Reports

Communities across East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) face recurrent extreme weather events and natural hazards—such as earthquakes, floods, storms, and volcanic eruptions—that can lead to sudden-onset disasters. USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) programming in…

The year 2020 was a difficult year for Southeast Asia which, in addition to dealing with the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, faced several disasters caused by extreme weather events, most notably in the Philippines and…

KEY MESSAGES This paper assesses why Vietnam has not been as effective in dealing with environmental and climate challenges as with the COVID-19 crisis, which are arguably different but have also many similarities. The successful experience in…

Executive Summary Protected areas, such as national parks and reserves, form the basis of most national and global efforts to conserve biodiversity. They help to maintain natural living systems and the ecological processes that life depends on.…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nepal is exposed to recurring seismic and hydrometeorological disaster risks. While earthquakes and floods in the recent past have claimed more lives, fires have caused the most damage to assets and investments in Nepal. The…

Highlights 261859 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, of which 254494 cases have been recovered so far. Of the reported cases, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) is the leading cause of morbidity in week…

KEY MESSAGES: advancing gender-responsive disaster risk reduction in the context of COVID-19 • LEVERAGE INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS ON GENDER EQUALITY The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’s (CEDAW) General Recommendation 37…

Greater resilience to natural disasters and climate change Hazard and Capacity Overview Bhutan is prone to hazards like earthquakes, floods, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), landslides and forest fires. To be better prepared for disasters, the Royal Government…

A look back at the year in which WFP stepped up to unprecedented challenges and fed 100 million people in 88 countries January The World Food Programme marks the 2010 Haiti Earthquake anniversary—on 12 January that year, up…

Highlights 258181 cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, of which 249863 cases have been recovered so far. Of the reported cases, Acute Gastro-Enteritis (AGE) is the leading cause of morbidity in week 51. Note: This…