Informes

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0056 1. A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HIT IRIAN JAYA, EASTERN INDONESIA, ON 17 FEBRUARY 1996 AT 14:59 HRS LOCAL TIME (5:59 HRS GMT). ACCORDING TO THE INDONESIAN METEOROLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS AGENCY (BMG), THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURED 7.0 ON THE…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0048 1. DHA/UNOCHA COORDINATOR ISLAMABAD INFORMS THAT ON 31 JANUARY 1996, AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THREE REMOTE VILLAGES (PAKHALSOZ, DAR-E-ZANG AND QALA-E-KHWAJA) SOUTHEAST OF MAIMANA, FARYAB PROVINCE. THESE VILLAGES HAD BEEN ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE THREE YEARS…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced that it will provide $2 million to the U.N. World Food Programme's (WFP) emergency appeal for the growing food crisis in North Korea caused by severe floods. According to a recent…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0040 1. DHA RELIEF COORDINATION TEAM IN PYONGYANG STRESSES THAT SITUATION IN DPRK IS TO FURTHER DETERIORATE AND REQUIRES CONTINUED AND STRENGTHENED ASSISTANCE FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. 2. ON 17 JANUARY, DHA HELD IN NEW YORK INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0039 1.UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT, ACCORDING TO THE JAKARTA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE FLOODS WHICH HIT THE CAPITAL JAKARTA IN EARLY JANUARY HAVE AFFECTED 50,593 HOUSEHOLDS IN 20 SUB-DISTRICTS OF NORTH, SOUTH, CENTRAL, EAST AND WEST JAKARTA. SIX PERSONS…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0035 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: SITUATION AND NATIONAL RESPONSE 1.FOLLOWING AN ON-SITE ASSESSMENT IN ACEH AND CENTRAL SULAWESI PROVINCES, BAKORNAS PB (NATIONAL COORDINATING BOARD FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT) AND MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION. ACEH…

DHAGVA - 96/0033 1. HEAVY RAINFALLS IN THE FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY 1996 HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING IN SUMATRA'S NORTHERN AND EASTERN DISTRICTS IN THE ACEH PROVINCE. 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OF THE UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN JAKARTA ON 4…

DHAGVA - 96/0032 1. REFERRING TO THE REPORT PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL SULAWESI, UNDP/DHA REPRESENTATIVE HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ON THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1 JANUARY 1996 TO THE TOLITOLI DISTRICT…

DHAGVA - 96/0001 1. A STRONG EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ABOUT 160 KM NORTH OF THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL PALU, SULAWESI ISLAND, INDONESIA, AT 16:05 CENTRAL INDONESIAN TIME (08:05 GMT) ON 1 JANUARY 1996. THE INDONESIAN METEOROLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS AGENCY (BMG) HAS…

ABSTRACT The area of forest plantations in the tropics has increased for many reasons, but not the least as a result of natural forest depletion. Although forest plantations cannot qualitatively substitute the timber grown in natural forests,…