Informes

The Philippines - Typhoon Winnie DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 1 General situation 1. According to the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Manila, on 18 August 1997, fringes of Typhoon Winnie together with torrential monsoon rains hit several regions in the…

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Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0246 SITUATION 1. TYPHOON GLORIA, THE SIXTH MAJOR STORM TO HIT THE PHILIPPINES THIS YEAR, AFFECTED THE NORTHERN LUZON PROVINCES CAUSING FLASHFLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. THE TYPHOON, WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 120 KPH NEAR THE CENTRE AND GUSTINESS…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/117B 1. UN EXPERT ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES, IN CONNECTION WITH RECENT COPPER MINE WASTE SPILL, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. 2. THE UN MISSION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE JOINT UNEP/DHA ENVIRONMENT UNIT UPON REQUEST OF…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0107 IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, A LARGE OPEN PIT COPPER MINE IS BEING OPERATED ON MARINDUQUE ISLAND. THE MINE IS PRODUCING ABOUT 30,000 TONS OF COPPER ORE PER DAY. IN LATE-MARCH 1996, A MASSIVE FLOW OF MINE…

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,…

DHAGVA 95/0521 DHA/UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR AND NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) REPORT: IMPACT 1. CONFIRMED CASUALTIES AS OF 5:00 PM, 13 NOVEMBER 1995: 722 DEAD, 160 MISSING AND 2,369 INJURED. A TOTAL OF 331,205 FAMILIES OR 1,597,219 PERSONS AFFECTED. 24,892 FAMILIES…

DHAGVA - 95/0511 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) REPORT: IMPACT 1. CONFIRMED CASUALTIES AS OF 5:00 AM, 6 NOVEMBER 1995: 490 DEAD, 190 MISSING AND 2,801 INJURED. A TOTAL OF 226,717 FAMILIES OR 1,152,397 PERSONS AFFECTED, WITH 120,704…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0508 UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL REPORTS: 1. ON 3 NOVEMBER TYPHOON ANGELA (MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 205 KM PER HOUR AND GUSTS OF UP TO 250 KM PER HOUR) AFFECTED 25 PROVINCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL…