environmental damage and blinding people to the misery of hundreds of millions of poor, Roy said.
		She said India's environment faced a major crisis, caused by industrial pollution, by big dams, and in particular by unsustainable use of ground water to irrigate thirsty cash crops such as soyabeans, peanuts and sugarcane.
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	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0610-04.htm (832 words)

	No. 1262: Eighteenth-Century Environmental Disaster
		But in those days no one brought environmental worries to discussions of technology.
		So, when all was said and done, the countess had only won her case.
		She had not, by any means, put us on our guard against other environmental threats.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1262.htm (520 words)

	[Coral-List] Tsunami Environmental Disaster
		Some of you may want to assist in repairing the environmental damages created by the Tsunami; problems that will have to be addressed as part of any long term recovery process - human and environmental.
		During the past six months, I have been the volunteer director of an environmental organization dedicated to helping the ocean, repairing and rebuilding reefs, and encouraging an environmental spirit and ethic in the local Thai population.
		We are not a listed charity, as we are a environmental organization financed by our educational programs and my personal funding, but under the current situation we are requesting financial assistance from anyone interested in helping in the environmental repairs.
	coral.aoml.noaa.gov /pipermail/coral-list/2005-January/001583.html (602 words)

	Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster - LANDRIGAN et al / Environmental Health ...
		This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from destruction of the WTC and assesses their effects on health.
		In summary, environmental exposures after the WTC disaster were associated with significant adverse effects on health.
		This report presents the most comprehensive summary to date of the environmental exposures resulting from the attack on the WTC and of their effects on human health.
	www.mindfully.org /Air/2004/WTC-Health-Consequences1may04.htm (7671 words)

	The Bulletin 6/2: Paving the way to environmental disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While no economy, indeed no country, could exist without transportation, opinions largely differ when it comes to the issue of the economic efficiency and environmental impact of the various means of carrying people and goods to their destinations.
		Although some level of motorization must be expected to accompany economic development, government agencies and international lending institutions should bear in mind the mistakes of the West and work to ensure that transport systems are sustainable.
		Consideration of energy requirements, environmental costs, effects on health and safety, as well as the effects on competing means of transport will undoubtedly give a clearer picture of the road ahead in transportation policy.
	www.rec.org /REC/Bulletin/Bull62/transport.html (1877 words)

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